South Africa coach Rob Walter says his players will not feel the burden of near misses in the past as they prepare for their T20 World Cup semi-final against Afghanistan. (More Cricket News)
The Proteas 🅘withstood a nervy finish to get a three-wicket victory over co-hosts West Indies in Anti🅷gua, maintaining their perfect run at the tournament with seven wins from seven so far.
South Africa have never made it past the se🍒mi-final stage of the T20 World Cup, with this dueꦦ to be their third such appearance.
This time around, they have been on the right side of tight wins, and Walter is keen to ease any pressure from past results t🔥hat could hinder the team.
"The near m𝓀isses in the past, they belong to the🐬 people who missed them," Walter said. "To be honest, this team is a different team.
"We own whatever is ours to own. And so, our nearest reflection point is this tourname🗹nt where we've managed꧟ to get over the line. So that's what we think about.
"I think there's always♑ an energy that you can fee✅l that's tangible when it comes to a semi-final.
"There'll be a mixture of emotionꦿs which is with anxiety, but excitement and I think anyone in any sport, if they get to this phase of a competition, feels that. And so really, it's just acknowledging that and accepting it and t💧hen just understanding what you'll do with that.
"We 🥂still want to play our best cricket in the key moments of the game.&qu♚ot;
