Looking at the stereotypes of the 10 Test-playing nations

#6 South Africa

South Africa and the art of choking

So much has been said and documented about the immense potential of any South African team and then how they unravel so quickly at key moments, that one cannot help but associate with them the tag of that infamous word 'chokers'.

So then, is it their stereotype, well one has to grudgingly acknowledge it. There have been far too many instances where the side which enters a crunch match, a semi-final maybe, brimming with confidence and they bottle up when it matters the most.

Be it the 1999 semi-final Cricket World cup, or the 2003 World Cup, be it the 2007 World T20 or most recently the heartbreaking 2015 World Cup semi-finals against New Zealand.

Indeed South Africa are the chokers of World Cricket!