Staffie to follow Irish wolfhound at top of SA’s order. Or will boxer puppy be picked?

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TELFORD VICE, Johannesburg

If Andrew Hudson and his selectors share Morne Morkel’s take on things, they might want to fetch SA’s next opening batsman from the SPCA.

“He’s a staffie,” was how Morkel described Elgar before the second test against Australia at St George’s Park last season.

Elgar promptly added bite to that bark by scoring an important 83, then dismissed Nathan Lyon to level the series in the wake of Australia’s thumping victory in Centurion.

Although he was not selected f...