South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada feels that the teams apart from the top three nations in Test cricket need to play good cricket to give tough competition to other top teams as well. Notably, in the recent past the Test cricket has been dominated by India, England and Australia who play most of the matches in every cycle of the World Test Championship as well. With the other teams falling behind in the race, Rabada wants them to step up and compete well in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2024.
“It’s up to us as well to boost the game. You look at the big three, Australia, England, India and they just have the most money to be quite frank. However, if you want those nations playing against you, then you need to be playing good cricket. You need to be challenging for that ICC mace or World Test Championship (WTC). That’s one of the ways in which you have control to set an equilibrium amongst teams. That’s one thing that the unions can control: to play good cricket,” Rabada was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
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Further, Kagiso Rabada also recalled West Indies’ historic win over Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane claiming that the win brought the spark back in West Indies cricket as well. The pace bowler also feels more such wins can bring the teams on equal terms in the Test as well.
“We saw when West Indies went and beat Australia, that brought a spark back to West Indies Test cricket. And more of that just needs to happen. The celebrations after Shamar Joseph bowled the way that he did – people were crying, people were very emotional. A picture tells a story of a thousand words. So all you have to do is look at those scenes and it’ll tell you,” he further added.
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However, South Africa are all set to take on West Indies in a two-match Test series starting from Wednesday, August 7 at Queen’s Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad. During the series, Rabada can complete 300 wickets in Tests as he’s just nine wickets away from the milestone as well. The veteran will become the seventh bowler from his country to achieve the historic feat as well.
