South Africa: Cricket World Cup - SA Bows Out in Emphatic Style

South Africa fell agonisingly short of a place in the World Cup final, losing by four wickets to New Zealand in Auckland. It was a semi-final to remember; in the end, too much fire was clearly not good for the Proteas.

Questionable selection, basic errors, rain and a superb innings under pressure from a man who couldn’t crack the South African team saw the Proteas bow out of the 2015 Cricket World Cup on Tuesday.

New Zealand clinched a four-wicket win, with just one ball remaining, in one of the most memorable semi-finals the World Cup has ever produced. Grant Elliot hit a match-winning, unbeaten 84 off 73 as the Black Caps chased down a Duckworth-Lewis adjusted target of 298 to send them to a World Cup final for the first time. They will now face either Australia or India, who square off in their semi-final match on Thursday.

Very few other sports takes the watcher on such an emotional rollercoaster for such an extended period of time. If South Africa won the toss and chose to bat, they would have been quietly confident. After all, it’s their chasing that has let them down so often in …

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South Africa: Cricket World Cup - SA Bows Out in Emphatic Style