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Boucher said, as a coach, the defeat against the Netherlands is the worst

Outgoing South Africa coach Mark Boucher on Sunday termed the defeat at the hands of the Netherlands as his worst defeat as a coach, as it knocked his team out of the T20 World Cup. After the match against Zimbabwe was washed out due to rain, South Africa had moved to the top of Group Two with victories over Bangladesh and India. All they needed was a win over the Netherlands to reach the last four.

Netherlands posted a challenging total of 158 for four and then restricted South Africa to 145 for eight to register a 13-run win. When Boucher was asked where the mistake went, he said, “If you look at the way we started, our players were not energetic. Be it because of the early morning start of the match or something else, this time was really difficult for us.

South Africa once again had to be out of the World Cup early. He has not yet made it to the final of the ODI or T20 World Cup. Boucher said, “To be honest, I feel very disappointed. I believe this team deserved a better chance but unfortunately it didn’t happen which is very disappointing for me and certainly disappointing for each and every one of our players. This story was associated with him from the ODI World Cup itself.

Then in the semi-final against England, he needed 22 runs from 13 balls but the game was stopped due to rain and he was finally challenged to score 21 runs in one ball. After this, against Australia in the 1999 World Cup semi-final, they needed only one run from four balls, but after the run-out of Anal Donald, Australia came back and made it to the final.

The 2003 World Cup saw him in good shape but Duckworth was unable to properly assess Lewis’ figures and was ruled out of the tournament due to a tie against Sri Lanka. Apart from this, he also had to face defeat in the semi-finals in the 2007 and 2015 ODI World Cups. In the T20 World Cup, South Africa had made it to the semi-finals twice in 2009 and 2014. Asked if the defeat against Netherlands was the worst of all, Boucher said, “It is probably the worst defeat I have had as my coach. It is very disappointing because as a player you can do something while as a coach you have to depend on others to perform well. This is definitely my worst defeat as a coach.

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