However badly SA played in crashing to India by 130 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday, there was no faulting AB de Villiers's willingness to take the disappointment on the chin.
"We were outplayed," De Villiers said in an assessment that was as scattered as it was comprehensive and excoriating. And so it should have been: he was talking about SA's biggest World Cup loss in terms of runs.
"All round, it was a pretty average performance by the bowlers," he said. "India's bowling was quite clever but it was definitely a poor batting performance [by SA].
"I almost don't want to think about it now. I just want to go feel sad in my room for now. But tomorrow we'll talk about it."
De Villiers was particularly hard on himself and David Miller for being run out: "Two run-outs in the top six is absolutely unacceptable. It should have been my night or David's night. Instead, we were both sitting on the side of the field not having been dismissed by a bowler."
And, just to give SA another reason to forget yesterday, they were fined for a slow over rate because India's innings ran 27 minutes late. SA next face West Indies in Sydney on Friday.
We were outplayed, De Villiers readily admits
However badly SA played in crashing to India by 130 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday, there was no faulting AB de Villiers's willingness to take the disappointment on the chin.
"We were outplayed," De Villiers said in an assessment that was as scattered as it was comprehensive and excoriating. And so it should have been: he was talking about SA's biggest World Cup loss in terms of runs.
"All round, it was a pretty average performance by the bowlers," he said. "India's bowling was quite clever but it was definitely a poor batting performance [by SA].
"I almost don't want to think about it now. I just want to go feel sad in my room for now. But tomorrow we'll talk about it."
De Villiers was particularly hard on himself and David Miller for being run out: "Two run-outs in the top six is absolutely unacceptable. It should have been my night or David's night. Instead, we were both sitting on the side of the field not having been dismissed by a bowler."
And, just to give SA another reason to forget yesterday, they were fined for a slow over rate because India's innings ran 27 minutes late. SA next face West Indies in Sydney on Friday.
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