The Proteas have no answers. This is perhaps the most concerning aspect of yet another SA implosion at yet another ICC tournament. The more cynical among us may have expected the Proteas to fall at the penultimate hurdle of the 2017 Champions Trophy tournament in England, or to lose their nerve in the final itself. History tells us that when the pressure is on in a major knockout game, the Proteas don’t have what it takes to finish on the right side of a result. Indeed, they have won only one World Cup playoff since their inaugural global tournament appearance in 1992. They have progressed to the final of the Champions Trophy only once (in 1998, when they won the tournament). To say that they have problems with composure in the do-or-die matches is to state the obvious. And yet, with the group phase of the 2017 Champions Trophy now a thing of the past, it’s fair to say the Proteas have failed to meet even the most modest of expectations. They began their campaign with a convincing 9...
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