Name:

Elgar, Dean

Date of Birth:

11 Jun 1987

Gender:

Men

Place of Birth:

Welkom, Free State, South Africa

Career:

First Class: 2006 - 2024
ODI: 2012 - 2018
Test: 2012 - 2024

Teams:

South Africa (Country)

Kiwis in tatters after Du Plessis and Elgar tons: 2nd Test, Day 2 (St Georges)

Dean Elgar: Resolute opening batsman and Test skipper

Dean Elgar was born on 11 June 1987 at Welkom in Orange Free State. He is a left handed batsman who made his first class debut for Free State in 2006.

He made his ODI debut against England in Cardiff in 2012. He bagged a pair on his Test debut against Australia in the 3rd Test in Perth.

In the first Test of the series against Australia at Perth in November 2016, Elgar scored 127 and had a partnership of 250 runs with JP Duminy. This partnership was South Africa’s second highest partnership against Australia which eventually won the match for them.

Elgar was appointed South Africa Test captain in 2021 and won his first four series in charge. However, he lost a three-match series in England in 2023 and the following three-match series in Australia 2-0.

Elgar retired after the Test series against India in 2024. He later admitted that he had been pushed aside for Temba Bavuma.

Elgar finished with 5,347 runs in 86 Tests for the Proteas, including 14 centuries