South Africa’s Marco Jansen celebrates after hitting a six to help his team beat the West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super Eight match at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP)
It’s true that teams have to care about winning, but at times, they tend to care about how they win.
For a team like the Proteas, the gloss of how they get to business end of a major tournament has long worn off, especially with their noted and now famous playoff collapses.
Having reached the T20 World Cup semi-finals for the first time since 2014 after beating the West Indies by three wickets in Antigua on Monday, they not only sealed seven matches on the bounce, but won a game where they were perfectly imperfect.
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