Temba Bavuma admits continued concern over Proteas Test batting

Despite claiming an 87-run win inside three days, the Proteas' batting line-up was once again found wanting in the second innings as they scored just 116 before being bowled out – this was largely due to a top-order collapse that saw the loss of four wickets in the final 8 overs of day two.

Bavuma, who was dismissed without scoring and faced just three balls across the two innings, admitted the bowling attack ticked all the boxes while the overall performance of the batting unit remains a sore point.

"I think from the bowling front we ticked a lot of boxes from that point of view. The guys ran in with aggression, they brought a high level of intensity and skill so I think there's not much really that I can fault from that point of view. I think with the betting there's definitely room for us to improve from that point of view," he said.

Having formed part of the collapse on Wednesday evening, the 32-year-old insisted that their new brand of attacking cricket under coach Shukri Conrad was not to blame.

"That was a bit of a crazy period for us. I wouldn't put that down to us trying to play a certain way, a certain brand of cricket, I wouldn't do that. I think they build really well during that period and they really exploited what was happening out there in the wicket," he added.

On his Test captaincy debut, Bavuma took solace in the team's victory and now aims to claim the series with another win in the second and final Test at Wanderers next week.

"It was obviously good to get the win from the team's perspective. That's obviously what we planned and aimed to do, to win the first game. We obviously still have our eye on the series so it was good from that perspective," he concluded