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ICC T20 World Cup in UAE: Gulf News experts analyse the lie of the land as we near the semi-finals
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2/13/2025
England falter against South Africa ahead of T20 semi-finals
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00:00
Hi guys and welcome to our usual Golf News World T20 World Cup and we're going to go
00:17
straight over to Anas. We've had a tremendous day today and we've actually worked out who
00:26
is going to be going, we think, to the semifinals. Let's see what's happening.
00:32
Thank you, Matt. Hello, Mr. Gautam and hello to all the beautiful people of Golf News World.
00:36
Two important games. First was between Australia and West Indies. Australia had to win the
00:41
match. They not only won, but they won with a good run rate and ensured that their return
00:46
rate got better. And the second match, the unlucky South Africans against England. They
00:50
put up a decent total, but not good enough to make sure that they go ahead of Australia.
00:55
They won the game. Rabada got a hat-trick, but as usual, I'm afraid South Africa's rub
01:00
of the green against luck goes against them. And they are knocked out of the ICC World
01:05
Cup once again. So, Gautam, hi. I just want to say that there was an absolute valiant
01:14
effort by South Africa today, but they're going home empty-handed once again. Yes, South
01:22
Africa has this history of falling short in the World Cup. I mean, this was another case
01:28
in point, they came looking a bit undercooked. But see, they all the top three have won four
01:36
out of five, and still they're going home. So what do you say? But the interesting part
01:41
is with the performance of you know, Ras Van Der Doosan, his 24 of 60 deliveries, and Duane
01:50
Pretorius, they seem to be a nucleus of a team, which can, you know, even without the
01:55
big names, you can hope for something from this team from, you know, the upcoming big
02:01
tournaments. The next generation? Yeah, sort of. Yeah, yeah. And Anas, if I can check with
02:10
you, I mean, there was one whirlwind over, they got like a 666, I think, they just smashed
02:18
something, and it really put England on the back wheel. Does that mean, do you think that
02:25
there is a way to take out England if we want to call them their favourites? England definitely
02:32
are favourites. But today, the injury to Jason Roy has dented that, to be very honest, they
02:37
first lost one of the premium fast bowlers. And now Jason Roy, who's known for giving
02:42
them good start, and he was literally in tears, I was in the stadium, and I could see the
02:46
expression on his face. In fact, in the break, I just waved to him because he plays for my team.
02:51
And there was a smile and suddenly, within a half an hour, you know how fortune can change.
02:57
I believe it's a very bad injury. They haven't mentioned the injury, whether it's a hamstring
03:02
injury, but he had to come out. So he seems to be out. I believe Sam Billings might come in. But
03:10
this is going to really dent England's chances because Jonny Boyastro doesn't look in his own.
03:15
He's out for nought and one in his last two games. They depend now a lot on David Malan,
03:22
and especially Joss Butler, because Owen Morgan is out of form. So the batting, to be very honest
03:27
to me, looks thin on paper. The bowling is good. It's well sorted out. But the batting looks thin
03:31
on paper. So I wouldn't call England now the favourites anymore. So who do you think are the
03:36
favourites? If India qualify, it will be definitely India. Otherwise, I'll give it to Pakistan.
03:43
Okay. Now, we're looking at the other teams and we looked at
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Mitre Australia. Yeah, I forgot about Australia.
03:54
Yeah, they looked very solid today.
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Yes, to be very honest, I was a little emotional about Team India. India is not even through.
04:02
If you have to ask me now, if I have to pick one favourite, I'll pick Australia.
04:06
Oh, wow. Okay. All right. Gautam, everyone else is watching. You've got to mark that down,
04:13
because I was the only person that predicted Australia. Okay. Gautam, now, if we look ahead,
04:22
realistically, if we're looking at the four teams that are going to make it to the semis,
04:28
where do we go? Do we think it's going to be an England-Pakistan final?
04:40
Once again, these are T20 games. I mean, there's a margin of error, it's so little. I mean,
04:44
we thought that England was simply infallible. But yes, I mean, as they were on the cusp of chasing
04:51
190. Jason Roy, it looked like a hamstring injury to me. I mean, the way he hobbled in starting for
04:58
the single. But anyway, I mean, what is the cutoff given? I think anywhere between four weeks, I mean,
05:06
which means he's done for this tournament. He's done. Yes. Right. So that's really unfortunate.
05:15
I mean, it's part of sport. Yes. I mean, the thing is, it all depends on whom they're taking
05:22
on as the second team from group two, a lot depends on that. If we, you know, before we
05:28
come into any conclusion for the matchup on the 14th. It's not Scotland, we'll put it that way,
05:36
guarantee you it's not Scotland. Yeah, not Scotland. Yeah. But Scotland have shown the
05:41
spunk. The other day, their total was more than Bangladesh. The match had gone for. Yeah.
05:49
But if you look at some of the scores that we've seen, I mean, I'm not talking about
05:54
Sharjah or Abu Dhabi or Dubai here, but England lost, scoring 179. And then other teams have
06:06
won, scoring like 130. Is it all down to the grounds or is it all down to how the team plays
06:14
on the day? Obviously, Matt, it has to be on how the team plays on the day. And today, to be very
06:20
honest, the motivation was more for South Africa than for England. Of course, they couldn't make
06:26
it to the last four because they had very little cushion because the way Australia won the match
06:31
against West Indies with four overs to spare. So that small things have made a difference. You
06:35
have to give credit to Australia that they not only won the second last game against,
06:41
I think it was Bangladesh, if I'm not wrong, very easily. And then today,
06:48
hammered West Indies in 16 overs. So these small things made the job tougher for South Africa.
06:55
They must have won the game, as I said. But in hindsight, at the back of the mind, I know they
06:59
came without any expectations, a young team, no big names. If you have to ask me, the only big
07:04
name if I can talk about was Quinton de Kock, and he was the most disappointing player of the
07:08
tournament for South Africa. We'll come back to you, Gautam, for the South Africa team.
07:20
Do you think that they've failed to live up to anything in their reputation? Or as just as
07:27
Ana said, it looks like it's a team that's still preparing for the next time?
07:34
No, just on the contrary. I mean, nobody was expecting anything out of them. I mean,
07:40
when they used to come in with the Abbey de Villiers and, you know, the Grand Smiths and
07:48
the Delstades, that was the time when you expected things out of them and the team would choke.
07:54
But here, even the game that they lost, it was a very, very thin margin. And that was the
07:59
starting opening game against Australia. In fact, Australia were lucky to scrape through.
08:04
So, and in Rassi, I do not know, maybe Anish will be able to say better if he leads any
08:12
of their state teams or anything. I mean, this guy almost looks like a future captaincy material
08:19
to me, the way he carries himself, the maturity that he has that on how to pace his innings
08:25
in this kind of on this kind of tracks. And today, those two scoops were simply audacious.
08:31
So, you know, more to gain out of this. Kagiso Rabada's hat trick, I mean, see, we know he's
08:38
a class act. In fact, because of the weekend, he had gone for quite a few runs before that.
08:42
So he was laughing at the hat trick. Yeah. So interesting, I mean, because these guys were
08:50
playing in the IPL. So they made use of the preparation, they were going little under the
08:56
radar, which worked for them. So, South Africa, and, you know, to some extent, Sri Lanka also,
09:03
I think we need to watch out for these two teams for the future.
09:07
Now, Anish, I'll just come back to you very quickly, just before we wrap up. I mean,
09:12
where do we see this going in the future? If you think of obviously,
09:17
we know who we think are going to be in the final, right? And that will be England and Pakistan.
09:24
But where do we go with Australia? Where do we go with Sri Lanka? Where do we go with South
09:30
Africa? Where do we go with Australia? Like Gautam mentioned, the two teams who probably
09:35
the justice has not been done has been Sri Lanka and South Africa. South Africa,
09:39
in spite of winning four games, they could not make it to the knockout, but they have played
09:45
much more than their expectation. This is a bunch of youngsters. And so with Sri Lanka,
09:49
if you talk about the Hasrangas, and the Nisankas, and there's a spinner in,
09:54
I can't remember his name, who bowls like Varun Chakravarti, they are a brilliant team.
10:00
And the only thing is that both these teams, South Africa and Sri Lanka, they need a good
10:04
backing from their board. Because unfortunately, their board doesn't seem to, they have crumbled a
10:10
bit in the past. And I simply hope somebody puts his hand up and backs his youngsters. Because if
10:14
you want the teams to do well, you need to give them good motivation. And apart from motivation,
10:20
you need to financially do well. Because if you see teams like India, England, they have been
10:25
taken care of financially. And finally, it all boils down to finance. And if you don't take care
10:30
of the finances, you don't expect the teams to come and turn up. And like I say, I mean, that's
10:35
why I was saying about football as well. That's why, you know, like Spain and England always do
10:40
well in terms of football, because they've got the financial backing. And it's the same with
10:45
England and India when it comes to cricket. Now, we have to talk quickly, Gautam, about
10:55
two guys who may have played the last game. We have to talk about Mr. Universe himself,
11:04
Chris Gale. And we have to talk about Dwayne Bravo.
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So what's their impact been to the T20 game?
11:15
It's very, very, very emotional. I mean, these two performers, they had been around for so long.
11:23
And, you know, despite being such franchisee giants, they were somehow, you know, they have
11:30
had their run-ins with the board. I remember Dwayne Bravo at one point of time, he was the
11:36
white ball captain, he had a major showdown, and he possibly went back. They were on a tour of
11:43
India and then went back. But finally, somewhere down the line, it could be their, you know,
11:49
the sense of pride of wearing that maroon shirt, which brought them back over and over again.
11:55
But this time looks like this is it. Bravo has already said that he's going off.
12:02
Gale also, it's a matter of time. Again, he may say that, you know, I'll play these old T20s or
12:08
whatever. Maybe there is a question of, you know, if they completely sign off from international
12:15
cricket, does it hurt their, you know, the paycheck in franchisee cricket? I'm not too
12:22
sure about that. But like Bravo has said that I'm going to play franchisee cricket for some more
12:27
time. And he's about 37-38. So he may play another one or two years. Gale, totally his call. But these
12:34
two have been absolute giants of, you know, West Indies, not only white ball cricket. And Gale is a
12:40
guy who was possibly the last guy to score a triple century for West Indies in tests after Lara.
12:46
And also hit the six sixes.
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Now, Anas, just very quickly, just before we sign off, what do you think it means to T20?
13:01
And obviously, West Indies, as they are the defending champions. What happens from here for
13:07
the West Indies team? Well, let's first talk about these two players, you know, who have served their
13:13
nations quite well. Okay, they were known more for franchise cricket, but they are part of two
13:18
World Cup winning teams where they won in 2016 and 2012. So they were part of that squad. And
13:27
both of them have done wonders, whether it is for team West Indies or for their respective franchise.
13:32
So it's going to be a big loss for West Indies and to find players of the stature of Gale and
13:37
Bravo is not going to be easy. It's not easy issues to fill in. So West Indies really will
13:41
have to work hard to find there is talent is again, as I mentioned about South Africa and
13:47
Sri Lanka, the board has to function well to ensure that they find players such players of
13:51
such high caliber. Okay, so we're going to have to be so they're going to have to go back to
13:57
grassroots. Is that what we're saying? In terms of you find these new players and then build them up?
14:04
Yes, in terms of that. Okay. All right, guys. Thank you very much. I think we've gone over time.
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So I'm going to have to say thank you very much to Anas and to Gautam. And we'll see. We'll catch
14:16
up with you again tomorrow. And we can catch up with everything and all the latest news
14:24
all on gulfnews.com. And we shall see you all tomorrow.
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