Another big shocking fortune of South African team in semi-final.
Mate the chokers thing is unfortunately the media’s work. Think clearly for a few minutes:
1992 - Was the 1 ball 22 runs disaster which if the game went full distance then we would have knocked England out of the World Cup. Remember this was the first international tournament that South Africa played in.
1996 - One reason Brian Charles Lara. South Africa were the best team and pool play and then met a blistering Lara… anyone would have ran for cover.
1999 - One of the greatest games of ODI ever played. If Herschelle Gibbs did not drop Steve Waugh and the umpires did not give the late Hansie Cronje caught of his shoe from a certain Warne character.
2003 - Simple it is called the Duckworth Lewis. Miscalculation which helped the entire cricket world as to the importance of proper information.
2007 - The game was played on a world smallest cricket ground and South Africa forgot the proper intensity to play Australia and try to play brave cricket…
2009-Surely it wouldn’t happen again? This South African team was primed, ready and in-form. They had all the bases covered and had come through unbeaten to the semi-final. They had countered pressure on numerous occasions in the past two years and had even employed a psychologist who had helped them counter the mind games. Once again, though, it all came to nothing.
The look on Graeme Smith’s face as he sat in the dug-out during the closing stages of South Africa’s failed run chase in t20 world cup 2009 was worth a thousand words. History was repeating itself as the favorites were dumped out of another tournament before the final that seemed destined to be theirs. It took until about the half-way mark of the press conference for someone to use the inevitable ‘choker’ word, but Smith was ready for it; after all he’s had practice.
For more info: http://www.indyalive.com/T20-world-cup/results/
and http://www.indyalive.com/t20-world-cup/t20-world-cup-2009-records/
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