debut: Nov 30, '17
13,552 runs
sorry SA
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peaked way too early
peaked way too early
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 12:04 PM
debut: Nov 30, '17
13,552 runs
@Narper
dey need to put keshav as cappo. clearly SA needs a skipper from one of the disadvantaged communities to show spine. somebody accustomed to deprivation. not even kg, he grow up in money.
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 12:07 PM
debut: Nov 30, '17
13,552 runs
@voiceofreason
has to be. the total was below par but they didn't even make a game of it. they froze the minute finn rushed them
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 1:03 PM
debut: Nov 30, '17
13,552 runs
@voiceofreason
technically though is not a choke if yuh doh show up lol
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 1:07 PM
Its the toss winning these games. If you bat first its hard to set a score. And batting second or chasing gives you all the freedom in the world.
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 1:13 PM
debut: Nov 30, '17
13,552 runs
@carl0002
maybe. but india struggled to reach our target on sunday, and would not have reached it if we didn't drop catches. at no point were we out of the game. im not sure SA was in the game at any point though.
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 1:19 PM
World cups are won by bowlers . If you conceded 4 sixes in a row in 20th over that means bowling lost the game for you.
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 1:25 PM
debut: Nov 30, '17
13,552 runs
@jnaveen
i don't know about that.........steve waugh getting dropped by the usually safe gibbs, going on to score a hundred was the difference between australia getting knocked out in the super 8s at the 99 wc and eventually was the reason SA needed to win that semi....marlon and rtn won that wt20 for us, and marlon won it in 2012. in limited overs cricket, a team can bat you out of the game as we saw here
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 1:45 PM
SA did not choke. They just had the bad match that everyone gets but prays not to get in a knockout situation. The better team on the day won and that is all. But a century in 33 balls in a world semi final is something that we should all salute.
Technically I should now support England so that we can claim to be the only team to have beaten the world champs but NZ has my backing.
Wed, Mar 4, '26 at 2:21 PM
@Jumpstart
But you really think Bumrah would concede 4 sixes to Brathwhite? It was bowling failure. In the semi final against India , India took two wickets. Both were no balls. They chased 190 plus under dew against India and reached final. Even though India was raking 220 runs for fun against all teams in order to win the cup your bowling has to show up. You need 8 bankable overs. Today NZ got 8 such overs from Rachin and Santner