Depressingly familiar defeat kicks off ICC
Temba Bavuma’s men had shown a lot of character and resistance by the time Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis scored the winning runs in the World Cup opener, which condemned the Proteas to a five-wicket defeat with two balls remaining.
Thanks to the low and slow wickets in the United Arab Emirates, this has been billed as a T20 World Cup that would be decided by low scores. But there is low and there is the capitulation that masqueraded as a batting effort by the Proteas. “The inclusion of two subcontinent teams, in subcontinental conditions, does make the group a lot tougher,” admitted Bavuma after the match.“But the group was never an easy one, so we know that, in every game, we’re going to have to come up with our best cricket.”
However, things rapidly went awry and verged on comical in the second over, with Bavuma caught in his crease to be castled by one that kept low from part-time spinner Maxwell.
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