Sport | Proteas ignore ‘near-misses’ with eye on T20 World Cup final: ‘We own whatever is ours’

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Proteas huddle before the start of the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024 Super Eight cricket match between West Indies and South Africa at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda on 23 June 2024. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Despite the Proteas’ deep resources of talent, the country has only won one international title — the Champions Trophy back in 1998.

In World Cup knockout games, they have won just one in 10 and have never made a final, be it in the 50-over or T20 format.

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