South Africa DIDN’T CHOKE! This shocking revelation is up there with the Titanic not sinking or Jaguar making a reliable car. It’s just not cricket.

I suppose there are a few grains of normalcy that we can cling to to believe that all is still right and just in the cricketing universe. I mean South Africa with their mojo back? Please.

• It was a home game (didn’t seem to help them in the 2003 world cup)
• It is a nothing series
• It’s against a Kiwi side routed by injuries and low on morale
• The Kiwi’s went out of their way to lose (Smith dropped by Vettori, AB Devilliers dropped by Taylor, and the final nail

49.2 Gillespie to Nel, 1 run, dropped! Nel slashes a full and wide delivery up and over backward point, a fielder runs after at is it dies on him, diving out in front and failing to hold on! Very tough catch

Boucher hit a single off the next ball and Andre won the game with another two fours.

Poor kiwi’s. But in reality though it’s a promising sign, there are several reasons not to worry just yet.

• They weren’t playing Australia
• It was a nothing game
• Duckworth Lewis didn’t come into play