Rob Houwing | Bittersweet swansong for De Kock as Proteas' jinx ...
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Quinton de Kock
When Quinton de Kock, who played his 155th and last one-day international in the World Cup semi-final defeat to Australia in Kolkata on Thursday, began his white-ball career for South Africa, their major-tournament hoodoo was already brutally well established.
Almost 11 years since his 50-overs debut against New Zealand at Paarl in January 2013 – out for 18 while batting at No 6 in a one-wicket loss not dissimilar to this higher-stage clash for low-scoring tension -- that trend sadly hadn’t budged.
Not one bit.
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