For a young man in a hurry, Kagiso Rabada has a lot of time to explain the how and why of running through the silkiest of bowling actions to blow batsmen away. "I don’t see myself as leading the attack," Rabada said when someone dared suggest that, with Dale Steyn homeward bound, he was where the buck stopped. And well they might have thought so, what with Rabada taking 5/92 to seal SA’s victory in the first Test. "I know that I’ve got a job to do. Every player has a job to do.... So I just try and do my job." Simple, clear, direct, and surely not the whole answer? "I sound like a stuck record, but I’ve got a responsibility to make sure I produce the goods for the country.
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