'We have to win all the games, not just focus on this one': Quinton de Kock issues defiant message as South Africa enter do-or-die territory against New Zealand at World Cup Defeat for South Africa against New Zealand will seal their fate at the World Cup The tournament has done little to dispel the suspicion they freeze at big events Even their lone win against Afghanistan at Cardiff wasn't that convincing Quinton de Kock has issued a rallying cry to his South African team-mates
By Lawrence Booth for the Daily Mail
Published: 20:19 BST, 18 June 2019 | Updated: 20:19 BST, 18 June 2019
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South Africa enter do-or-die territory on Wednesday against a team who, if recent history is anything to go by, will show no mercy.
New Zealand have knocked them out of the last two World Cups, with Grant Elliott's last-over six off Dale Steyn four years ago at Auckland still seared on the collective memory of both nations.
Defeat at Edgbaston will seal South Africa's fate in a tournament which has done little to dispel the suspicion that they freeze at the big