The Netherlands won by 13 runs to send the Proteas crashing out of another tournament and Boucher was forthright in his assessment of the damage, saying South Africa were not good enough on the day as they failed to chase down the target of 159 set at the Adelaide Oval.
“We got here [to Adelaide ] yesterday [Saturday] and it was wet, it was a bit tacky this morning [Sunday] too, but it dried out a lot quicker than we expected,” said Boucher, who has overseen his last match for the Proteas as he departs to take over as coach of the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League .
“We can look at a lot of things like playing four seamers or maybe we should have played the extra spinner. We can talk about batting first, but the bottom line is we were just not up to the standard today as a team. “We were not good enough and we didn’t come out to perform as a unit. There were certain individuals who really stood out but as a team we didn’t rock up today.”
Boucher was bitterly disappointed the team once again failed to qualify for the semifinal stage of the T20 World Cup.Iconic moments like this from every game will be available as officially licensed ICC digital collectibles with
I am of the opinion that they have not choked it's more a case of they underestimate Netherlands team and in so doing miscalculate the risk which cost them a chance in the Semi final
Ive watched every cricket world cup for so many years and yet again we are disappointed. I have given up on the Proteas ever winning a world cup. No more cricket for me.
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