Ka taƙaita labarin:  Afirka ta Kudu har yanzu ba ta taba kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya ta ICC ba bayan ta yi rashin nasara a wasan kusa da na karshe a karo na hudu a wasan wasa mai cike da damuwa da New Zealand, ba tare da yin wani abu ba. Proteas sun lashe wasan farko da suka buga a gasar cin kofin duniya da Sri Lanka don samun damar haduwa da Black Caps a Eden Park amma sun fadi a wasan mai ban sha'awa da aka rage zuwa 43 overs kowannensu a Auckland. New Zealand ta kafa 298 ta hanyar fifiko daga AB de Villiers da Faf du Plessis amma sun karya zukatansu lokacin da Grant Elliott, wanda aka haife shi a Johannesburg, ya buga shida don lashe wasan tare da kwallon da ya rage. Dan wasan Afirka ta Kudu Dale Steyn ya bayyana yana cikin damuwa bayan Grant Elliott ya buga shi don cin nasarar wasan. Elliott ya fadi tare da New Zealand har yanzu ya yi tseren 14 daga nasara lokacin da JP Duminy (hagu) ya yi karo da mai tsaron gida Farhaan Behardien a waje yayin da Afirka ta Kudu ta sake kasawa a gasar cin kofin duniya. Kwallon ya tsallake ta hannun Behardien (dama) yayin da Duminy ba shi da ikon taimakawa yayin shan kashi. A lokacin da ya zama dole, sun yi amfani da damar da suka samu sau biyu kuma suka ga JP Duminy da Farhaan Behardien sun yi karo a cikin zurfin lokacin da Eliott ya yi gudun hijira tare da 14 da ake bukata don nasara. Tabbas ba shine karo na farko da Afirka ta Kudu ta kasance kusa ba har yanzu - a nan Sportsmail ya dubi mafi munin gasar cin kofin duniya na Proteas. Kyaftin din Afirka ta Kudu AB de Villiers ya nutse don kokarin fitar da dan wasan New Zealand Corey Anderson. De Villiers ya fadi a kan kullun yayin da Anderson ya ba da kyauta a kan hanyar zuwa 58 daga 57 balls. 1996 Kwata-kwata na karshe VS West Indies, KARACHI, PAKISTAN. Jarumin dan wasan West Indies Brian Lara ya yi bikin cika shekara 100 a wasan da suka yi da Afrika ta Kudu a 1996. Lokacin da Brian Lara ya jawo West Indies zuwa 264 tare da mai daraja 111 a cikin sauri har ma don ka'idodin zamani 94 ball, tare da taimakon kawai daga wani matashi Shivnarine Chanderpaul tare da 56, ya kasance jimlar samun dama ga Afirka ta Kudu. Kuma sun yi kama da suna yin aiki da shi yayin da suke tafiya zuwa 118 don daya a tsakiyar hanya. Duk da haka, wani gagarumin rushewa ya haifar da...
New Zealand ta doke Afirka ta Kudu a wasan kusa da karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya. Proteas sun kasance a wurin zama na akwatin don cin nasara kafin innings na Grant Elliott. Rashin nasara ya biyo bayan jerin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin matakan da suka faru. Afirka ta Kudu har yanzu ba ta kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya ba.