Kent Cricket have revealed that new signing Kagiso Rabada will be joining them in late June.

The 20-year-old, whose signing was revealed on social media by Kent chairman George Kennedy, will arrive after South Africa’s tri-series against Australia and West Indies in the Caribbean.

The hope is that he will be able to stay until he is due to report back for international duty against New Zealand in August, subject to Cricket South Africa issuing the requisite ‘No Objection Certificate’.

Rabada is in line to make his Kent debut in the NatWest T20 Blast against Sussex Sharks at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence on Thursday, June 30, and will be available for further T20 games against Essex Eagles (away, July 1), Somerset (away, July 7), Gloucestershire (away, July 8), Surrey (Tunbridge Wells, July 15) and Essex Eagles (The Spitfire Ground, July 22).

During his stay, he will also be available for County Championship matches against Essex (Chelmsford, July 3-6) and Sussex (Tunbridge Wells, July 17-20) as well as a Royal London One-Day Cup match against Middlesex (Lord's, July 24).

The Johannesburg-born paceman impressed against England on their recent tour, taking 22 wickets in three Tests and nine wickets in four one-day internationals.

He said: “I will play hard and try my best. I want to learn from the experience - particularly bowling in different conditions. Most of all I am looking forward to enjoying the experience.”

Kent chairman Mr Kennedy said: “We’ve all been hugely impressed by Kagiso in the recent series against England and I’m looking forward to seeing him playing for Kent this summer.

“He follows in the footsteps of a number of South Africans and I hope he enjoys his spell at The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence and that Kent will become his county of choice for this very promising young bowler in future years.”