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- Updated: January 5, 2017
Faf du Plessis has called Kagiso Rabada the “perfect bowler for a captain” following the 282-run domination of Sri Lanka at Newlands, which he labelled a “perfect performance”. Rabada had not been at his quickest in Port Elizabeth, where he took four wickets at an average of 35, but was easily the most impressive South Africa seamer on the faster Newlands pitch, where he claimed match figures of 10 for 92, and a Man-of-the-Match award.
“It was an amazing bowling performance from Kagiso,” du Plessis said. “Look, even when he’s bowling not so well, as a captain I’m really happy to have in my team. He’s just a guy that tries really hard. He’s never got any dramas. Basically the perfect bowler for a captain, because exactly what I ask him to do, he does. If I say I want him to bowl a thousand short balls in a row, he’ll do it. That’s the kind of bowler he is. That works well with me because I can work on a plan with him. He’s an extreme talent South Africa. He’s going to be very valuable to us in the future – to make sure he plays a lot of cricket for us.”
Among the concerns about Rabada, however, is his high workload. Though he only made his international debut in mid-2015, Rabada was a fixture in South Africa’s teams for all three formats last year – in which he played each of South Africa’s nine Tests, 15 of their 17 …
