A bold decision at the toss, and an emphatic win for South Africa in Christchurch

 Sent in to bat in the primary Test in Christchurch, South Africa were bowled out for 95 in the main innings, and 111 in the second, losing by an innings and 276 runs. So when Dean Elgar selected first strike in the subsequent Test, his choice got each opportunity of gnawing him toward the back. However, Elgar went by what he saw on the pitch, nothing else, and decided not to take "the simple, delicate choice" of bowling since, indeed, that is not him.

"Outwardly, the wicket appeared to be a ton unique to the primary Test, so it wasn't as green, there was significantly less green grass, perhaps much more browner grass on the wicket. So it resembled a bat-first wicket," Elgar said after South Africa won the subsequent Christchurch Test by 198 races to square the series. "I think, on account of what occurred in the principal Test, the simple, delicate choice would have been 100% of the time to bowl first subsequent to winning the throw. My inclination, my personality as a pioneer, isn't to take the path of least resistance. It's clearly to run towards the strain that you're confronting and, definitely, in some cases you need to settle on these difficult decisions for your crew, and it was incredible to see the folks answer.

"The wicket played pleasantly in support of ourselves. It was perhaps somewhat more slow. The bowlers actually presented a seriously extreme test for us front and center. For, we figured out how to invalidate it and set on a decent opening-wicket association [of 111 runs, among Elgar and Sarel Erwee]. However, definitely, fundamentally the choice was simply about us playing a positive brand of cricket and playing off the front foot. What's more for me, taking the path of least resistance is… doesn't sit well for me."

After South Africa won the underlying trades, they scored 364, bowled New Zealand out for 293, set up 354 for 9 preceding pronouncing and setting New Zealand 426 to win. Then, at that point, they polished the hosts off for 227. One-all. Pivotal World Test Championship focuses clinched. Furthermore a blissful inclination all around.

"One-all, coming to New Zealand, I think toward the beginning of the series I would have taken the outcome," Elgar said. "It was somewhat hard for us to take things after that first Test since there were such countless learnings, and we didn't actually contribute up that first game. However, to see the young men skip back showed a ton of character, showed a great deal of development and development."