Top 5 Cricketers of the Week: Jan 4th – Jan 9th

#2 Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada was on hand to dismantle the Lankans

In the second Test between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Newlands, Cape Town, Kagiso Rabada showed yet again, why he probably is South Africa’s fast-bowling future. Rabada returned figures of 4-37 in the first innings including the two big wickets of Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal. He went one step better in the second innings, returning figures of 6-55 cleaning up the top and middle order of Sri Lanka.

This was the 21-year old’s fifth five-wicket haul and his second ten-wicket haul in a match. Rabada, who was also adjudged Player of the Match, averages a super-impressive 22 with the ball in Tests with a spectacular strike-rate of 37.1.