Rabada stars, but Proteas batters stumble on day one of WTC final
Rabada picked up three wickets after tea — including Webster's, which should have come three hours earlier — as Australia lost 5/22 in 6.4 overs to be bowled out for 212.
Rabada's 5/51 was his second five-for at Lord's but rather than have his name stencilled below his 5/52 against England here three years ago, it will go up on the 'Neutral's board' which is also in the away team's dressing room, and includes records for the 1912 Australia-South Africa Test, the 2010 match between Australia and Pakistan, and this WTC final.
'It means a lot to me to play for South Africa, it always has. I'm just happy I could do a job out there,' the bowler said.
With 332 Test wickets, Rabada now sits fourth on the all-time wickets list for South Africa, moving past Allan Donald's 330 on Wednesday. 'Records are awesome. It means a lot to go past Allan Donald but that is secondary, the primary thing for us is this game,' he said.
It may take Rabada to also do something special with the bat after Australia's excellent finish to what was a compelling opening day. But after the troubles he's had in the build-up to this match, you wouldn't be surprised if he did.
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