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It wasn't the start that Dean Elgar would have wanted as the Proteas lost the opening Test of a three-match series against Australia, going down by 6-wickets inside of two days in Brisbane.
While there were very few positives for the Proteas to take out of their 6-wicket loss to Australia in the first Test at the Gabba on Sunday, the clouds of defeat had a silver lining.
With a Test match over inside two days, questions will always be raised regarding the Gabba pitch, as was the case following the Proteas' 6-wicket defeat to Australia in the opening Test on Sunday in Brisbane.
Australia captain Pat Cummins spearheaded a pace barrage that tore through the Proteas before his side chased down a target of 34 to claim a win inside two days on a hostile Gabba pitch despite the best efforts of Kagiso Rabada, who took four quick wickets.
South Africa captain Dean Elgar on Friday said his team was "salivating" at the prospect of facing Australia and conceded there could be "feisty" moments in their first Test series since the "Sandpaper-gate" scandal.
Despite being left beleaguered previously by the local game's myriad of off-field problems, Dean Elgar believes Cricket South Africa (CSA) is finally on some relatively solid footing.
Proteas Test skipper Dean Elgar insists there will be no bad blood when his troops come up against David Warner and Steve Smith, the Australian duo infamously handed one-year suspensions each for their roles in "Sandpapergate" in 2018's fraught series between the two sides.
Dean Elgar has not engaged in any serious cricketing chat with Temba Bavuma since the latter returned chastened from the Proteas' failed T20 World Cup campaign, leaving such conversations for when the team arrives in Australia this weekend.