Pakistan vs South Africa T20 Live Stream 1st Semi Final

1st Semi Final Pakistan vs South Africa T20 Live Stream first Semi Final.


South Africa have reputation as ‘chokers’
• Sports psychologist introduces ‘three-second chill’

If any side can tame 20-over cricket, it is South Africa. Throughout the World Twenty20 they have been clinical and intimidating, proving their mastery over a supposedly unmanageable game. But today it is semi-final time and semi-finals are when South Africa’s attempts to bring order to the world collapse into trauma.

South Africa have won only one semi-final ever, on their way to winning the 1998 Champions Trophy, and with each messy defeat, each one stranger than the last, the tag of “chokers” is bandied around once more. Little wonder that their coach, Mickey Arthur, found himself admitting: “We are not scared of losing, we are scared of panicking.”

Arthur’s opposite number, Pakistan’s Intikhab Alam, knows what to expect. “The history of South African cricket tells us that at the crunch time, when it really matters, they have choked,” said Intikhab. “I hope that they do that again. They are a very talented side but the pressure will be on them. They have come very, very close but they have never won.”

Pakistan have been the antithesis of South Africa in this tournament: occasionally inspired, often shambolic. Their outstanding fast bowler, Umar Gul, has been accused, with no hard evidence, of ball tampering for managing to reverse swing the ball within 20 overs. Their captain, Younus Khan, said after defeat against England that Twenty20 was just a bit of fun and has developed a maniacal laugh at media conferences to prove it.