The inherited sadness of South African cricket |

[@yashassridharan5504]

It's like doing an autopsy to a body you received with like 72 stab wounds. You don't really need an autopsy of the body to know what killed the person. Probably more of an autopsy to figure out the childhood and every decision made that led them to the moment of being stabbed!

[@MrIamonnn]

Absolutely well said 😅…

[@manyuvittal6926]

I hope you are a coroner. If not your friends should be concerned 😜.

[@yashassridharan5504]

@@manyuvittal6926 I don't have any friends....left. 😉

[@jaiminsharma]

That's dope man... very well said

[@gideondejongh838]

Damn, that was brutal.

[@graemecomrie]

Our cricket is genuinely Shakespearean in its tragedy 🥲 From the generally brilliant heroes with fatal flaws to the rain-soaked, tear-stained failures of nerve and miscalculations to the dramatic irony of being defeated by our countrymen... Genuinely think if the US cared more about cricket, it'd be globally regarded as one of the most compelling stories in the history of sport. Also... trigger warning for that '99 semi footage pls...

[@abhinashkumar3161]

right

[@crickbomb7523]

Cricket South African Board need to change..they are soo unprofessional and treating their National Team like some U14 Domestic team..Our Domestic circuit teams are more professional and more famous then the cricket team of South Africa..this needs to be changed..as a cricket fan it hurts me..and hope people of South Africa take some steps for this

[@r0N1n_SD]

I'm Indian and I remember vividly that 1999 semi. I remember I felt so sad as a kid for Klusner.

[@ResearchReally]

Watching this video again after they lost in the finals of WC"24, they truly are a cursed side. Hope they can get a trophy for their loyal fans.

[@MKShah-he7fl]

If they want to win icc wc in odi and T20 then they should reach till semis, and if they had opponent to face like Aus, ind, pak or eng then they should beg nd plea infront of that team to allow them to win both semis and finals. This is the only and last way to win and cure curse. Bcoz legally they can't win as destiny will never favour them.

[@peterwilliams8524]

As a South African fan this game against the Netherlands was an incredibly depressing moment for me and the one that finally made me believe in my heart that we will never win a World Cup. I think that up until now I'd convinced myself that we'd one day overcome this and win one, but I don't believe that anymore. It was to some degree chance that we got unlucky those first two or three times but they left a scar on the players' psyche that they just can't overcome. And the longer it goes on, the more likely it becomes that the scar will never heal. Each World Cup the Proteas have this mental weight stopping them from performing when it matters and each failure ensures that it's still there next time. Whatever possible pitfall presents itself, we will inevitably fall into it.

[@Anup-k8j]

I think after happening so many times, the expectations will be off and they will play with freedom... It was tough to watch as an Indian, although like always wasn't entirely their fault

[@peterwilliams8524]

@@Anup-k8j I don't think the pressure can ever really be off. Even if you go into a tournament with no expectations on you, you need to win a final to take the title and there's no way of playing a World Cup final without heaps of pressure on you

[@samuelhonywill8326]

I'm an England fan who grew up in the 90s, expecting us never to win the Ashes. All it takes is one game to change years of habit and hurt. Never stop believing - although preferably, South Africa win one tournament and them promptly go up to ballsing it up dramatically the rest of the time.

[@bernstot]

This is a very good point, but I think the dynamics in cricket, especially over decades, can change so drastically. With new sides playing well and well established sides doing poorly, we are not entirely sure of what is to come and I think seeing our favorite Protea cricketers doing well and our non-favorites doing poorly in the games leading up to the world cup sometimes gives us a false perception of what these players are really capable of when it comes down to it. The whole scene in South African cricket needs to be overhauled and something new needs to come in and reinvent what it means to be good team. We can no longer rely on big quicks, big hitters and tough opening batsman to see us through every game, with the help of some good fielding. We need to be exposed to different perspectives from teams already established in world cricket. Our 'fallback systems' are outdated.

[@dansonobakengobakeng7746]

Same

[@arvindshastry1178]

South Africa always chokes up very badly in ICC tournament. I remember watching a match between England and South Africa from 2011 World Cup. South Africa started that match so well by restricting England to just 171 runs, unfortunately South Africa ended up losing that match by 6 runs despite having batsmen Like Amla, Smith, Kallis, De Villiers, Duminy and Du Plessis.

[@annamalaian0711]

2015 semis as well. Missed run out chances

[@drevil5066]

No mate, thats a convenient narrative. Teams where some players are labelled as 'God', are the ones that choke even worse.

[@adam872]

I feel this like kicking someone's dog and I'm not even South African. Them choking is one of the most reliable predictions in any world cup.

[@karthiksrinivasan12]

For me biggest SA mess up is 2007 T20 world cup game against India, where they first could have won against India, second avoided severe defeat to stay above NRR, but they "chocked" on both counts.

[@Khader1093]

Klusner's mix up was the biggest thing for me. I still remember watching SA losing it while laughing my ass off with my dad.

[@k.govardhansingh1278]

Due you think it is not about fixing. Whatever cricket is no more popular in india n subcontinent. They the spectators n followers had seen enough through t2o format. Only youngesters who are in comfortable zone follow cricket n few elders also watch for sometime to kill time.

[@FlyingBoer]

2007 T20 South Africa left Jacques Kallis off & pick Robin Peterson who drop the match winning catch of Rohit Sharma & SA lost

[@Destroyer_278]

To all the people who don't know this, Brandon Glover was born in South Africa, studied in the same school as Grant Elliott and eventually knocked SA out of WT20 2022 by picking a vital 3-fer.

[@r0N1n_SD]

So basically that school created 2 South Africans who knocked out SA in ODI World cup

[@nocopyrightgameplay8496]

Brilliant analysis, super sad for my fellow SouthAfricans, they always come to tournaments with best team and somehow manage to find ways to lose.

[@HarshitSrivastava]

Undoubtedly the best cricketing analytics driven storytelling. Huge fan #Jarrod. Please keep doing what you do since you are the best and way ahead of the rest

[@nnn6054]

I’m so lucky to have found this channel. It really takes cricket understanding to a whole no level. There is literally no one else like this out there. I learn so much from every single video about the game even after watching for over 15 years

[@sneddengonsalves9320]

I still remember late nineties south African side, felt like the had 10 batsmen in their line up

[@riyaanabrahams4061]

In one match SA had shaun pollock batting at number 11

[@redlinecast6202]

South africa has done this to themselves...I'm south african and we all can see their is so much tension behind the scenes and players not liking each other and playing for the team

[@pavankulkarni286]

One question out of curiosity, what a average SA citizen think about the reservation policy? Does it also affect?

[@kriketprayme]

SA needs to change their management. No player should be given a place in the team just because they are of a certain colour.

[@nuxxism]

@@pavankulkarni286 The problem is there is no point enforcing it just at the top level. I agree that top level cricket should be representational for a country where whites are only 10% of the population and blacks are 80%. But It's not the players, the management, or even CSA's fault that cricket is not representational at lower levels. It is because our pipeline is mostly from elite schools and families who can afford support younger players, and that's a social/class divide that also falls into a race divide because of our history. A SA cricket team with majority white players does look "ugly", but that's because the social system in our country is still "ugly". Forcing players of colour is a thin veneer on top that only looks better, but doesn't fix anything.

[@spookycat314]

Not even a fan SA but man this was so depressing. Sending virtual hugs to sa fans

[@bevanml]

Then there was also the 2007 World Cup semi-final where they were reduced to 5 down for diddly-squat. A much vaunted batting line-up featuring G.Smith, Kallis, Gibbs, Pollock, de Villiers and Boucher all failed to land a single punch. The KZbin channel REAL CRICKET has a 15 minute video of that game.

[@avishmaharaj5941]

Cause they are too conservative and predictable

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

That was on an absolute road as well

[@k.govardhansingh1278]

SA lose in crunch matches is due to obey their masters. I am talking about Sa team 2000 yr onwards. Losing against pak n Dutch is final slaps on their faces.

[@ayou055]

South Africa won the first ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 in Bangladesh, which was the precursor to the CHampions Troohy. I can't diss it myself as a Kiwi, since it was the only ICC Trophy in the Black Cap's Trophy Cabinet till last year...

[@samuelhonywill8326]

I have a feeling we'll probably look back on the World Test Championship as being similarly worthless when it's inevitably canned.

[@SourabhKumar-eh3kg]

Cricket South Africa’s history is probably the most tragic and bizarre tale in any sport not just cricket.

[@samuelhonywill8326]

South Africa's plight has me so torn. On the one hand an integrated and diverse South Africa team lifting the World Cup would be a magnificent thing. On the other, South Africa finding a way, no matter how convoluted, to knock themselves out of a tournament is a timeless and comforting source of hilarity for the rest of the cricketing world.

[@yannick245]

Does the SA cricket team have to fulfill a racial quota, as the rugby team does _(I haven't seen the whole clip)?_

[@ajecon6849]

oh god so painful!! even though am an Indian I just couldn't watch that 1999 world cup run out. I had to skip it. So what SA if you haven't won any cups. You've enthralled and played incredibly for all the amazing matches. Lets not forget that highest chase by in an ODI match.

[@MaxFromSydney1]

That 1999 WC semi result against SAf still warms my heart! Lol.

[@brandonheim]

Great Video. I also think when the rain came down in the 2015 semi final, Miller and AB were just starting to get going and so there was a potential for much more runs with them at the c crease with 10 overs to smash it

[@RamaDrama]

I think it’s time to find that Shaman hiding in the Drakensberg mountains who cursed SA cricketers that broke his window glass in 1905.

[@ankitdixit6073]

I thought you were never gonna mention the 2015 wc. The best match ever. The most emotional game ever for me

[@ImtiazReyazuddin]

Me too. I remember streaming the game at work and not giving a damn about my deadlines or answering the phone. I was invested, my hands were literally shaking the whole of the NZ innings. When AB fell to his knees and started crying, I felt that. Inside I cried too.

[@boxofchocolates2134]

This is so sad,I was very young in 1992 and have just heard the story.1999 was a heartbreak as I supported SA when India were out. SA was amazing team back then. This can break the spirit of a nation and can ruin cricketing culture there.I wish them luck in future and hope that they continue to dominate the world cricket like they have done earlier. SA has given the first great fielder like Jonty which set the new fielding standards of modern day cricket, they have given us first 360 player like ABD, world is yet to see another allrounder like Kallis, bowlers like Pollock_Steyn_Donald have been cherished worldwide,one of my favourites is Klusner. I wish they get a trophy soon and cricket thrives there.

[@adeadgirl13]

It's interesting that we say SA choke and suffer from bad luck in major tournaments and we say that NZ always punches above their weight in major tournaments, but if you think about it, they both have similar results. It's just that when SA loses a semifinal we say they choked and when NZ loses a semifinal we say they played really well to get to the semifinal.

[@PritomAhad]

Cuz SA r always favourite before wc; however nz r underdogs or maybe “dark horses” before a tournament.

[@VarunSingh-zk5bp]

Yes, because its a stated fact that NZ cricket team has always punched above their weight. Have never seen NZ team getting upset by a minnow and reaching 2 consecutive finals with the latter one technically won/tied by them, then reaching a t20 wc final in a place not conducive to their strengths and finally a WTC title ensures blackcaps cannot be categorised as chokers.

[@praveenkumarannamalai7659]

your analysis is wrong. just imagine before world cup 2019 you have top6 world class batsman, top quality bowlers in your side. world no1 batsman(btwn AMLA and de Villiers) and bowlers(btwn Steyn and Morkel) in your side . called FAVOURITES of the each and every Tournament. dominating performance in group stages and fail in the knockouts. that is the Bad Luck, Curse(rain), that they are carrying for decades. That is so painful

[@darkraider0477]

@@VarunSingh-zk5bp they lost to Bangladesh in CT 2017 despite having them at some 30 odd for 4 while defending 265

[@VarunSingh-zk5bp]

@@darkraider0477 one off losses are fine. In case of SA, its perennial

[@BRV-25]

The story of 2007 Wt20 is similar to what happened to them in 2022 WT20. They played their final game against India. It was a must win game for India because a win is the only thing that would've got them through to the Semi finals after having a 3 way tie between Ind-NZ-RSA. RSA had the strongest run rate,so for all money people were betting who (between Ind and NZ) would progress along with RSA into the semi finals. The only goof up that RSA would've done was lose by a significant margin, that would've dropped their NRR below Ind and NZ. So they had to stay clear of that. But That's exactly what they ended up doing. India batted 1st put 150 odd on the board. RSA having a strong chase suddenly lost wickets in heap and an Indian win looked inevitable. So only thing RSA had to do was to reach 126 so that they could stay above NZ. But They failed to do that as well. Scoring only 116 and the team that had one leg in the semi final crashed out. They gave a new lease to NZ that time And this time it is Pakistan.

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

Spot it. Except that SA never got off to a strong start in that chase. They were 30 odd for 5 down, I remember. It was only because of some rear guard action from Boucher that they even crossed the 100 mark.

[@BRV-25]

@@SohamBhattacharya3105 i never said they got off a strong start. I said they had a STRONG CHASE by which i meant chasing 150 against inform Indian Bowlers was not going to be easy and then they lost wickets in a cluster Cheers ✌️

[@SohamBhattacharya3105]

@@BRV-25 oh my bad. I misunderstood. Cheers.

[@SekuruJohan]

I'm an SA cricket fan and didn't even know that they have the best record in white ball cricket. That makes it so much more depressing.

[@jehanariyaratnam2874]

The 2002 champions trophy semi final was another ridiculous choke, and 2007 World Cup semi final they got bowled out for 150 on an absolute road

[@shubhamshreyashkr4238]

Wow noone could have described the story about South African cricket team in a better way. Kudos👏

[@rosieroti4063]

there is... checkout Cricket Raaz on youtube. you will not be disappointed.

[@astromnc2336]

Your videos are so well researched - love them man!

[@imraanhassan6391]

The best chance for South Africa was the 1999 world cup. That was a really tragic ending coz they had the game in the bag..... and it was one of the greatest odi sides you will ever see....full of brilliant all rounders.....top batsmen.... brilliant bowlers and jonty and others in the field. The Aussies learnt alot from that south african team and adopted the same formula and the Aussies became dominant after that. In other world cups they didnt have a dominant team like the team of the late 90s. And in south african cricket, politics also gets involved, so you have no idea what happens internally. Since 2000s SA cricket has been undergoing many changes influenced by ministers in charge. But in the late 90s they dominated odi home and away with only Australia being the country who could challenge them.

[@farleymarly2575]

I'm not even a South African hard video to watch but definitely worth a watch. I'm a Pakistani fan and always felt like we indirectly or directly find form or have luck that benefits us when south Africa are down on their luck.

[@nigelbagguley7606]

All the way from England, this is the kind of brutally honest dissection,not just of a team but a culture,that lead directly to England's reformation of our white ball cricket,I hope SA can find someone with will and skill of Eoin Morgan to rejuvenate your country's white ball fortunes.

[@ram317b]

Wow , this analysis is MIND BLOWING.

[@Shubham_3773]

U r doing gr8 work man...ironic that a channel like this after 450 videos has so less subscribers...keep it up... I think there's not anybody like u out there.. U really seem to have sm passion for cricket...

[@alfwaq]

What everyone needs to understand is that winning a world cup is highly unlikely for every team. 8 great teams share the possibility of willing the world cup... Which means the chances for each team are 12%. So it might help taking the pressure off of SA if they just go in to play well every match and keep their mind on winning that particular match and forget about winning the world cup.

[@ishaqkhan9443]

South Africa won the 1998 Champions Trophy

[@sussus4914]

Subscribed. Respect! Hats off to how well this is presented.

[@singar_00]

It’s so sad to see this happening to SA that it’s almost depressing!

[@geraldjesudasan7273]

it's one of the superb analyses of the SA cricket team...

[@debjitpaul8580]

What an amazing analysis! Thank you Jarrod.

[@outofthebox3653]

This channel will have way more subscribers in the coming years

[@debdulalsenapati1391]

Very well explained ..... It makes us all have our head spin to seehow powerful SA has been cricketing skill wise and yet they just can't do well in a ICC tournament let alone winning it. Some serious vodo curse or something 🙄

[@kalyana9705]

Voodoo

[@Khader1093]

At this point it really seems that someone cursed the SA team not to win in any tournaments.

[@abhinashkumar3161]

Lol

[@robertmilroy8506]

Very well researched. More absorbing than a T-20 thriller.

[@webtely]

I know everyone makes fun of them but I honestly feel bad for them even though they may not win the ICC tournaments I will always have a lot of respect and admiration for the South African team. Back to back heartbreaking losses like these can completely break a nation's spirit I hope that doesn't happen I hope they continue to be a great cricketing nation in the future because they have produced some of the all time greats of the game like Donald, Gibbs, Rhodes, Kallis and Deviliers just to name a few.

[@datavscien9879]

There 21 south african cricketers playing for other countries, and 21 got retired. I think the quota system makes it hard for players to sit out on bench and wait, SA should remove quota system, it actually doesn't do any good to them, rather make cricket coaching free for those that are getting quota, they have better players sitting on bench because they need to give quota, so that is the reason why they lose actually.

[@realMaverickBuckley]

100% I mean Glenn Phillips !! This kiwi hero, is South African. The 'Rainbow' nation doesn't like certain colours

[@abhinashkumar3161]

@@realMaverickBuckley why he is playing from NZ team

[@datavscien9879]

Glenn Phillips' family relocated when he was a kid, good examples will be Conway, Sam Curran. But i was referring to better players sitting on bench like Reza Hendricks who is clearly a better option for opening, recently in england tour he hit 3 fifties in that series won by SA. So quota system is the real culprit. They should make Miller as captain and play Reza Hendricks as opener and ask Bavuma to go play domestic to regain his form, so they can do well in ODI worldcup next year.

[@mahiraali2364]

SA had one of the best players in the world. Its just sad to say the least. 😔

[@dimitrz2000]

Ouch the last scene 😔 " Son you just dropped the world cup "

[@dansonobakengobakeng7746]

World cricket sometimes is not fair they need to change rules cause this game caused us to go to other level

[@relevantbrother8964]

2 reasons why SA haven't won.. Firstly ,it's the culture of SA cricket,an overhang from isolation days. During that 70-91 period , SA provincial cricket was Unbelievably tough. Matches were played with the intensity of tests and South Africans really believed that they had the best team in cricket on their home grounds. Probably two teams ,the Transvaal mean machine and Western province would have challenged most test sides in SA conditions. Post isolation,that changed, more teams entered the system and the local scene become much more diluted. The next problem is that SA fast bowlers do not bowl the yorke and haven't since Fanie De Villiers..only Langeveldt and Magala have had quality yorkers since then. That's fine for express Nortje who's been excellent but medium pacers like KG, Parnell and Ngidi only have the slower ball as a variation. KG 2/150 at 9.43 RPO in this tournament.

[@dineshreddy8037]

you absolutely need yorkers at big grounds like in australia. Even if you take risk and miss the yorker by a little, there is still a chance to catch near the boundary

[@MrDugiwe]

As an undying Proteas supporter, this was hard to watch, but necessary. Nicely done Mr Kimber.

[@kunalsinghal1247]

Based on seeing this video, i do consider the point also that the SA team fails to handle pressure in ICC events due to some reason. They handle pressure very well outside ICC tournaments. Wondering whether the SA cricket board itself has given that mental block to SA players in ICC events where little bit of expectations come on their team, they fumble. I still remember Sunday people were saying India might be choking against Zim and no way SA will lose to Netherlands. Quite the opposite happened.

[@saiachanta3108]

Real sad story..well compiled..

[@vijaykumarwali7509]

Damn...I'd never imagined sanga to be the chatty type🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@trs5127]

Lance Klusner should've won the cup man. There are a lot of things South Africa should've won but that cup belonged to Klusner and Klusner alone. Absolutely cruel. A legend of the game that is not even brought up these days simply because of the team he played in. Edit: I'm not even South African and as a matter of fact, I'm much more of a Kiwi fan than a Proteas fan, but holy hell as soon as you rolled in the clip of Grant Elliott from the 2015 WC, something died in me. I'll never forget Morne Morkel almost vomitting crying his heart out.

[@slsa915]

السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ As a Pakistani, I am happy for the gift from South Africa that we were blessed with. But barring a few crazy ones in our camp, none of us, in our wildest dreams, thought SA would lose to NED. SA cricket is much better than this. My condolences to Bavuma but it’s time for an overhaul.

[@talhaamjad5740]

Really felt that pain 😪 💔

[@Lathi33]

Jarrod, you forgot the 2007 t20 world cup group game of SA vs Ind, where SA only needed 126 in 20 overs to get to the semis and they failed spectacularly and not only did they lose the match but failed even to get to 126. That was the first time i witnessed SA choke before my eyes

[@theena]

So good, Jarrod. I had no idea that their curse goes all the way back to 1912.

[@nigelbagguley7606]

All the way from England, the 92 semi final decision was a fucking disgrace not just to SA but to both the playing and spirit of the game.

[@dude9318]

Finally another Cricket channel

[@ansarifk]

Jarrod.. well done on this insight

[@redlinecast6202]

thos jarred was so good to watch I kinda made me feel worse and kinda better...but R.I.P south african cricket the hurt this time was way to much for a fan it kinda felt like 1999 were we knew if we made it through we could have won and would have won

[@Khader1093]

Seems sanga was doing commentary long before he retired 🤣

[@AbhishekGupta-uu3uy]

I think Jarrod already had this video drafted before this world cup to just add SAs latest flub in the blank spaces

[@akshat2000]

Thumbnail is work of art.

[@thisisanewusername4662]

This was too good.

[@someonejustsomeone1469]

A team of South Africans beating another team of South Africans. I don't know why anyone finds it surprising. Netherlands team hardly has any European player.

[@apurbadas6539]

masterpiece content.

[@Vivek-sq5ux]

Hi Jarrod I should congratulate you for such a nicely made video. Today is first time I am watching you and saw your map analysis for Semi finals as well. Rue why I didn’t watch you earlier.

[@colinstewart1432]

The Alan Donald run - out against Australia comes to mind 😖

[@johankotze727]

WE ARE IN THE FINAL BOYS!!!!! Coming back to this post on Saturday.

[@omkarkanase1349]

Again choked

[@FearOfMusic]

Very sad, yet frequently hilarious

[@srinivaschouhan6284]

Terrific summary, can't help but feel bad for SA.

[@ketantikekar5759]

I dont know who you are, I dont know why I came here (maybe great thumbnail), I am not sure how correct were the facts in the video. But you know what! I don even fucking care! I absolutely enjoyed every bit of it. Pretty enthralling! Great job mate!!

[@vinbhaskaran]

amazingly crafted video, Mr Kimber! you have exceeded your already-high standards in this video.

[@amit6844]

Most heartbreaking was 2015 wc semifinal against nz.

[@r1a933]

I think SA fans need to come up with a song for overcoming the bad luck of team. Sing the song in stadium when it's needed the most 🍀

[@d0veta1l0]

Surprised that CSA's poor player management, financial management and affirmative policy that had an impact on this, was not mentioned.

[@The_Universe_Boss]

SA once touched Gold in WC and turned it to dirt.

[@MohitKumar-nj8ms]

😂😂😂

[@Aesyrbane]

Great little documentary on the curse plaguing sa cricket.

[@heinrichvanheusden5445]

In my opinion... the first couple of ICC tournaments I can agree to the argument that things seems to be against SA.. Rain, DLS catches of feet etc. But the last couple of years we have really be plagued by some really bad team choices and some very weak coaching. 2015, Dropping Abbot for Philander. Nothing against the player but you do not drop a player who is bowling well and put someone in that hardly played a game!?! 2022 T20 vs Pakistan and The Netherlands.. Bowlers had no idea where of how to bowl to the batsman, there was one plan and when that didn't work, the rest of the time it was swinging the arm over and hoping for the best. We kept on sticking to a player out of form in Bavuma while Reeza Hendriks who scored 4 x 50s in a row was sitting on the bench. As long as the SA team stick to incorrect team selections and walk on the field with 0 idea of how to win the game I do not see a trophy any time soon..

[@themightykarp]

One of your best

[@pallavgoyal482]

It happened again!

[@aniket385]

You are correct …no one , neither fans or players care for Champions trophy . Only ICC is interested in that . Better would be to host a Continental Champions Trophy where Continents fight it out Europe -from players of England Ireland Netherlands Africa and America - Windes , SA , Zim Pacific - Australia NZ Mainland Asia - India Pakistan Rest of Asia - Sri Lanka , Bangladesh , UAE .

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job also No Babar Azam No Party

[@sage9499]

statpadder

[@Plushydragoon14]

Crazy how many of our the people born here play for other nations, Labuschagne , Malan , and Eliot among a bunch of other. And Roy was raised here but plays for England XD

[@matthewhodgson7388]

Love the star wars graphics

[@anvayupadhye]

You completely left out the 2007 world t20 where on home soil they somehow managed to knock themselves out of the final group game despite leading the group going into the game vs India

[@freespeech515]

Most people do not aware , SA select chokers.

[@dimitrz2000]

As a great supporter of South African cricket , I am saddened by the current state of affairs of Proteas. If they don't win any major tournament soon then it will eventually lead to a serious decline of cricket in South Africa, Unfortunately I don't see South Africa winning any major tournament anytime soon. Especially if qouta system and not merit would be the deciding factor for entry into not just South African A & main teams but also at domestic level. This doesn't mean Rabada & Nguidi are bad , they are excellent bowlers , but we need to ask why so many talented white south african players are playing for other countries. It's high time the Proteas got their house in order and reemrge like the force they were during the late 1990s & early 2000. International cricket needs them.

[@tseyazmutseyami1402]

hie Jarrod Sean Williams is only the test captain. Craig ervine is the limited overs captain

[@VivekForPresident2028]

Have been watching South Africans since 1996 - they are alone responsible for all there chokes - I used to sympathies with them - but not after this Netherlands match - of Nortje could bat decently (as depicted by the boundary he hit in his very first ball), then why wasn't Keshav retired Only 1992 WC was the one where we can say that it was unjust - rest all the time they alone responsible for there lack of performance, or brainlessness, or focus

[@anisingh5437]

Great video.

[@billystelling1]

I think the inevitability of the demise of SA cricket started way before the 1999 Donald Klusener debacle. The glimmer often shown is underpinned and undermined by a failed selection system. The current standard of domestic cricket is so terribly woeful that it doesnt even warrant mentioning. My advice to anyone who has talented kids wanting to play international cricket, that is chosen on ability, should send them abroad to play asap. Its not only the national team which is plagued by this nonsence, even the over 50s team selection is a mess with political selection, corruption and the rest. A sad state of affairs...

[@southpaw1122]

The graph of this video goes up and up and up.

[@Ryano35]

Didn't realise Glover was born in South Africa. Makes it even more hilarious

[@Destroyer_278]

Infact he studied in the same school as Grant Elliott

[@thematthewmckenzie]

And yet the Springboks perform better at world cups than between them. The different psychology of these teams is weird.

[@humps4coin558]

Good point, that is interesting indeed..

[@PatSen]

This is heartbreaking to watch. Poor Saffers.