No choke, we got moered, says Proteas coach Shukri Conrad after Black Caps walloping

Proteas coachShukri Conradheld no punches after his team’s “bloody walloping” in the ICC T20 World Cup semi-final at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. New Zealand inflicted anine-wicket thrashingon the Proteas with the Black Caps cruising into Sunday’s final with 47 balls to spare. Conrad’s team had entered the semi-finals with a perfect seven-match unbeaten record, and even the coach himself admitted they were favourites to reach a second successive T20 World Cup final.

But the Kiwis had other plans with the bowling unit restricting the Proteas to a total well below par before openersFinn Allen struck the fastest T20 World Cup century, eclipsing West Indian great Chris Gayle’s 47-ball effort, in just 33 balls. Fellow opener Tim Seifert also blasted 58 off the exact number of balls. Due to the Proteas’ major tournamentsemi-final history,the inevitable ‘choking’ tag was once again being thrown around, but Conrad was having none of it.

“I don’t know if tonight was a choke. I thought it was a bloody walloping. We got our arses kicked.

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I think in order for you to choke, you must have had a sniff in the game. We didn’t have a sniff,” he said. “In South Africa, we say we’d getmoered.Tonight, we got a propersnot klapped, also a South African word meaning a real hiding.” , also a South African word meaning a real hiding.”

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