Ngidi, Nortje orchestrate dominant opening day for South Africa

It was as close to the perfect day as Dean Elgar would have imagined stepping into full time captaincy of the South Africa Test side. His opposite number Kraigg Brathwaite won the toss but saw it fit to bat first on a St Lucia surface with appreciable seam movement and bounce on offer.

The decision backfired spectacularly as the hosts were