Why is SA monotonously predictable?

New Delhi: Spare a thought or two for Allan Donald, New Zealand's bowling coach who was the centre of celebrations as South Africa were knocked out in the knockout stage for the umpteenth time in another World Cup disaster .
The Kiwis upsetting the Proteas to advance to their sixth World Cup semi-finals does not exactly re-define history because it was simply a case of history repeating itself.

It seems that the South Africans have still not recovered from the wounds of the 1992 World Cup when they were denied a place in the finals of the quadrennial event after being in the wilderness for 22 years.
Not to mention that their target against England in that ill fated last four encounter was revised to 22 runs from one ball after the rain delay at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Since then they have had a series of sickening experiences when they have failed to perform on the big stage and disappointed one and all at critical junctures.
They were beaten by the West Indies in the 1996 World Cup quarter-finals after finishing with a 100% record during the group stages and then they twice let Australia off the hook in the 1999 mega event.
After Herschelle Gibbs supposedly dropped the Cup during the Super Six encounter at Leeds, Headingley, veteran pace bowler Donald lost his head when the finishing line was there for the taking with one required off four deliveries during the last four stage.
The 2003 World Cup when South Africa were playing hosts ended in broken hearts for an entire nation as they failed to get pas t the super six stage thanks to a miscalculated target against the Sri Lankans in their final group match.
The Proteas were comprehensvely beaten by their nemesis, the wily Australians in the 2007 edition of the World Cup as they once again failed to get past the semi-final stage.
Graeme Smith's claim that his men have shed the choker's tag after their win over India in a nail-biting affair in the ongoing cricket extravaganza came back to haunt him as South Africa once again lived up to their reputation of coming a cropper by going down to the Black Caps at Mirpur on Friday.

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