South Africa’s Marco Jansen clean bowls Afghanistan’s Gulbadin Naib during their T20 World Cup semi-final in Tarouba, Trinidad And Tobago. (Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
History made – at 18th attempt
The Proteas finally broke their duck at ICC World Cup events by reaching a maiden final.
Remarkably, this was South Africa’s 18th attempt in a World Cup event – it’s their ninth T20 version, after as many presences in the 50-overs ODI World Cup.
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