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"As South Africa grapples with a fast bowling crisis, Lungi Ngidi shares his struggles and hopes for a comeback in international cricket
Kagiso Rabada faces the daunting task of leading a depleted Proteas pace attack in the high-stakes 2025 ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan.
Whatever advantage the Proteas have over their opposition with their pace lineup may be negated by the flat pitches and that's where spinners Tabraiz Shamsi and Keshav Maharaj could make a difference.
The only ODI series South Africa have won in the last year came against minnows Ireland.
Proteas bowling coach Anton Roux expresses confidence in fast bowler Lungi Ngidi's progress ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy, despite recent performance concerns and injury setbacks. Roux highlights Ngidi's potential role with the new ball and his crucial death bowling capabilities.
While the Proteas have had their struggles in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) of late, so have the other teams in Group B.
The Proteas finally confirmed their squad for the Champions Trophy over the weekend, with Corbin Bosch called up.
As Gerald Coetzee was ruled out of the SA20 over the weekend, it paints a bleak picture of the fast bowling stocks for the Proteas at the moment.
Lungi Ngidi has not played any cricket since the One-Day International (ODI) series against Ireland at the beginning of October.
With the first match scheduled to take place in Durban on Friday, the Proteas will also field a side missing some big names like Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Quinton de Kock and Anrich Nortje.
Tristan Stubbs’ maiden One Day International (ODI) century helped guide South Africa to a 174 run victory over Ireland at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday
Proteas fast bowler Lungi Ngidi has sung the praises of Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs who put on 152 for the fourth wicket which helped South Africa post an imposing score against Ireland.
Ryan Rickelton and Tristan Stubbs hit half-centuries as South Africa trounced Ireland in the first of three one-day internationals on Wednesday.
Senuran Muthusamy is one of three spinners in the Proteas squad, along with Keshav Maharaj and Dane Piedt, who did duty in the recent Test series against the West Indies.
Whether the outcome will be any different, will be difficult to predict as this is still an experimental Proteas group, selected for both the ODIs and T20Is.
According to the ICC Future Tours Programme, the Proteas Test team should be travelling to Bangladesh next month for a two-match series scheduled to start on October 21.
The Proteas prevented a series whitewash with a complete performance with ball, bat and in the field in their seven-wicket win against Afghanistan in the UAE.
Afghanistan clinched a historic series win over South African when they won Friday’s second ODI in Sharjah by 178 runs.
South Africa take on Afghanistan in the second ODI at the same venue in the UAE on Friday, hoping to restore their pride after their six-wicket defeat two days prior.
Gulbadin Naib and Azmatullah Omarzai got Afghanistan over the line as they beat South Africa in their series opening ODI in Sharjah on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old Lungi Ngidi is in the peak of his career in terms of age, but dealing with the injuries that have plagued his Proteas run would have been frustrating for anyone.
THE Proteas are set to face Afghanistan for the first time in a bilateral ODI series in Sharjah from today.
The Afghans have been boosted by the return of ace spinner Rashid Khan, who has been included in their squad after he missed the one-off Test match against New Zealand.
Lungi Ngidi will spearhead the Proteas’ attack in their first One-Day International series since going down to India 2-1 on home soil in December.
Wiaan Mulder took career-best figures of 4/18 as the Proteas fought back after an ordinary batting display in the first innings for the second Test against the West Indies.