One has to expect when a team made less less than 200 runs in each of the two innings there is a major problem with the batting line-up. The fact is that the line-up does not represent the best batsmen in SA. So lets go through the line-up and see how the batsmen did"-
Elgar 1 and 77 = 78 - average 39
Markram 13 and 1 - 14 - 7
Petersen 15 and 17 - 32 - 16
Van der Dussen 3 and 11 - 14 7
Bavuma 52 and 34 86 43
De Kock 31 and 24 55 27,5
A batting line-up with the fact that only 3 of the six players have a total above 25 runs - the other three was very poor.
In general Markram has batted well the last few series and that was definitely not the case in this test. Van der Dussen has been iffy in the recent tests and his batting is not all that solid. Petersen should never be in the team
One failure out of 6 is a problem - 3 failures out of 6 is a disaster.
The bowling was purtid on the first day with fast bowlers bowling the pace of medium fast bowlers - not one had an average bowling speed above 137 kph. This continued in the second innings - but the pitch helped the bowlers in the second innings and the figures on the whole did not look particularly well - what is worrying is that the bowlers bowl at speed that is insufficient and do not seem to improve that deficiency.