The Proteas will arrive home this week from the Cricket World Cup with their tails firmly between their legs after another calamitous tournament.

SA’s failure to win or do well in such tournaments has become the butt of jokes — “chokers” has become our name — but this has been the worst performance ever, even by our previous poor standards. For an SA supporter, it was excruciatingly painful to watch. ..

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