Quote:[size=12pt]When South Africa broke its bafflingly poor record at international tournaments earlier this year, in the under-19 World Cup, team coach Ray Jennings predicted its pace spearhead would be playing for the Proteas' senior team within three years - maybe even two.

Kagiso Rabada's progression in that sense has been, like his bowling, rapid. What Jennings expected would take years was instead completed within seven months, on Wednesday night at Adelaide Oval.

At 19 years and 164 days, Rabada became South Africa's youngest Twenty20 debutant and third youngest in any format over the past half a century - and all before he has even completed his first full season in domestic cricket in South Africa.[/size]