ABDV slams unacceptable display

[vvvslaxman]

http://www.sport24.co.za/Cricket/CricketWorldCup2015/De-Villiers-slams-unacceptable-display-20150222 AB slams 'unacceptable' display 2015-02-22 14:32 SHARE THIS Cape Town - South Africa captain AB de Villiers lashed out at his team after their massive 130-run loss to India in the World Cup on Sunday, saying it was an "unacceptable" performance. After defending champions India had piled up 307 for seven, with opener Shikhar Dhawan making 137, the Proteas were bundled out for 177 with almost 10 overs to spare in front of a huge crowd of 86,878 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. "All round we were very average," said de Villiers. "We lacked discipline in the field with dropped catches and untidy bowling and two run-outs in our innings was unacceptable." The skipper himself was run out through a smart throw from the deep by Mohit Sharma and David Miller followed in similar fashion soon afterwards. Faf du Plessis was the Proteas' top-scorer with 55, the skipper's 30 the only other notable contribution. "You always feel the pressure of chasing 300, like playing shots you may not want to," said de Villiers. "But the top six are there to win games. Two run-outs in the top five is not what we want. "It was a disappointing performance with both bat and ball. No excuses, we should have come up better today." The captain said losing the toss and batting second under lights contributed to South Africa's defeat. "It was a good wicket to bat on in the afternoon," he said. "But there was wear and tear in the evening. Without making excuses, I can say it was a bit two-paced as the match went on. "It was a big knock for us to be beaten by 130 runs. We need to lick our wounds a while because confidence takes a knock." However, de Villiers was confident his team, who've now won one and lost one at this tournament after seeing off Zimbabwe, will bounce back for their Pool B game against the West Indies in Sydney on Friday. "We have a mature group of players," he said. "We need to regroup before Friday and I am confident we will bounce back." The overwhelming bulk of fans in a crowd of nearly 87,000 were India supporters but de Villiers insisted a raucous atmosphere had not contributed to South Africa's emphatic loss. "I don't think that was the case," he said. "As Hashim (Amla) said to me, India batted well. And we need to win games anywhere in the world if we want to be the best cricket team in the world.

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[Gollum]

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:hysterical: Saffers are bigger wrist slitters than even us.

[vvvslaxman]

:hysterical: Saffers are bigger wrist slitters than even us.

some of them are downright funny avatarRudolf Dreyer - February 22, 2015 at 06:42Report commentComments Policy Chokers gonna choke choke choke 9119 Reply to Rudolf Dreyer | 1 comment(hide) avatar TikKop Kullid - February 22, 2015 at 06:59Report commentComments Policy Morons will be morons :cantstop:

[CoverDrive]

Haha some are asking for faf to be dropped lol

[Marut]

some of them are downright funny avatarRudolf Dreyer - February 22, 2015 at 06:42Report commentComments Policy Chokers gonna choke choke choke 9119 Reply to Rudolf Dreyer | 1 comment(hide) avatar TikKop Kullid - February 22, 2015 at 06:59Report commentComments Policy Morons will be morons :cantstop:

:haha: They are blaming every thing from politics to quota system to Smith to the MGC pitch to...an endless list.

[velu]

We came we saw and we choked. Motto of Proteas :rofl:

[velu]

Kullid, I started supporting cricket while you were still in liquid form, in fact before you came to South Africa. I'm the one who is worried about this loss but you, you are always wearing two caps...you can revert back to your original citizenship if want to..

[goose]

[Lord]

Well AB did say we are the team to beat !! So they beat us !

:cantstop:

[hhunaeh]

India shortened their tour to SA because they look at SA as minnows now.

Steyn requires some real life coaching and anger management and Morkel needs to understand that he cannot shrug batsmen out.

We came we saw and we choked. Motto of Proteas

[PBN]

Chasing 300+ puts tremendous pressure esp if you keep on losing wickets. can easily add 30 more runs to the target due to pressure of chasing

[Stuge]

Toss was important.

[vvvslaxman]

Toss was important.

in the cb series whoever batted second won if i remember right

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:haha:

[panesarv]

How is this a choke?

[flamy]

Every SA loss is a choke :dontknow:

[Crookbond]

Every SA loss is a choke :dontknow:

It's not even funny anymore. Every time they chase and collapse it is a choke. The other day I read somewhere that Yuvraj 2014 WT20 final innings was a choke. :wall:

[jonas10]

A lot of AB and a lot of Nohit is quite similar. They are the tormentors of minnows and opportunistic batting. Please both of you guys get a 30 ball 100 or 200 run score against Australia before we coronate either of you as ATGs.

[putrevus]

I understand to some extent some of his comments but he and Proteas need to accept that they were blasted out of the park in this match. It was not the question of them not performing up to their standards but it was India raising the bar. Indian team at its best can beat any team at their best, that team does not have to perform below par to lose to India in ODIS. Proteas did not choke in T20 semis, they were outplayed same thing here, other than one difficult dropped catch their fielding was outstanding. Unless they accept this fact his team or any team playing sport would not go too far. Steve Waugh said it perfectly after 2001 test series loss, we did not do much wrong, we just got outplayed.