KOLKATA: Proteas coach Rob Walter brushed off any suggestions that his team had “choked” in their pulsating ICC World Cup semi-final defeat to Australia at Eden Gardens.
South African cricket has been living with the unwanted label since the tragic 1999 World Cup semi-final against the self-same Australia at Edgbaston.
Three further World Cup semi-finals later, and the Proteas have yet to rid themselves of the reputation