Rassie van der Dussen

Hendrik Erasmus "Rassie" van der Dussen (born 7 February 1989) is a South African professional cricketer who represents the South Africa national cricket team and plays for Gauteng in domestic cricket. In the 2018 South African Cricket Annual, he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year. Quotes I made my international debut late in my career, but it has been good for me . I've come into the team and I know my game, which has helped me adapt to international cricket. Leadership is something that comes naturally to me, I suppose. I always think on the field and think about communicating to the bowlers. A lot of the bowlers here - like Beuran Hendricks and Kagiso Rabada - they play with me domestically back home. I know what these guys think and what their plans are. I know what their strengths and weaknesses are, so that helps me on the field to know what they are thinking under pressure. Sometimes, it just takes one or two words for me to communicate with them and I know what they're going to do. It has helped me in this vice-captaincy role, supporting Quinny [Quinton de Kock]. He's obviously very experienced and he has led from the front - he's that sort of a character and I think captaincy is going to bring more good things out of him. I, was realistic of the fact that South Africa was a tough team to break into - Faf, AB, Hashim, Quinny were all there. I just made peace with the fact and just wanted to keep persevering and see what happens. If I was still in domestic cricket at 35-36 years of age, I would have still been pushing. External links Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:1989 births Category:Living people