Blogs Will SA ever win a major tournament?
June 19th, 2009 by kapoorThis may sound outrightly rude but the fact is that the South African team just cannot seem to get past the semi-final stage of any major ICC tournament. They seem to win nearly every kind of home series and have a very good record when playing overseas bilateral series also, but when it comes to major international tournaments, they just seem to get stuck on the verge of entering the finals. It has happened again with them losing to Pakistan in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2009.
It has to be said that this has been happening far too often for a team that is professional to the core and has world-class players. In fact, this is a sort of legacy that has been handed down to Graeme Smith from Hansie Cronje (may his soul rest in peace) and it could be best defined as some sort of a mental block. Or is it the supernatural forces that were last heard of creating crop circles in north America? Hmmm…..??
