The hamstring curse: Why Proteas quicks are falling victim to cricket’s troublesome muscle | News24

The hamstring has become the Proteas’ unlikely nemesis, with Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Kwena Maphaka and Ottneil Baartman all sidelined. But as South Africa’s fast-bowling stocks take hit after hit, the reasons behind the injury curse are far more complex than one troublesome muscle.