head coach Shukri Conrad said on Wednesday<\/a>, but over the course of 32.5 chastening overs, the memories of Sydney in 1992, Kolkata in 1999, Melbourne in 2015 and Barbados in 2024 came flooding back.<\/p>\nTheir top order, which included the third-highest run-scorer in the competition in Markram, faltered for the second consecutive match, undone by spin as had happened against Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
It was Sikandar Raza who accounted for their openers in the powerplay on Sunday. <\/p>\n
In Kolkata, Cole McConchie struck with back-to-back deliveries in the second over as De Kock and Rickelton gifted routine catches to Lockie Ferguson and Allen, respectively, while Ravindra accounted for Markram and Miller: South Africa 77-4. <\/p>\n
With the ball, tasked with defending a below-par 169, their bowlers were torn apart, none more so than the usually reliable Jansen, who leaked 29 runs from his two powerplay overs. <\/p>\n
Of the 12.5 overs New Zealand needed to complete their rapid chase, only three cost fewer than 10 runs. <\/p>\n
“To get to 170 was a great effort and we felt we had a sniff. But as it goes in T20 cricket, the powerplay got off to a flyer and it was hard to pull back,” said Markram. <\/p>\n
“You give credit to their openers to kill the game like they did. A bad night for us tonight.<\/p>\n
“We have to get back on the horse and prepare for the future. It feels like a slap in the face and we need to be better as a team.”<\/p>\n
South Africa have now lost three of their four men’s T20 World Cup semi-finals and four out of five knockout matches. In the 50-over tournament, all five of their semi-final outings have ended in defeat. <\/p>\n
They might have broken their duck with victory in the World Test Championship final last June, but their reputation as chokers remains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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