NEIL MANTHORP: Can Proteas snatch victory from the jaws of defeat?

It all comes down to the points needed to qualify for the World Cup in India next year

In a cricket world setting fixture precedents weekly, SA staying in India to play an ODI series against an Indian B team while the Indian T20 team flew to Australia for the T20 World Cup set the bar a record high. Or low.But the Proteas desperately need the points to qualify automatically for the World Cup back in India next year and face a must-win game in the series decider in Delhi on Tuesday before packing their bags for Sydney.

In Ireland, the first game was rained out but in the second the hosts set a target of 290 and SA delivered an insipid run chase which dissolved to 247 all out. De Kock and Janneman Malan bounced back with an opening stand of 225 in the third game to secure a share of the series — and 15 points.In Sri Lanka, De Kock was rested for the ODIs. But played the T20Is. If the man needed a break, and doesn’t everyone, the team might have been better off with him playing for Super League points.

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