South Africa has never won the Cricket World Cup. Their best result is?

Answer Explanation

South Africa has never reached a World Cup final despite being one of the strongest teams for decades. They have been semi-finalists or quarter-finalists in multiple editions, earning the unfortunate reputation as "chokers" in knockout cricket.

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44% of quiz players who faced this question picked Semi-finalists in multiple editions. That makes it harder than most International questions, where 59% get it right on average. The most popular wrong answer was Runners-up 2023 (33%).

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