Well, that’s the end of the Proteas’ World Cup campaign. Despite how beautiful that image above showing some dejected Ozzies is, it will always be remembered for all the wrong reasons.

Our final two games of the tournament showed that we’re not a bad outfit by any stretch of the imagination, but time and time again, when it mattered, we couldn’t grab the crucial match-winning moments by the throat and make them count.

There will be a clean-out in the weeks to come, as Imran Tahir and JP Duminy hang up their boots and the likes of Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis consider their futures.

One man who really does need to go is coach Ottis Gibson, who is clearly living in dreamland if he thinks he is deserving of more time at the helm.

Yesterday’s Sport24 headline – Proteas coach Gibson wants to stay: ‘I love my job’.

Sorry, bud, but your contract as head coach is set to expire in September, and that’s a few months too late.

Back to Saturday’s action. On the field, the boys, led by Faf and the seemingly unflappable Rassie van der Dussen, showed great composure in the middle overs to put an imposing 325 on the board.

Off the field, one fan took it upon himself to deliver a quite perfect David Warner sandpaper sledge.

Apparently, he was almost removed from the stadium for doing so, but his efforts live on forever with this footage:

⁦.@KP24⁩ ⁦.@piersmorgan⁩ .⁦@MichaelVaughan⁩ .⁦@jbairstow21⁩ pic.twitter.com/5PNQLLhMJy

— Cutmaker (@cutmaker) July 7, 2019

He even brought props.

For the musically challenged, that chant is being sung to the tune of Another Brick In The Wall by Pink Floyd.

I would say the streaker in the New Zealand versus England game last week is still the World Cup’s unsung hero, but a shout-out to the fan above.

There was clearly nothing to claims that Adam Zampa was illegally altering the condition of the ball earlier in the tournament, but Warner’s (and Smith’s, and Bancroft’s, and the rest of the team’s) blatant cheating that day at Newlands will never be forgotten and forgiven.

We’re not the only fans that still bring this up, with these two spotted at Australia’s World Cup opener against Afghanistan:

On the flip side, Warner thrives on the abuse, and has the second most runs at the World Cup, 638, with three tons to boot.

At least his century on Saturday didn’t see the Ozzies home, and we must rely on such scant consolations to get us through the rest of the tournament.

Now we can only hope that England beat Australia on Thursday, and whoever wins from Tuesday’s India versus New Zealand semi-final goes on to claim the trophy.

Seriously, we are at the #AnyoneButAustralia part of the campaign.

While we are here, we should also doff our caps to the hugely impressive Bafana Bafana for their underdog win over Egypt in their African Cup of Nations last-16 match.

They managed to contain Mo Salah and his fellow countrymen, nicking a win at the end, and will now face Nigeria in the quarter-finals on Wednesday at 9PM.

Let’s enjoy the highlights from the clash against Egypt:

I think the commentator deserves a warm gin shot for his pronunciation of Bafana Bafana at the 4:35 mark, but other than that, glorious.