South Africa players look dejected following defeat in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 Semi Final match between South Africa and Australia at Eden Gardens on November 16, 2023 in Kolkata, India. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images)
As local fans rake over the coals of defeat today, they will at least take a shred of comfort from the fact that there was no evidence of the dreaded c-word in the Proteas’ three-wicket World Cup semi-final defeat by Australia in Kolkata yesterday. The South Africa ns lost the semi-final fair and square.
They lost it because they didn’t score enough runs after winning the toss and batting; and they lost it because their pace and swing bowlers — Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada and Marco Jansen — were savaged early when Australia chased their below par 212. For all this, it was a match of drama, passion and brilliance, that drama often given depth by some imperfect, edgy cricke
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