Against all the odds, the South Africa National Cricket Team has begun fighting back against the dominant forces of England. This comes after the team experienced numerous problems off the field and on it as well. All the while, England was defeating some of its most vigorous opponents, such as New Zealand. This leads many to believe that South Africa’s engagement with England would prompt an immediately lost. However, this could begin changing after South Africa acquired some of the best players in professional cricket. This includes Boucher, Kallis, and Smith, who have started to shift tides for SACT. Other notable players on the starting lineup include Kagiso Rabada, Quinton Kock, and Vernon Philander.
South Africa recently met with England for a testing matchup, where they had an unexpected victory. This is long overdue for South Africa, who haven’t defeated England since January in 2019. It also was their first victory after five consecutive defeats against India and Sri Lanka. South Africa began showing resilience against the formidable British talent after they went from holding five points to more than one hundred. Their continued sharpness allowed them to defeat England twice, with Graeme Smith and Mark Boucher being noted for their impressive talents on the field.
The question going forward is how the South Africa National Cricket team will take this victory. Will they use it as motivation going towards the official start of the season and begin falling back into previous results. It should be noted that again, in the 2001 and 2010 championships, South Africa proved to have some victories but ultimately collapsed under pressure and couldn’t acquire a tournament.
The National Tennis Team
South Africa’s national cricket team wasn’t the only notable organization that has confidence going forward into their championship event. The national tennis team for South Africa expressed that they’ve got courage walking into the ATP Cup in Australia. This is surprising considering that the players must battle against individuals like Lloyd Harris, Novak Djokovic, and numerous others. However, South Africa has trained extensively for this competition and plans to defeat their first opponent, Novak Djokovic.
These two respective nations have been placed into the 1st group, with additional countries including Chile and France. They will use both squares off around the same time, with the winning teams moving onto a semi-final 1st-day bout. Whoever wins the final matchup in the day moves to the 2nd group. It should be noted that South Africa’s Anderson returns to the national tennis team after a significant knee injury from July 2019.
