Kolkata, March 4 -- Following his side's loss to New Zealand in the T20 World Cup semifinal, South Africa coach Shukri Conrad termed the defeat as "bloody walloping", while Blackcaps' centurion Finn Allen expressed readiness for whoever meets them at the final on Sunday, be it India or England.

A record-breaking century by Allen in just 33 balls, the fastest across T20 and 50-over World Cups, sunk Proteas to a crushing nine-wicket loss in the semifinal at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday, despite a fight back sixth wicket stand between Tristan Stubbs (29) and Marco Jansen (55*), which took SA from 77/5 to 169/8.

While SA suffered their first defeat to NZ in the T20 WCs after five matches, it was their fourth loss in as many games to the Ki...