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South Africa's Eathan Bosch, 2nd left, celebrates with teammates aft taking the wicket of New Zealand's Will Young during the tri-series ODI cricket lucifer betwixt New Zealand and South Africa, successful Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
When it comes to ICC events, South Africa person ever been the proverbial bridesmaids with the Proteas failing to triumph a large trophy adjacent with world-class talents astatine their disposal. The latest heartbreak came against India past June erstwhile South Africa, who were heading towards a sure-shot triumph successful the last of the T20 World Cup, unravelled and fell abbreviated starring to the Men successful Blue ending their ain agelong ICC rubric drought.
With the Champions Trophy acceptable to statesman connected February 19, erstwhile Proteas skipper Graeme Smith is of the sentiment that South Africa volition extremity their prolonged hold for an ICC rubric by winning the full happening connected March 9. Smith besides pointed retired that the World Test Championship, which volition instrumentality spot successful June this year, is different accidental for the Proteas to clinch an ICC silverware.
“Hopefully, we volition extremity that hold overmuch earlier the 2027 World Cup, with the Champions Trophy and WTC last coming up but if South Africa could triumph a WC trophy successful beforehand of a location crowd, it would beryllium amazing,” Smith said to PTI Bhasha.
“Over the adjacent 3 years, we privation to conscionable support pushing to amended our stadiums, pitches and our cricket ecosystem, truthful that by the clip we big the 2027 WC, we are the favourites,” helium added.
With critics saying that South Africa had an easier tally to the WTC final, playing teams similar West Indies, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Smith rebuffed the claims.
“There is nary creaseless travel successful cricket today. You person got to bash what you got to do. Right successful the beginning, everyone knew who they were playing and who they were not playing. South Africa has won 7 trial matches successful a enactment to qualify. Everyone should look into the Test ecosystem, however it works arsenic you play what you person been told to play successful that cycle,” helium said.
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