Proteas wicketkeeper Morne van Wyk was dozing on his feet during the crunch match against India. Now before you go ranting on about a lack of commitment, it turns out Van Wyk accidently took sleeping pills, which he thought were vitamin pills. The poor keeper was swaying on his feet while Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn were unleashing 140+ thunderbolts in his direction.
Proteas spokesperson Lerato Malekutu said it seemed that Van Wyk had gotten his pills mixed up. Van Wyk had a poor day on the field (no wonder, the poor guy was trying to keep his eyes open), having failed to respond to a clear chance to catch Virender Sehwag early on and then contributing just 5 runs with the bat.
Sehwag went on to score 73 and shared in an opening partnership of 142 runs with Sachin Tendulkar. That partnership almost cost South Africa a chance of victory.
Van Wyk, under scrutiny after the selectors left out mainstay Mark Boucher, performed better against Ireland picking up 42 runs off just 41 balls.