Dean Elgar Freak Survival: The Boxing Day Test match is going on in Melbourne between Australia and South Africa. At the same time, with the beginning of this match, till now the fans got to see more than one interesting sight. However, the video of Dean Elgar narrowly avoiding getting out in this match is becoming increasingly viral on social media. At the same time, Australian veteran spinner Nathan Lion was also seen sledging Elgar.
Dean Elgar
This whole incident took place in the 13th over of the match, in fact, a delivery by Australian fast bowler Scott Boland, who was bowling in this over, was stopped by Elgar near his feet. After this the ball rolled back and hit the stumps, although the African captain was very lucky and the bails did not fall even after the ball hit the wicket and he remained not out.
At the same time, after this lucky rescue, Australian veteran spinner Nathan Lion was seen sledging Elgar. He told Elgar that ‘I think this is your gift from Santa…I think Santa is late’. Elgar also responded to Lion’s sledge and said that ‘I am a good boy’.
189 Africa all out
In the ongoing Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne, South Africa’s first innings has been reduced to just 189 runs. Apart from Varinen (52) and Marco Jensen (59) from Africa, no batsman could bat and the whole team was bundled out for just 189 runs. For Australia, young all-rounder Cameron Green took 5 wickets while bowling brilliantly, while Starc took 2 wickets. Let us tell you that the first match of this Test series was named after Australia.
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