Best SA WC Team

[Sunil1z]

Which SA ODI WC Team according to you is/was the strongest ?

 

[Adorable Asshole]

I still don't know how SA didn't won 99 WC

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

SA 99 side. Incredible balance that team had , we had genuine batting all the way to No.10 plus a heap bowling options.

 

[StephenZA]

That feels like a very nostalgic view. It had some great players. And team had some form. But there was a number of question marks in that team. We only got to the semifinals off the back of Klusener having the tournament of his life and SA winning games they should not have.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

That feels like a very nostalgic view. It had some great players. And team had some form. But there was a number of question marks in that team. We only got to the semifinals off the back of Klusener having the tournament of his life and SA winning games they should not have.

The ? was Kallis.

 

[StephenZA]

The ? was Kallis.

No, if I remember correctly he did alright. But I think Cronje, Jonty and Cullinan had poor tournament. It was very much SA lower order batting or rather Klusener that kept us in that tournament.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

No, if I remember correctly he did alright. But I think Cronje, Jonty and Cullinan had poor tournament. It was very much SA lower order batting or rather Klusener that kept us in that tournament.

Between this and Wasim, it makes me think 99 WC was fixed.

 

[DriveClub]

2015 imo they win the semi final if Abbott had played

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

That feels like a very nostalgic view. It had some great players. And team had some form. But there was a number of question marks in that team. We only got to the semifinals off the back of Klusener having the tournament of his life and SA winning games they should not have.

Every team on this list had flaws, the 99 side had the best balance out of all of them which is why I feel they had the best team.
Pollock and Donald get into an SA all time ODI XI , they could defend or restrict any batting side. Then you had our best all rounders ever in Kallis , Klusener that also make our best SA side . Cronje was arguably our best ever captain , and Rhodes our best ever fielder. Gibbs was our best big game batsman .

The WC 15 side probably was the best batting unit but the batting and the bowling was handicapped by the most ridiculous balance we ever had , you had Duminy as a fifth bowler and a weak tail , QDK got stage fright for most of the WC and Amla only got runs against Ireland and West Indies .

 

[OverratedSanity]

Swear I'm not trying to jinx it but the current one has a case. Extraordinary batting firepower (particularly at the death) , great pace attack, a very good spinner for the conditions and somehow their Jansen at 7 gamble seems to be working.

Batting first they look invincible. They've got a good chance at winning this. I also think bavuma gets s bad rap, good player in the format and think he should do well once he's brought back. Their only weakness may be chasing on a slow spinning deck.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Swear I'm not trying to jinx it but the current one has a case. Extraordinary batting firepower (particularly at the death) , great pace attack, a very spinner for the conditions and somehow their Jansen at 7 gamble seems to be working.

Batting first they look invincible. They've got a good chance at winning this. I also think bavuma gets s bad rap, good player in the format and think he should do well once he's brought back. Their only weakness may be chasing on a slow spinning deck.

Yeah you absolutely are not trying to jinx SA.

 

[Dendarii]

2015 imo they win the semi final if Abbott had played

You can't pin it down to one thing. The last minute team change was certainly one of factors that contributed to the loss but it wasn't the only one.

 

[OverratedSanity]

2015 team was good but wasn't properly balanced imo. Don't think they were as strong as Australia. Lost to a not that great (on paper) India team in the group stage too.

 

[Bolo.]

The ? was Kallis.

Kallis was very good in ODIs before the batting SRs started to spike in the mid 2000s. Better than most of his team.

And he was coming off one of the GOAT tournament performances the year before to win RSA's still only piece of silverware, despite them playing with what was effectively a B team of bowlers.

 

[Zinzan]

Yeah the poll result to date says it all really.

 

[Molehill]

Swear I'm not trying to jinx it but the current one has a case. Extraordinary batting firepower (particularly at the death) , great pace attack, a very good spinner for the conditions and somehow their Jansen at 7 gamble seems to be working.

Batting first they look invincible. They've got a good chance at winning this. I also think bavuma gets s bad rap, good player in the format and think he should do well once he's brought back. Their only weakness may be chasing on a slow spinning deck.

Not convinced about the bowling at the death of this team. If they can screw up against Netherlands when not batting first, I suspect better teams may do likewise (still can't get over England opting to bowl first!!).

 

[Kirkut]

1992. Donald bowled like a concorde that year

 

[Himannv]

Klusener carried the 99 side quite a bit and won them matches that they'd otherwise have lost. I thought they were very good in 2015 and ABdV was at his peak there.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Every team on this list had flaws, the 99 side had the best balance out of all of them which is why I feel they had the best team.
Pollock and Donald get into an SA all time ODI XI , they could defend or restrict any batting side. Then you had our best all rounders ever in Kallis , Klusener that also make our best SA side . Cronje was arguably our best ever captain , and Rhodes our best ever fielder. Gibbs was our best big game batsman .

The WC 15 side probably was the best batting unit but the batting and the bowling was handicapped by the most ridiculous balance we ever had , you had Duminy as a fifth bowler and a weak tail , QDK got stage fright for most of the WC and Amla only got runs against Ireland and West Indies .

And AB was the 6th bowler in 2015 and terrible

 

[Fuller Pilch]

1992. Donald bowled like a concorde that year

Yeah, but they were only the 4th best side in the tournament and their batting was too slow.