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Makhaya Ntini led a South African fast bowling attack in 2008 including Lord’s rookies Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel, with Jacques Kallis as the fourth member, that was said to be as potent as the great West Indian quartets of the 1990s.
It was lavish over-hype and it had its effect on Steyn and Morkel, who bowled poorly, straining too hard trying to live up to expectations.
Mark Boucher was in that team and remembers it well. This year he encouraged Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi and Marco Jansen to cherish and ‘absorb’ Lord’s rather than ‘look around and get over it’ as Steyn and Morkel had been told to do. ‘There will be nerves on the first day, you can’t hide from them,’ the South Africa coach said.
Makhaya Ntini was part of the South Africa bowling attack that faced England at Lords in 2008
South Africa bowler Kagiso Rabada took two England wickets on the opening day of the test
Whether the advice made the difference or not we’ll never know, but the three Lord’s rookies made a stunning first impression under the leadership of Kagiso Rabada, who played here in England’s 211-run victory in 2017.
Only Ngidi failed to make the batsmen play as
