South Africa and the C-word
Sure, Australia were knocked out of the Twenty20 World Cup pretty much from the get-go. But that bitter pill is at least sweetened with South Africa choking in the semi-final against Pakistan. Naturally the c-word was going to be mentioned to Graeme Smith who responded:
"Every time we lose an important game like this, the word is going to be thrown around, it's around the team, and it was natural if we didn't win today people were going to raise that comment. This tournament is almost a knock-out from the word go. Maybe other teams choked in the Super Eights phase."
So according to the South African world view, everyone is a choker except the ultimate winner of the tournament. We live in a world full of chokers. Chokers to the left of me, chokers to the right.
But on the other hand, the rest of the world didn't enter this tournament as raging favourites, playing unbeaten until crunch time in the semi-finals. Nope, Graeme Smith can spin it anyway he likes it. But the C-word is imprinted on his and his teammates' foreheads more firmly than ever.
| Posted by JC on Fri 19 Jun |  15 comments |
And South Africa didn't go into the tournament being the favourites, they just played so well that they became the favourites, and plus they lost against Pakistan and Australia lost against Pakistan on the test against Pakistan!!
And soon South Africa will play again and they won't be chokers this time.
Posted by steyn lover on 2009-07-03 18:03:28
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