Does South Africa choke?

For 10 years after their admittance back into international cricket South Africa had a team of world beaters. Yet in critical situations they seemed to inplode unable to convert tense situations at the death into victory.

Kepler Wessells Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock defends their team's poor record during this period which culminated in their embarrasing early exit at the hands of Sri Lanka in the 2003 World Cup staged in South Africa.