Marius
International Debutant
Yeah, Ngam was very unlucky. Apparently his brittle bones were as a result of malnutrition when he was a kid. Apparently he's very involved in cricket development in the Eastern Cape which is good to hear.Schultz was a prima donna c**t, who thought he was gods gift to bowling, his control was not actually that good. Even without the knee troubles I think he would have been found wanting and dropped from SA team pretty quickly. Wayward Hayward was fast but was quickly found wanting against top batsmen. Parnell has been the biggest disappointment but part of that is he was billed as a genuine all-rounder and was just never good enough. Ngam was the unluckiest; he was a true natural athletic fast bowler who already showed great control at 20 years of age. His continuous stress fractures from brittle bones had nothing to do with ability or determination and everything to do with malnutrition when he was growing up.
As far as Rabada goes, he already has decent variation, will be in the side before long (he is good enough) and hopefully they sort out the few bowling action kinks and keep him healthy.
I think Rabada will, if he stays injury free, go far. Steyn's maybe got two years left at the top and Morkel and Philander are also also both on the wrong side of 30. Rabada could be South Africa's spearhead within two years.