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born 1987 South Africa
Dean Elgar (born 11 June 1987) is a retired South African professional cricket left-handed opening batter. He represented South Africa from 2012 to 2024, scoring 5,347 career runs in Test matches, the eighth-highest of all time for the team.
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Also speak, so that they understand you. Be honest in your communication.
There is always responsibility on a player that has been around for a few years.
It's good for players to have confidence and back their abilities, but when you do that, you can put yourself in an exposed position.
It was always going to be tough to have three very successful seasons but Essex has been brilliant for me and a good way of signing off a career.
It's something that's decided by someone else and it's who they think is the best person for the job.
As a cricketer in South Africa, you must be able to have those conversations with the guys.
He is quite reliant on players he has worked with in the past and has used that to fast-track the team culture.
At the end of the season, I will be retiring from all forms of professional cricket.
Hopefully it will settle down, for the players' sanity.
People left because they weren’t given opportunities in South Africa.
The situation isn’t ideal but within the bubble, things will be good for the guys. I am pretty confident.
And even if you feel like you as a person are doing okay, everything else around you is failing. We were inconsistent as a team.
Every cricketer is going to experience this in their career. I've been fortunate enough to have a pretty long career of 21 years.
Back in my teenage days, going against adults, I would be stubborn, refuse to let them get me out.
Every player has a choice and they actually took a massive gamble in going there and it has paid off for them.
I've got a young family back home and they need me more than anything now.
I am not going to let anyone walk over me.
You can’t be in a bubble. It happens by having conversations with players, understanding them, the issues.
The captaincy is not like going for a job interview, where you hand in your CV. You don't put your hand up for it.
I don’t see any problem with that. If a young talented player feels they have to go overseas to explore opportunities, so be it.