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Heroic Proteas fall short U11 Krish Maharaj Memorial league set to commence
from XPRESS TIMES
by Ahmed Desai
the U11 cricket league in memory of his father.
South Africa's heroic women fell on the wrong side of history at an electric Newlands on Sunday, losing a thrilling T20 World Cup final to the powerhouse Australians by 19 runs. It was always going to be a tough ask against a side that has now competed in seven straight T20 World Cup finals, winning six of them, but the Proteas fought with all they had from start to finish. It was not the result they or the 14 000 crammed into this iconic cricket venue wanted, but this group had already achieved something that no other South African team - men or women, T20 or 50-overs - could before. This was the first time a senior Proteas had ever contested an ICC World Cup final, and there was a real belief that they could pull off the improbable. Nobody had backed them in their
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