South Africa have appeared in any respect 18 50-over and T20 World Cups since being reinstated to worldwide cricket in 1991 after the nation’s apartheid years, however they’ve solely reached a ultimate as soon as.
That was in final yr’s T20 World Cup within the Caribbean the place they lost to India by seven runs
South Africa wanted 26 runs from 24 balls in pursuit of 177 in Barbados however noticed their title hopes derailed following the dismissal of Heinrich Klaasen (52 off 27) and will solely rating eight runs, as a substitute of the required 16, off the ultimate over.
In complete, they’ve misplaced 10 of their 12 knockout matches throughout these tournaments and bowed out within the semi-finals on seven events.
After which there’s 2003, when South Africa exited their dwelling World Cup within the group stage after a scoreboard miscommunication.
They wanted to beat Sri Lanka to progress and, as rain started to fall, phrase reached batter Mark Boucher that South Africa wanted 229 on the finish of the forty fifth over to win. He celebrated after hitting the penultimate ball of the over for six to succeed in 229, defended the ultimate ball, and the umpires took the gamers off for rain as anticipated.
Nevertheless, 229 was really the rating wanted for a tie and with no resumption in play attainable, South Africa have been eradicated.
Their report is not significantly better within the Champions Trophy. They have not returned to the ultimate since being topped the inaugural winners in Bangladesh in 1998, dropping all 5 of their semi-finals and profitable simply one among six knockout matches.
South Africa’s knockout struggles aren’t restricted to males’s cricket.
The Proteas have been runners-up on the previous two Girls’s T20 World Cups, dropping to New Zealand (2024) and Australia (2023), respectively, and have misplaced 5 of their seven semi-finals throughout 50-over and T20 World Cups.
This text is the most recent from BBC Sport’s Ask Me Anything staff.
