Rabada blames inexperience for Proteas batting woes: 'There needs to be element of patience'

Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada described the Proteas' batting woes as "frustrating" following South Africa's opening Test loss against Australia in Brisbane this past weekend.

South Africa trail the three-match Test series 1-0 following their six-wicket defeat inside two days at the Gabba this past weekend.

The Proteas' top-order and batting line-up crumbled on a green Brisbane pitch as the tourists were bundled out for 152 and 99 against a fierce Australian bowling attack.

It also meant that South Africa's Test side have not surpassed the 200-mark in their six Test innings.

Rabada starred with the ball for South Africa as he took eight wickets altogether, capturing 4/76 and 4/13, respectively.

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Rabada, who scored 10 and 3 with the bat, believes that inexperience is the root of South Africa's batting woes.

"The batting line-up that we have is quite inexperienced. If you look at other cricketing nations around the world, Dean Elgar is our most experienced player and then followed by myself and Temba (Bavuma)," Rabada told reporters on Sunday.

"I've played 50-odd Test matches and everyone else hasn't, so it can get frustrating. And when I say frustrating, I don't mean to single out the batters. I mean, it's frustrating as a team and you almost have to understand that sometimes this is what happens in a rebuilding phase.

"I've played in a team with a star-studded line-up where you're literally playing with greats of the game, I don't think that happens quite frequently," he continued.

"Now the situation that we're faced with, there's just a whole lot of players who've come in and have the ability but need to get used to the international circuit. So there