Cricket
South Africa walked in as the favourites to win and go to the final, but what awaited them was the worst possible night in the tournament. They didn't just lose; it was a crushing defeat.
"I don't know if tonight was a choke. I thought it was a bloody walloping. I think in order for you to choke, you must have had a sniff in the game," he said.
"A hell of a lot didn't go right tonight, but that was probably enforced because they were so good and they never gave us a sniff. I'm not going to sit here and try and make excuses for a bad night. We weren't good and they were excellent."
South Africa was asked to bat first in the crunch semi-final but lost momentum early in the innings and were struggling at 77/5. "They strangled us up front, we lost wickets, and we didn't get any sort of momentum going," Conrad continued.
This wasn't just a normal loss; it was a lesson for them that in the biggest tournaments of the world, perfection was demanded, and that night South Africa just didn't have any answers to New Zealand's rampage.
Will this heavy defeat implement big changes in the upcoming series, or will they use the pain as a fuel to remove the "Chokers" tag?