Boucher admits 'alarm bells' are ringing over SA's precarious Cricket World Cup situation

Proteas coach Mark Boucher said they were panicking about their precarious Cricket World Cup qualification situation, but believed they could still bounce back.

The Proteas not only lost their first ODI series against Bangladesh at home rather comprehensively, with the visitors winning the third ODI by nine wickets with 141 balls to spare, but stayed in ninth place in the ICC World Cup ODI Super League.

With 49 points, they're a point behind the West Indies and 11 behind seventh-placed Australia. The snag is that the two teams ahead of them have been on Test duty and can still open the gap on the Proteas.

The top eight teams in the Super League will qualify directly for next year's World Cup while the bottom five will have to play League Two and Challenger League sides for two remaining World Cup slots.

In order for SA to qualify directly, it becomes imperative they beat the Netherlands, Australia, England and India to keep their hopes alive.

Boucher believes this is possible, but they'll have to play their best cricket to do so.

"Yes, I think so, but the one positive I do believe in is that if we do rock up, stick to our game plans and play with confidence, we can beat anyone in the world," Boucher said.

"We've shown that in the T20 World Cup and we basically have the same personnel in our ODI team, so we have a lot of things to talk about and discuss.

"We'll do that, but we also know that we have clientele in our dressing room to beat the best teams in the world.

"We've beaten the best sides in the world before and we'll have to beat them again to qualify for the World Cup.

"The alarm bells are there and we're putting ourselves under pressure, but I guess we have to come to the party."

Boucher said they didn't suffer from