South Africa's failure to progress beyond the group stage of the Champions Trophy is set to come under the spotlight.

The country's cricket bosses convene next month to discuss the team's failure at the ICC Champions Trophy.

The Proteas, who were beaten in two out of three games in Group B by Sri Lanka and more recently England, have only once won an event under the International Cricket Council banner, which came more than 10 years ago at the inaugural Champions Trophy in Bangladesh.

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 on three occasions - 1992, 1999 and 2007.

Earlier this year, Mickey Arthur's team, who have risen to the top of the world rankings in both Test and one-day cricket over the past few months, were favourites to lift the World Twenty20 trophy but again succumbed to the pressure of the big occasion and lost to Pakistan in the semi-final.

Now, after their latest setback, which came in the form of a 22-run loss to the English, Cricket South Africa (CSA) are looking for answers.

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A joint statement between Arthur and chief executive officer Gerald Majola read: "There will be a brutally honest analysis of the Proteas' early demise in the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy and other failures of this nature in knock-out competitions to ensure that it does not happen again.

"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 the Board of Directors of Cricket South Africa by the national coach at its next board meeting on the 30th October."

Players from the national team were all released following Sunday's loss at Centurion and will resume duty with their provincial sides in the days ahead.

Their next assignment for the Proteas will begin in November when England arrive for a near three-month tour.

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