Its one small step for South Africa and one giant leap for mens Proteas teams in Cricket World Cups , and spinner Tabraiz Shamsi has revealed why the side have at last gone where none of their predecessors have gone before since 1992.
South Africa were at their ruthless best in their T20 World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan in Tarouba on Thursday morning SA time, first rolling them for 56 before knocking off the small total with nine wickets remaining in 8.5 overs.
Ahead of the clash, it was no secret that an SA mens team had never made it past the semi-final of a Cricket World Cup and that would have weighed heavily on the shoulders of the players.
However, as Shamsi (who claimed figures of 3/6) explained that there are no clear match-winners in this Proteas team and that has helped eased the burden.
Team effortIn fact, it sounded a lot like the Springboks philosophy of Stronger Together that has seen them win two Rugby World Cups in a row.
