IF YOU dig deep into South Africas T20 World Cup campaign, you would find that one of the key reasons behind their progression past the semi-final for the first time yesterday, when they beat Afghanistan by nine wickets in Tarouba, is that some of the players have almost zero experience of the implosions of the past in World Cups.
At the age of 24, Marco Jansen, like most of the players that make up the playing XI, carries none of that baggage.
The whole chokers label has almost zero meaning to Jansen.
This has undoubtedly played a hand in South Africa winning seven close encounters in a row without imploding in the T20 World Cup in the Caribbean and US.
Jansen believes that his youthful optimism and confidence have rubbed onto the experienced heads in the Proteas squad, as has his refusal to buy into a label that Proteas teams of the past have been saddled with.
