NEW DELHI: South Africa skilled each of their defeats on the 50-overs World Cup whereas chasing, but batter David Miller does not understand this as a major concern as they advance into the essential stage of the event.
Securing their spot within the semi-finals with six victories in eight matches, South Africa’s top-order batting had been in distinctive type earlier than dealing with a setback towards India of their final match, the place they had been dismissed for 83 runs.
Whereas the group has appeared extra comfy setting targets, Miller talked about that they’re typically comfy when chasing a complete as nicely.
“I believe now we have chased a number of video games previously, and I do not assume it is one thing that could be a enormous difficulty in any respect,” the batter mentioned forward of Friday’s match towards Afghanistan in Ahmedabad.
“The fellows definitely have the ability and consider that we will chase something. I believe it is simply evaluating to what now we have accomplished batting first, which has been distinctive.
“We’ve not been horrific chasing, it is simply been one or two video games the place we slipped up, which is a part of the sport.
“We now have spoken about and dissected that. It is nearly ensuring that we have got that platform and giving ourselves one of the best probability to chase down a complete.”
Miller was cautious of Afghanistan, who’ve overwhelmed three former champions within the event and nonetheless have mathematical probabilities of making the semi-finals.
“They seem to be a group that is definitely rising in confidence. They’ve confirmed that they will compete. I imply this World Cup they’ve accomplished actually, rather well, overwhelmed some massive groups,” Miller mentioned.
“They seem to be a actually robust group, and so they have an opportunity to make the semi-finals. So, it is good to see.
“That is the enjoyment of World Cup. You see completely different groups doing nicely…It is nice to see and good for cricket.”
(With Reuters inputs)
Securing their spot within the semi-finals with six victories in eight matches, South Africa’s top-order batting had been in distinctive type earlier than dealing with a setback towards India of their final match, the place they had been dismissed for 83 runs.
Whereas the group has appeared extra comfy setting targets, Miller talked about that they’re typically comfy when chasing a complete as nicely.
“I believe now we have chased a number of video games previously, and I do not assume it is one thing that could be a enormous difficulty in any respect,” the batter mentioned forward of Friday’s match towards Afghanistan in Ahmedabad.
“The fellows definitely have the ability and consider that we will chase something. I believe it is simply evaluating to what now we have accomplished batting first, which has been distinctive.
“We’ve not been horrific chasing, it is simply been one or two video games the place we slipped up, which is a part of the sport.
“We now have spoken about and dissected that. It is nearly ensuring that we have got that platform and giving ourselves one of the best probability to chase down a complete.”
Miller was cautious of Afghanistan, who’ve overwhelmed three former champions within the event and nonetheless have mathematical probabilities of making the semi-finals.
“They seem to be a group that is definitely rising in confidence. They’ve confirmed that they will compete. I imply this World Cup they’ve accomplished actually, rather well, overwhelmed some massive groups,” Miller mentioned.
“They seem to be a actually robust group, and so they have an opportunity to make the semi-finals. So, it is good to see.
“That is the enjoyment of World Cup. You see completely different groups doing nicely…It is nice to see and good for cricket.”
(With Reuters inputs)
