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South Africa captain AB De Villiers and coach Russel Domingo face the media in Johannesburg on Wednesday (4th February) before they fly out to New Zealand to take part in the cricket World Cup.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Russel Domingo, South Africa coach:
(on his opinion that the best team performances, rather than the best individual performances, will do well at the World Cup)

"We are a team that doesn't rely on one particular skill, I think if our bowlers let us down on a day - which is going to happen - the batters need to help them out, because there are going to be days when the batters let us down and the bowlers are going to have to help them out, so... Australian wickets are such good wickets, it keeps everyone interested. The bowlers have got a chance in the first fifteen overs, but the batters have also got a chance after that, so I think it's going to be a... not a bowlers/batters World Cup, it's going to be the team which plays consistently and a unified team is going to be the team that comes out on top."

SOUNDBITE (English) AB De Villiers South Africa captain:

(on the team ethic within the squad and its positive influence and trying to shake off the tag of 'Chokers')

"Look , the individual performances, I think, are driven by the team at the end of the day. Me scoring the runs at the Wanderers, 'Hash' (Hashim Amla) keep scoring his hundreds, Dale (Steyn) taking wickets, then you're doing well. Those are all team driven and that's the kind of thing we will be focusing on at the World Cup. Yes, we're feeling pressure, there's no hiding from that. We've never won a World Cup... It's definitely something that's counting against us. Calling us 'Chokers'. There's no hiding from that. We've just got to stick together, drive each other, as a team, and make sure we win those big pressure situations in big pressure games."