Have South Africa taken a big step in removing the CHOKERS tag - Page 6

FaaipDeOiad · 15-03-2011, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sanz

Here it i when it all started :- YouTube - India V South Africa 93

Watch the last 3 minutes or so, this was comical cricket.

Wow... that is unbelievable stuff. Those run outs are absolutely horrible.

Top_Cat · 15-03-2011, 03:45 PM

Yeah, Sanz is probably right about the tag of chokers starting with that match. After the WI Test, pretty sure the attitude from people was "First Test back after 20-odd years, they're allowed a slip-up, etc." but it was only later people started more seriously wondering about their play under the pump.

Jono · 25-03-2011, 09:59 AM

They're still chokers boys. People just have to man up and accept it.

8ankitj · 25-03-2011, 10:01 AM

Hate to say....No, hate it too much to actually say it

vcs · 25-03-2011, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Jono

They're still chokers boys. People just have to man up and accept it.

Yep.

Adamc · 25-03-2011, 10:03 AM

They'll have the chokers tag till they win a world cup, simple as. Probably longer. Honestly thought they'd at least win one knockout game here though.

8ankitj · 25-03-2011, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Adamc

They'll have the chokers tag till they win a world cup, simple as. Probably longer. Honestly thought they'd at least win one knockout game here though.

Yeah, I thought this was their best chance. NZ not the most fancied side. SA topped the group after all.

social · 25-03-2011, 10:07 AM

That was SA's best chance ever - No outstanding team in the comp, experienced and talented lineup, they'd discovered a spinner and "only" needed to last the 50 overs against NZ to advance to the semis

Mother of all **** ups!

Jono · 25-03-2011, 10:08 AM

The minute NZ only got 221, and not like 250 or something, you almost felt like NZ had even more of a chance of winning

Uppercut · 25-03-2011, 10:09 AM

They've had the term unfairly applied to them at times (sometimes as an unfair reflection on how well their opponents played). But this was pretty much just a massive ****-off choke. And it's exactly what everyone expected them to do by now, if a game or two earlier than most of us would have predicted.

Lostman · 25-03-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Jono

The minute NZ only got 221, and not like 250 or something, you almost felt like NZ had even more of a chance of winning

Lol thats the same thing I thought

Bun · 25-03-2011, 10:16 AM

gvenkat · 25-03-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Uppercut

They've had the term unfairly applied to them at times (sometimes as an unfair reflection on how well their opponents played). But this was pretty much just a massive ****-off choke. And it's exactly what everyone expected them to do by now, if a game or two earlier than most of us would have predicted.

Really? Not won one single knock out in World cups both 50 overs and T20. There is a long list I can send you if you like.

8ankitj · 25-03-2011, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Jono

The minute NZ only got 221, and not like 250 or something, you almost felt like NZ had even more of a chance of winning

When NZ got score, I wanted to post "ch***-worthy score". But I didn't because I didn't want to be so mean to SA.

Dissector · 25-03-2011, 10:53 AM

Well to be fair to South Africa they have:
a) won the Champions Trophy which is a global tournament
b) been the first team to win a test series in India in more than a decade.
c) pulled of the greatest ODI chase of all time
d) been the first team win a test series in Australia in more than a decade after pulling off a sensational chase

So it's not as if they have never done great things under pressure. But yeah their World Cup record in knockout games is astonishingly bad and until they win a world cup they will never erase the choker tag. Fortunately for them, they also get a TT world cup every other year and winning one of them would go a long way to erase the choker tag too.

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Adamc Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: in the wind, so to speak Posts: 9,128	They'll have the chokers tag till they win a world cup, simple as. Probably longer. Honestly thought they'd at least win one knockout game here though. __________________ "Under the spreading chestnut tree, I sold you and you sold me."

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social International Coach Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: AUSTRALIA Posts: 11,046	That was SA's best chance ever - No outstanding team in the comp, experienced and talented lineup, they'd discovered a spinner and "only" needed to last the 50 overs against NZ to advance to the semis Mother of all **** ups! Last edited by social; 25-03-2011 at 10:09 AM.

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Jono Request Your Custom Title Now! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virat Kohli Posts: 47,431	They're still chokers boys. People just have to man up and accept it.

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Jono Request Your Custom Title Now! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virat Kohli Posts: 47,431	The minute NZ only got 221, and not like 250 or something, you almost felt like NZ had even more of a chance of winning

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Dissector International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: India Posts: 2,101	Well to be fair to South Africa they have: a) won the Champions Trophy which is a global tournament b) been the first team to win a test series in India in more than a decade. c) pulled of the greatest ODI chase of all time d) been the first team win a test series in Australia in more than a decade after pulling off a sensational chase So it's not as if they have never done great things under pressure. But yeah their World Cup record in knockout games is astonishingly bad and until they win a world cup they will never erase the choker tag. Fortunately for them, they also get a TT world cup every other year and winning one of them would go a long way to erase the choker tag too.

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