There was no avoiding the elephant in the room on Tuesday at Newlands‚ and it duly ambushed Faf du Plessis. It was the World Cup trophy itself‚ which was in Cape Town as part of its tour to 20 countries ahead of the tournament in England from May to July. Suddenly Wednesday’s deciding one-day international between SA and Pakistan mattered about as much as a hatchback unfortunate enough to be in a tusker’s path in the Kruger. “It’s quite a surprise to see the trophy here today‚” Du Plessis said. “We didn’t know this was happening. It’s nice to have a look at it.”
Thing is‚ it’s about winning the thing and not looking at it. And SA haven’t won the World Cup in eight attempts despite arriving at the tournament with the best team in the game more often than not. Not this time. “We’re going with‚ I suppose‚ less pressure on us in terms of the expectations of winning it‚” Du Plessis said. “It’s pretty clear England and India are the favourites. But that’s a nice way to go there — go...
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