South Africa's captain Faf du PlessisJOHANNESBURG - For South Africans, there is no escape from the reality of the country's bitter history of painful failure in World Cup knockout games. England was the scene of South Africa's most spectacular implosion, 20 years ago, when the World Cup was last played there. South Africa have reached the semi-finals in four of their seven World Cup campaigns but have yet to reach a final. South Africa will also be without their former star batsman and talisman AB de Villiers, who retired from international cricket last year after a stunning career. Du Plessis and two of Hashim Amla, Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen will be expected to provide stability.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2019 00:56 UTC