{"id":51721,"date":"2026-03-05T15:12:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51721"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:12:05","slug":"proteas-fans-call-for-rassie-erasmus-fix-t20-world-cup-mess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/05\/proteas-fans-call-for-rassie-erasmus-fix-t20-world-cup-mess\/","title":{"rendered":"Not even Rassie Erasmus can fix the Proteas&#8217; lack of BMT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Amusingly and somewhat predictably, Proteas fans are exhibiting precisely zero chill in the wake of South Africa\u2019s humiliating T20 World Cup exit. Even Rassie Erasmus is getting some airtime. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-proteas-fans-want-rassie-erasmus-in-charge\"><strong>Proteas fans want Rassie Erasmus in charge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If it\u2019s not claims of match-fixing, then Proteas fans deflect their frustrations in other ways. South African cricket supporters are now seasoned veterans, versed in the art of disappointment, bottling up our frustrations and hoping they\u2019ll go away. <\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-0\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-proteas-fans-make-match-fixing-claims-after-t20-world-cup-exit\"><strong>Proteas fans make match-fixing claims after T20 World Cup exit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Do several South African cricket fans know something we don\u2019t, or are they just battling to come to terms with yet another heartbreaking semi-final exit? Their theory is that <strong>match-fixing is the only explanation<\/strong> for how poorly the Proteas performed against the Black Caps.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-match-summary-icymi\"><strong>Match summary, ICYMI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first. South Africa started poorly, eventually gathered themselves and posted a respectable 169\/8, thanks largely to a stellar knock from fast bowler and number 7 batter Marco Jansen, who ended unbeaten on 55* off 30 balls. The unlikely hero candidate emerged after the South African top order disintegrated again in a big match. New Zealand\u00a0<strong>made a mockery of that total<\/strong>, chasing it down with nine wickets and 43 balls to spare. Opener Finn Allen sent South Africa\u2019s bowlers to all corners of the ground, smashing 100 off 33 balls. It was the fastest ever century in T20 World Cups. Getting beaten in a tight contest is fine, but this was never a contest. Fan disappointment is\u00a0<strong>bordering on PTSD at this point<\/strong>, for a support base that\u2019s been through A LOT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Rassie #Erasmus #fix #Proteas #lack #BMT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amusingly and somewhat predictably, Proteas fans are exhibiting precisely zero chill in the wake of South Africa\u2019s humiliating T20 World&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51723,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51721\/revisions\/51723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}