There’s a mysterious way in which blessings are handed down by the Almighty. Success, as everyone knows, is never easy to find — but what’s crueller is when it slips away just when your fingers are about to close around it. It’s like taking the glass of water away from the parched, leaving their thirst lingering a little longer. South Africa wouldn’t disagree.
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For the Proteas Women, heartbreak has become an all-too-familiar companion. Three ICC tournaments, three finals, three times so close to glory — only for it to dissolve at the doorstep of destiny. Their latest wound came in Navi Mumbai, a 52-run defeat to India that felt like life serving a feast and then snatching the plate away before a
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