One or two keepers had opportunities while no-one has yet managed to cement their place in the team. As an example, the 1992 World Cup was an about sure win but its result was spoiled by rain. Those were the times when the Duckworth-Lewis strategy wasn't yet introduced to the cricketing world.
They lost to Australia thanks to the absurd situation where they needed to score twenty-two runs from just 1 ball. Both times S. A. was not able to record a victory as they lost the Super 6 match and the semi final was an exciting tie with the Aussies getting the best of the game. The 2003 World Cup was hosted by SA but they couldnt make it any further than the group stage due to bewilderment in working out the quantity of runs they'd to make so as to chase the rival groups score. Shaun Pollock, the then captain of the team, resigned due to the mishap and Graeme Smith replaced him. To give them their due, some of the key players of the team retired ,eg, Allan Donald and Jonty Rhodes. Hanse Cronje also met up with a badly timed and unlucky end both in his career and life. It was an event full of swings and roundabouts for them. They'd brilliant wins over England, West Indies, Eire , Netherlands and Scotland together with a debatable win over Sri Lanka. Then they went downhill by losing in a dreadful fashion to Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh. This made them fall down from the head of the cricket rating. They also lost to Australia in the semi-finals with the lowest ever score they'd ever managed in the world Cup. The Australian cricket team is now something of an unmeasured quantity and is probably going to include one or two players who will be comparatively unknown to the bulk of Britain cricket fans.
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