South Africa, who lost their first two matches, to England and Bangladesh, went down by six wickets to Virat Kohli's men in Southampton on Wednesday meaning they have now recorded their worst start in eight World Cup campaigns. As South Africa headed for defeat, Symcox acknowledged that injuries to key bowlers Dale Steyn and Lungi Ngidi had hurt their chances. "If your batters don't score enough runs it makes no difference who your bowlers are on flat pitches...you will lose to good teams," tweeted Symcox. Skipper Faf du Plessis came in for criticism from the travelling South Africa media for not attending Wednesday’s post-match press conference. One tweeted that the cricketers had replaced the 2003 rugby Springboks as the worst team to represent South Africa in any World Cup.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 05, 2019 21:11 UTC