South Africa have quite an unblemished record when it comes to the longer format of the game. Barring a solitary home series defeat in 2009 they haven't lost anything home or away since 2006.Quite a record to be extremely proud of but in my eyes they still aren't a Champion side and can definitely not be compared to the Aussie side of yore. Great sides of any era are characterised by a certain quality of ruthlessness and an aggressive streak of armour. This SA side sorely lacks that and this was again pretty evident when they chickened out wanting to play safe requiring a paltry 16 off 3 overs with 3 wickets still in hand. They had a chance to create history but instead chose to screw themselves by not going for the win. Agreed they did remarkably well to get where they did facing an imposing task of over 450 plus in the 4th innings but wonder whats the whole point of getting so close if you are eventually not going to seize the initiative and capitalise on such a golden opportunity of breaking a world record feat.
South Africa in one word - "Disappointing"
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