If you have not already noticed, Lungi Ngidi is huge. And as he sat talking to the media after SA’s six-wicket win over Australia at St George’s Park on Monday it was obvious he is, physically at least, more than big enough to step into Kagiso Rabada’s boots. Mentally too, Rabada could learn from his younger, less experienced colleague. "You can be aggressive within your actions, with what you say, or in general the areas you bowl," Ngidi said. "Putting a batsman under pressure, having a presence, letting him know that you’re there. Those are the things I lean towards as a cricketer. "I don’t really have to say much. I feel just a look may be good enough. "Those are the kinds of things I say are aggression." Would that Ngidi’s way of doing things takes root between Rabada’s ears. Rabada took 11/150 at St George’s Park to spur SA to their series-levelling victory, and he regained the No1 bowling ranking on Tuesday. At 22 he shares the record for the youngest bowler to have claimed fo...
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