South Africa vs Australia 2018: 3rd Test, day 1, 5 things we learnt from the day

#4 Elgar - Amla frustrate Australia again

Elgar and Amla have an unmistakable camaraderie

Two batsmen who play time and balls rather than make runs share a wonderful bond in South Africa's batting line-up are Dean Elgar and Hashim Amla. After their dedicated efforts at Port Elizabeth which earned words of praise even from the tight-lipped Australian coach, Darren Lehmann, Amla and Elgar were back to doing what they do best.

After Markram's duck, Elgar and Amla strung together a fabulous 86-run partnership that halted Australia's progress into the host's batting line-up. Elgar was ugly as always but played with immense concentration while Amla appeared in much fluent touch than he has been in this series. Hazlewood, though, broke the pair with a wonderful short ball to Amla, dismissing him yet another time.