That was not remotely close to a choke: SA head coach Walter

Rob Walter

South Africa suffered yet another defeat in a knockout game of a global event but their performance against Australia in the second World Cup semi-final on Thursday was far from a choke, feels head coach Rob Walter.

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From a precarious 24-4, South Africa rode on David Miller's counter-attacking century to post a respectable 212 before Australia survived some tense moments to chase down the target in 47.2 overs.

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Walter provided his personal definition of a choke, stating, "for me, a choke is losing a game that you are in a position to win.

"In this instance, we were behind right from the word go, and we actually fought our way back into the competition and put up a score that gave us a chance," Walter said in the post-match media conference.

"And then, again, they [Australia] got us to a flier. We fought and we put ourselves back into the game," he said, adding 30 more runs would have made the difference."

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