Cricket South Africa wants to throw away Chokers label as WTC Glory Wink | Mint

By Mark Gleeson London, June 13 (Reuters) – After decades of an uninjured success, South African cricket is at the tip of a first big triumph with 69 runs needed to win the World Test Championships on Saturday at Lord’s. South Africa has eight wickets in hand and is now overwhelming favorites to finish the track, and take the title away from Champions Australia, which set a scary fourth in the final on Friday. Led by the unbeaten century of Aiden Markram, they deteriorated the runs and will be looking for the line when action resumes on Saturday on day four. But at the same time, the class of 2025 will just be too aware that the past South African teams have been called ‘chokers’ to constantly lack when victory is in sight. That’s why the first thing, coach Shukri Conrad told Markram and Captain Temba Bavuma after their unbeaten partnership of 143 management Friday was to ensure that they held on to their usual routine. “Don’t change anything. Tomorrow morning, come and do the same warm -up as you do every day. Just the same processes, ‘he told them. Assistant Coach Ashwill Prince was determined not to get too excited about the potential victory, even if it was appealing. ‘Of course, we understand the extent of the situation and what is at stake. But they just have to stay calm and take it in their pace, ‘he said at the end of Friday’s game. The reputation of the South African cricket comes from a long list of almost miss in the semi-finals of the World Cup, including the fall of a narrow discredited rain rule or the second best of the second best, even when the match ends. Last year, they made their first major final at the Twenty20 World Cup in Barbados, but with only 26 runs needed some of the last four overs, seven runs lacked when India scored an unlikely victory. For this team the message was clear, Prince added. “Let them believe they can do it, and then just a kind of step out of the way and allow it to do it,” he said. “But there’s a very real band in that locker room. They’re each other over the line,” Prince added. (Editing by Pritha Sarkar)