The Proteas cricket team retained their title of The Biggest Chokers in the History of Sport with another poor performance in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. The only tournament they’ve ever won was the 1998 ICC Knock Out tournament.
Proteas choking history
- 1992 Cricket World Cup – Lost to England in the semi-finals with 22 runs required off 1 ball
- 1996 Cricket World Cup – Eliminated in the quarter-finals
- 1998 ICC Knock Out tournament – South Africa won beating West Indies in the final
- 1999 Cricket World Cup – Knocked out by Australia in the semi-finals when Herschelle Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh, and Allan Donald was run out with one run required
- 2000 ICC Knock Out tournament – Lost to India in the semi-finals
- 2002 ICC Champions Trophy – Lost to India in the semi-finals
- 2003 Cricket World Cup – Failed to progress beyond the group stage due to a misunderstanding of how many runs they needed to score in a rain-affected run chase
- 2004 ICC Champions Trophy – Failed to progress beyond the group stage
- 2006 ICC Champions Trophy – Lost to the West Indies in the semi-finals
- 2007 ICC World Twenty20 – Failed to progress beyond the Super 8 stage
- 2007 Cricket World Cup – Lost to Australia in the semifinals with their lowest ever score in a World Cup as Australia bowled them out for 149 and won by 7 wickets
- 2009 ICC Champions Trophy – Finished last in their group and failed to progress to the knockout stages
- 2009 ICC World Twenty20 – Lost in the semi-finals to Pakistan
- 2010 ICC World Twenty20 – Failed to progress beyond the Super 8 stage
- 2011 Cricket World Cup – Lost in the quarter final to New Zealand after suffering a dramatic collapse and losing eight wickets for 68 runs
- 2012 ICC World Twenty20 – Failed to progress beyond the Super 8 stage