massive injury crisis in the pace stakes, with Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee, Nandre Burger spending time on the sidelines. Despite this, Conrad's men managed to win their last seven Test matches, qualifying for the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's in June.

Kagiso Rabada and veteran seamer Dane Paterson played a key role in the Test matches against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, carrying the Proteas' attack. The emergence of all-rounder Wiaan Mulder and the return to form of lanky left-arm quick Marco Jansen was also crucial.

But there is a feeling that the Proteas need an out-and-out speedster to provide even more variety against a powerful Australian batting line-up.

18:T4f4,Proteas (https://www.iol.co.za/tags/proteas) coach Shukri Conrad (https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/proteas/exclusive-if-i-was-offered-the-job-of-course-ill-take-it-says-proteas-test-coach-shukri-conrad-1fd9a2f7-d65b-42cf-85db-60d8e2ba92d0)will be smiling from ear to ear this morning following the performance of two key fast bowlers in the Indian Premier League. The Proteas ended the Test season with a massive injury crisis in the pace stakes (https://www.iol.co.za/sport/cricket/proteas/whats-going-on-with-the-proteas-do-they-have-a-fast-bowler-crisis-b3fdcf49-9a94-4a3e-b631-3ed3b419c845), with Anrich Nortje, Gerald Coetzee, Nandre Burger spending time on the sidelines. Despite this, Conrad's men managed to win their last seven Test matches, qualifying for the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord's in June. Kagiso Rabada and veteran seamer Dane Paterson played a key role in the Test matches against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, carrying the Proteas' attack. The emergence of all-rounder Wiaan Mulder and the return to form of lanky left-arm quick Marco Jansen was also crucial. But there is a feeling that the Proteas need an out-and-out speedster to provide even more variety against a powerful Australian batting lin