Jarquis
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. Wow, a suprising England performance aside South Africa throw away another tournament that they were expected to win.Exactly how much does the chokers tag effect them do you think?
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*Official* Double Match Day - South Africa v England (27th Sept)
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. Wow, a suprising England performance aside South Africa throw away another tournament that they were expected to win.Exactly how much does the chokers tag effect them do you think?
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Didn't take time for that word to pop up. It doesn't. They were outplayed which can happen in two ODIs in a row. South Africa did compete.
Exactly how much does the chokers tag effect them do you think?
DIRK-NANNES
U19 Vice-Captain
Nah, we have to beat your boys before nipping through.
Damn, I was about to reply to that deleted post
kingkallis
International Coach
No, it's done on Net Run Rate. NZ have to win or draw to qualify.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
Agreed. They were simply well beaten 2 times out of 3. Pride before a fall maybe, but I wouldn't class this as a choke.
Uppercut
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Think the lack of cricket before the tournament did a lot more damage than any choking. Looked very off the pace in the field.
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I didn't say they'd choked. I just asked how badly do you think it effects them?
This doesn't add to their chokers tag, just how do you think they feel when they enter a tournament, expected to win it by most people who all have a suspicion they'll not manage to win again.
Dissector
International Debutant
IMO it was a bit of a choke from SA today. Batting conditions were great, the bowling was average and yet no one delivered aside from Smith. Some fairly soft dismissals as well. They still had a reasonable chance of at least getting that 313 till the Morkel run out.
kingkallis
International Coach
England has beaten 2 very good teams now...hope they can carry on doing the good work in semis!
It will be interesting to see if another contender, India, goes out of the tourney as well?
[ Hope not ]
It will be interesting to see if another contender, India, goes out of the tourney as well?
[ Hope not ]
Pratters
Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I agree. The bowlers could have certainly bowled better based on how they bowled in the T20 World Cup.
kingkallis
International Coach
I wouldnt count that as a choke but they could not accelerate in the middle overs where Shah and Collingwood did that for the England.
They did score some boundaries but the amount of DOT balls helped the bowlers there as well...
kingkallis
International Coach
Shah is the MOM?
I thaught Colly or Anderson deserved it better or even Smith!
I thaught Colly or Anderson deserved it better or even Smith!
Jarquis
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Hmm. Sparks up the old debate about whether a lesser innings in a winning cause > a larger innings in a losing cause.
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
yeah the 44th & the 46th going for a total of 6 runs (including a leg bye and a poor noball call) when the game was still very much on, were crucial
add in the 41st and those three overs Anderson took 2-9 and two of those were in the power play
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