Yesterday was brutal for South African cricket fans across the world. We, in South Africa, rose early, we stayed there, in front of the TV for hours, watching, urging, clapping, yelling, pleading, hoping.
The Proteas did brilliantly!
Were there mistakes? Yes, but New Zealand also made errors…dropped catches, fielding fumblings, loose bowling.
We got to the semi-finals and nearly won.
New Zealand has never got to the finals before either, so they too were hungry for the win. They were in front of a packed home crowd, playing on a pitch that was familiar to them as their comfie couch back home.
For the Proteas and their families, they have been far from home. It’s been a gruelling 5 weeks, laced with tension and pressure. They know that back home, several different time zones away, there are millions of fans who are roaring for their success.
And succeed they did.
They gave us hours and hours of fabulous entertainment. They won 5 matches, most comprehensively and they came a whisker from going through to the finals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
They did not choke.
They did not ‘crash out’ of the competition.
They did not ‘flounder again.’
All of these negative phrases posted by unpatriotic press writers are rubbish!
The Proteas did themselves and their country proud.
We are at least 4th in the world.
I’m proud of their performance.
What happened, happens. There can only be one winner. This time it was New Zealand.
So be it.
We were gutted and stand with them in their misery. But today is a new day. It’s time to pick yourself up and keep on going.
I hope thousands of people plan on descending on OR Tambo airport when they come home. They deserve a sporting heroes welcome.
They did this country proud and we support them.
I love how sport unites. The Proteas performance certainly united millions of fans across the country yesterday.
Well Done AB and the Boys! Thanks for the entertainment.
What was it that Solomon said? Ecclesiastes 9:11
I have seen something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all.
Keep the smile going!
God bless you!
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
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