When most people talk about South Africa and the World Cup, the word "chokers" is often dropped into conversation.
Surely that can't apply this time around because this is a different team from four years ago (when we knocked them out of the quarter-finals), 12 years ago (when they mucked up the Duckworth-Lewis calculations) or 16 years ago (when Allan Donald was run out amid shambolic scenes).
New Zealand and South Africa look the most well-balanced sides at the World Cup. They have a powerful batting lineup and quality bowlers and don't seem to have any weaknesses.
The problem is, under the current format, New Zealand or South Africa could come unstuck in a quarter-final because someone in the opposition has a career-best day. I can see England, who have been poor, beating a team like India because someone like Eion Morgan fires.
It's not right that you can win six games and then be ousted in a one-off match and I preferred previous formats when teams carried through their points from pool play. It would be a lot fairer and mean every pool game was important. It would also mean the likes of England and Pakistan would have little chance of progressing to the semifinals given their current form.