The Best Cricket Match Ever!!
If there was ever a greatest match in the History of Cricket, then it would have been yesterdays final one day game between Australia and South Africa. With the series level at 2-2, the final one day of the series was well poised for a game of exciting cricket.
The batting started with the aussies and their steady start was the precursor for a collosal total. The momentum was constantly on the increase as the innings gathered pace and boundaries were plentiful. With Ricky Ponting hitting a magnificent 164 runs off 105 balls, scoring his highest ever in a one day game the final total was 434, which breaks the record for the highest score ever in a one day game.
Now, how would anyone expect the South Africans to respond here. My guess is that they probably knew they would not reach that total to clinch the series but they wanted to put on a respectable performance not only to show that they have some batting muscle in their line up but to also impress a vibrant and ecstatic crowd, the type you would expect from an India vs Pakistan game.
The South Africans started nervously and lost the first wicket at 3 runs, but the next two batsmen battled it out and took on the experienced aussie bowling attack with all guns blazing. Herschellegibbs scoring a tremendous 175 runs off 111 balls, a performance that consisted of 21 fours and 7 sixes, the number of boundaried typical of what youd expect from a whole teams batting combined. Wickets began to fall but each new batsmen was chipping in with the runs, with some even achieving strike rates of 200 before losing their wicket. The climax of the game was the last over with 7 runs required and 2 wickets remaining, which then boiled down to 3 runs required with one wicket remaining.All that was needed for the aussies was the wicket of a very nervous looking South African Tailender but he managed to play a difficult shot well to give the other batsmen the strike. In the penultimate ball a boundary was hit and the South Africans had won the game. What an Amazing Performance. Absolutely Awesome! No one has ever witnessed a game like it before and Im pretty sure no game like this will ever be played in the future.
If there was ever a greatest match in the History of Cricket, then it would have been yesterdays final one day game between Australia and South Africa. With the series level at 2-2, the final one day of the series was well poised for a game of exciting cricket.
The batting started with the aussies and their steady start was the precursor for a collosal total. The momentum was constantly on the increase as the innings gathered pace and boundaries were plentiful. With Ricky Ponting hitting a magnificent 164 runs off 105 balls, scoring his highest ever in a one day game the final total was 434, which breaks the record for the highest score ever in a one day game.
Now, how would anyone expect the South Africans to respond here. My guess is that they probably knew they would not reach that total to clinch the series but they wanted to put on a respectable performance not only to show that they have some batting muscle in their line up but to also impress a vibrant and ecstatic crowd, the type you would expect from an India vs Pakistan game.
The South Africans started nervously and lost the first wicket at 3 runs, but the next two batsmen battled it out and took on the experienced aussie bowling attack with all guns blazing. Herschellegibbs scoring a tremendous 175 runs off 111 balls, a performance that consisted of 21 fours and 7 sixes, the number of boundaried typical of what youd expect from a whole teams batting combined. Wickets began to fall but each new batsmen was chipping in with the runs, with some even achieving strike rates of 200 before losing their wicket. The climax of the game was the last over with 7 runs required and 2 wickets remaining, which then boiled down to 3 runs required with one wicket remaining.All that was needed for the aussies was the wicket of a very nervous looking South African Tailender but he managed to play a difficult shot well to give the other batsmen the strike. In the penultimate ball a boundary was hit and the South Africans had won the game. What an Amazing Performance. Absolutely Awesome! No one has ever witnessed a game like it before and Im pretty sure no game like this will ever be played in the future.
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