CRICKET NEWS - South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada's back injury could yet prove to be a "blessing in disguise", according to former Proteas paceman Allan Donald.
At the age of just 22, Rabada is already on top of the International Cricket's test bowling rankings and a key figure in a South Africa pace attack that has been having to do without the sidelined Dale Steyn.
Rabada played a central role in South Africa's recent 3-1 test series win over Australia -- their first on home soil against the Australians since re-admission.
A bitterly-contested series saw Rabada successfully appeal against a ban for colliding with Steve Smith in Port Elizabeth that would have ruled him out of the final two tests of a campaign that was overshadowed by the Australia ball-tampering scandal in Cape Town involving then-captain Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.
Rabada was named man-of-the-series after taking 23 wickets at an average of under 20 apiece, but he bowled only eight overs in Australia's second innings in the final test in Johannesburg.
