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Proteas sore after defeat — De Villiers
AB de Villiers did not sound like a beaten captain after the series was lost on Saturday
SA lost as many one-day internationals (ODIs) in four days last week as they did in the previous eight months. Their defeat by England by two runs in Southampton on Saturday followed a 72-run loss in Leeds on Wednesday. SA won 14 of the 16 ODIs they played before they went to England‚ a stretch of success that started on September 25 2016. But AB de Villiers did not sound like a beaten captain after the series was lost on Saturday. "Games like these give me a lot of confidence‚" De Villiers said. "I’ve seen the boys in the dressing room and they’re quite upset and very disappointed. But I’ll try to lighten the mood because I think we deserve that. We played a really good game of cricket today.
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