Weaknesses

● Having also captained in two Tests, one of which he had to watch on in Colombo where Mahela Jayawardene (374) and

Kumar Sangakarra (287) put together the highest Test partnership for any wicket (624 runs for the third wicket), Prince knows that two Tests are not a fair sample to judge a person on their leadership skills.

He also noted that a person needs to be given an opportunity to be tested before judgment is passed on their leadership skills.

In his first Test as captain, Elgar was outpointed runs-wise by Joe Root, who made 190 in his first Test as captain in a game England won by 211 runs. Elgar made 54 and two, while in the Pakistan game at the Wanderers last year, he made 10 runs across two innings on a tricky surface. A longer stint, even though Elgar struggled for runs in the 2019/20 summer, will offer a better view

“I didn’t watch enough of those matches to make an honest call on his onfield leadership or his weaknesses. At the time, I could have been busy with cricket-related matters and I also think it would be unfair to judge him on those two matches.”