debut: 11/30/17
10,720 runs
In reply to Brerzerk
more to do with money than anything else. rabada's parents are both professionals so he would have had access to the best SA facilities even if the still racist structures in that country didn't want him there. The SA sports system is as advanced as it is competitive. I remember Robin Smith speaking about how he had access to a bowling machine in the mid 70s, when the technology was still very new. The West Indies has never had anything as advanced as that. Ithink it also helped that Rabada came into a team with seasoned professionals: steyn, vernon philander, another black man and a very successful black player, morne morkel who apparently really took kg under his wing. the bowling attack when in alzarri's first game was gabriel, cummins, holder and RTN. Holder's test career was two years old, gabriel was in and out with injury(more out), cummins debuted the game before and rtn was into the penultimate match of a six month long test career. alzarri had no one to learn from because that side was a motley crew put together to satisfy the whims of a mad man.Alzarri came into a genuinely poor team, probably the worst west indian side since the 1940s. Rabada came into a very good side with the remnants of a great team