 Proteas captain Graeme Smith saw his side fall short once again
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Cricket South Africa says it will be "brutally honest" in its analysis of why they failed to reach the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.
The hosts bowed out after defeats to Sri Lanka and England, the latest in a series of early tournament exits.
Coach Mickey Arthur and chief executive Gerald Majola released a statement, saying: "There will be a brutally honest analysis of our early demise.
"We must ensure that failures of this nature do not happen again."
The Proteas, who were the world's top-ranked team in both Test and one-day cricket going into the tournament, have only once won an ICC event, the inaugural Champions Trophy in Bangladesh in 1998.
They have only once failed to reach the semi-final in five prior editions of the competition, while their five World Cup appearances have seen them reach the last four in 1992, 1999 and 2007.
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South Africa were favourites to lift the World Twenty20 trophy earlier this year only to lose to Pakistan in the semi-finals, and CSA admits their recent performances have not been good enough.
The statement continued: "If mistakes have been made, then they must be acknowledged and remedied before the next World Cup.
"All credit must go to the Proteas for being ranked as the world's top Test and ODI team.
"However, this must not overshadow the urgent need to bridge the gap between these ratings and the failure of the Proteas to reach the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy on home soil as well as other major knock-out tournaments elsewhere.
"The analysis and remedial process is to begin immediately and a report on the way forward will be presented to CSA by the national coach at its next board meeting on 30 October."
South Africa next face England at home, a tour which starts in November and encompasses two Twenty20 internationals, five ODIs and four Test matches.
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