The Proteas and the World Cup

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 is so close now (it starts on 14 February) it is impossible not to get excited.

Every time the World Cup comes around, we as South Africans ask ourselves the same old questions: How will we do this time? Will the Proteas choke again? The Proteas have an average record in World Cups, reaching three semi-finals in seven tournaments.

Our best finishing place was third, and our worst was eighth.

For a team that has usually been ranked in the top four in the world, we perhaps have not done well enough in the World Cup. Continue reading at