England vs South Africa: Dean Elgar on prioritising Kagiso Rabada’s health – It is excessive on our record

ENG vs SA, Test collection: Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada harm his left ankle in the course of the T20I collection in opposition to England, however has been bowling within the nets.

Kagiso Rabada of South Africa. Courtesy: AP

HIGHLIGHTSSouth Africa’s Test collection in opposition to England is about to start out on August 17Kagiso Rabada harm his left ankle in the course of the T20I collection in opposition to EnglandDean Elgar sounded assured concerning the South Africa Test squad

South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar has put emphasis on quick bowler Kagiso Rabada’s health forward of the three-match Test collection in opposition to South Africa. The first Test is about to get underway on August 17 at Lord’s and Elgar stated that maintaining Rabada match for the upcoming red-ball collection is among the main priorities for the Proteas.

During the T20I collection in opposition to the Three Lions, Rabada injured his left ankle, however has been sweating it out within the nets. The South African squad is at the moment participating in a pre-series camp in Canterbury. From August 9 onwards, the guests can even play a four-day follow match in opposition to England Lions at St Lawrence Ground.

“The workload is maybe the biggest concern, whether he can get himself throughout a test match with the intensity and obviously the volume of overs in a day’s play. For now, he’s doing all the right things, but I can’t say ‘yes or no’ as yet. But it’s high on our list to get him fit and giving us more resources going into the first test,” Elgar was quoted as saying.

South Africa gained’t be having key middle-order batter Temba Bavuma, who’s recovering from an elbow harm. However, Elgar sounded fairly assured concerning the South African gamers and in addition lauded them for doing nicely in county cricket on English soil.

“I think the options are brilliant for us and I think we’re ticking the boxes in the right way. Some of our guys have been doing well in county cricket and that’s a massive asset for us going into this test series, just from knowing more about the conditions,” he said.

“Another thing we got is white-ball cricketers that have had a pretty successful series over here so far, they’ve got a lot of confidence coming into the tests and it’s almost like a breath of fresh air having those guys come in, just knowing that they’ve done pretty well in the last month,” Elgar added.

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