Boucher cites fear of failure for Bangladesh defeat
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The Proteas men's team was wounded, bruised, and befuddled after their defeat to Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series on Wednesday, with head coach Mark Boucher questioning the players' self-belief and citing fear of failure as reasons.
"After we got off to a very good start, we went to sleep. It is certainly not the way we want to play. We wanted to take the game forward after a good start. We just didn't manage to do that. I think they bowled well but you have to take some risks to create scoring opportunities. It was almost like we went out with the fear of getting out, rather than going out to set a total. The way the wicket played, it was over 300,” Boucher said.
"I think (the ODI side needs) belief in the way we want to play. We played spin well in Sri Lanka, but when we came to South Africa where the conditions helped the spinners, we went back to the old way of playing. We are still having a lot of chats, to try to get the guys to believe that this is the way to play spin in turning conditions,” he added.
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Boucher also stated that the alarm bells were sounding for his squad in terms of automatic qualification for the 2023 World Cup, as the Proteas are presently ranked ninth. To avoid being placed in a pre-tournament qualifying competition, they must finish in the top eight.
"The alarm bells are always there. We are putting ourselves under pressure but we have to come to the party. I certainly believe that if we rock up, we stick to our game plans, we arrive with confidence, we can beat anyone in the world. We have shown that in the T20 World Cup,”
"It is basically the same personnel in our one-day team as well. We have a lot of things to talk about. We have beaten those teams (India, England, Australia) before. We have to beat them again to qualify (to the World Cup)" he further added.
