Proteas coach Boucher takes swipe at journalists: 'There are a lot of media who don’t want me in this position' TiisetsoMalepa
“It is a tough question. Whatever I say people will try to write it in a different way I suppose,” said Boucher. “I would be lying to say it has not been tough. It was tough probably for myself as an individual and also on the team a well.
The Proteas lost against the old enemy Australia in their opening match before bouncing back with four successive wins, including tight victories over West Indies, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and pool winners England, and that defeat proved to be the difference as it sunk them, with Australia finishing with a better net run rate than the Proteas.
The other contributing factor to their inferior net run rate was that Australia bowled out the pool’s whipping boys, Bangladesh, for 73 and chased it down in 6.2 overs while the Proteas used all of 13.3 overs to hunt down 85 against the same team. “We lost a wicket I think in the first over and we ended up losing three wickets in the power play, so we were not really in a position to bash the runs in six or seven overs. I think the wicket played a part in there as well.