South Africa Star Reignites 'Unfair Advantage' Row After Semifinal Loss: "Not Ideal..."

South Africa batsman David Miller said his team's hop to Dubai and back ahead of their Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to New Zealand in Lahore was "not ideal".

South Africa batsman David Miller said his team's hop to Dubai and back ahead of their Champions Trophy semi-final defeat to New Zealand in Lahore was "not ideal". The tangled scheduling of the event came into question as Australia and South Africa both had to fly to Dubai from Pakistan ahead of the semi-finals. South Africa were there for less than 24 hours before jetting back again without playing a game. Australia stayed and lost in the last four to India. The haphazard scheduling was a result of India playing all their games in Dubai after refusing to travel to tournament hosts Pakistan for political reasons.

"It's only an hour and 40 minute flight, but the fact that we had to do that was not ideal," Miller said after South Africa lost to New Zealand on Wednesday by 50 runs.

South Africa made what was ultimately a wasted trip soon after defeating England in Karachi on Saturday.

"It's early morning, it's after a game and we had to fly. Then we got to Dubai at 4:00 pm. 

"And at 7.30 am we had to come back. It doesn't make it nice.