Gary Kirsten wants his players to regroup – Cricket News Update
Following their ouster from the ICC World T20 2012 in the Super 8 stage, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de Villiers, South Africa’s coach and limited-over captain respectively, are extremely disappointed with their side’s showing in the mega event.
Since their re-entry in international cricket in the 1990s, the Proteas have earned an unpleasant tag of ‘chokers’, having lost numerous knockout matches in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 events.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 and company were firm-favourites for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, held in the sub-continent, and did exceedingly well in the group matches before losing their quarter-final against a relatively weak New Zealand side.
South Africa were expected to break the shackles in the on-going World T20 in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 and Sri Lanka, before losing all their Super 8 encounters.
Kirsten, who took over as the head coach last year, admits that his team failed to play up to their potential yet again in a global tournament; however, the former opening batsman asked the boys to regroup and deliver the goods in the future endeavours.
"We have to be honest with ourselves, we didn't close the deal. From that perspective it was disappointing. But we need to take it on the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 and move forward. I'm fully confident in the players and resources,” he expressed.
De Villiers, on the other hand, is devastated due to a shocking defeat at the hands of Pakistan in their opening Super 8 fixture at Colombo. The Proteas were in a commanding position before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s jaws.
The wicketkeeper/batsman believes that his team’s morale was shattered after the tragic defeat and could not recover afterwards.
"The game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 was very disappointing and it's hard to come back in a short tournament," De Villiers said. "You need that momentum."
South Africa’s next assignment in international cricket is the Test series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and Pakistan at home.
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