Having batted over 300 minutes, the right-handed batter batted for 207 deliveries and put on a match-defining partnership of 147.

"We certainly know he is someone for the big occasion" - Aiden Markram

Speaking at the press conference after the day's play, batting coach Ashwell Prince says they didn't anticipate any less from Markram, labelling him as the man for big occasion. Prince said, as quoted by SMH:

"We certainly know he is someone for the big occasion, of that there is no doubt. We know what he's capable of. As soon as Aiden and Temba came up the stairs, the first thing [coach Shukri Conrad] said was 'guys, you do the same as you do every night, don't change a thing, we'll come in and have the same warmups, the same processes."

Along with Markram, Kagiso Rabada played a brilliant hand by taking 9 wickets in the match.