cricket and its miracles...
Australia Vs SA ODI 12-Mar-2006
The shorter version of this sport is never short of excitement, from pintch-hitting to match-fixing, the world gets to see it all. But there has to be a mother-of-all matches, those rather defining moments that leave long-lasting footprints; and without doubt this match would go a long way in cementing that. Crazy, incredible, unreal...you name an adjective and they sound an understatement.
Little would have Australia, arguably the best cricketing team in the world in both versions of the game today, dreamt of being on the losing side after posing a mammoth 434/4 in 50 overs. Ponting proving why he is the No.1 batsman in the world with a 105 ball 164 did the bulk with Gilchrist, Hussey and Katich pitching in the rest with half centuries a piece.
Needing to score at a rate of almost 9 runs per over, South Africa were all set to attain the unthinkable. Captain Graeme Smith led from front, laying the foundation with a blistering 90 off 56 balls. Then it was Gibbs' 175 off a mere 111 balls which made all the difference and would go down in history as one of the best. Not to mention the little cameo by Boucher 50 off 43) who has lately made it a routine in coming up with useful knocks as these. He went on to hit the winning shot, a shot that stunned the crowd, a shot that multiplied into as many Australians on and off the field and hit straight at their hearts, a boundary to end the innining at 438/9 with one ball to spare as if to make sure "if u aint dead the remaining one will make sure mateys..."
History was made and records came tumbling, the highest ODI score by a team beating SriLanka’s 10yr old record was made by Austalia in the first innings; a record that could not manage to stay long was pushed to second emphatically by South Africa on the same day. The highest aggregate in a ODI; 972 runs scored in a day. And some strange records too ; Lewis becomes the most expensive bowler in the history of the game with 113 runs scored off his 10 overs…the match had it all.
If you are searching for the highlights, get a hold of the entire recording, chances are you might not find the difference.
The shorter version of this sport is never short of excitement, from pintch-hitting to match-fixing, the world gets to see it all. But there has to be a mother-of-all matches, those rather defining moments that leave long-lasting footprints; and without doubt this match would go a long way in cementing that. Crazy, incredible, unreal...you name an adjective and they sound an understatement.
Little would have Australia, arguably the best cricketing team in the world in both versions of the game today, dreamt of being on the losing side after posing a mammoth 434/4 in 50 overs. Ponting proving why he is the No.1 batsman in the world with a 105 ball 164 did the bulk with Gilchrist, Hussey and Katich pitching in the rest with half centuries a piece.
Needing to score at a rate of almost 9 runs per over, South Africa were all set to attain the unthinkable. Captain Graeme Smith led from front, laying the foundation with a blistering 90 off 56 balls. Then it was Gibbs' 175 off a mere 111 balls which made all the difference and would go down in history as one of the best. Not to mention the little cameo by Boucher 50 off 43) who has lately made it a routine in coming up with useful knocks as these. He went on to hit the winning shot, a shot that stunned the crowd, a shot that multiplied into as many Australians on and off the field and hit straight at their hearts, a boundary to end the innining at 438/9 with one ball to spare as if to make sure "if u aint dead the remaining one will make sure mateys..."
History was made and records came tumbling, the highest ODI score by a team beating SriLanka’s 10yr old record was made by Austalia in the first innings; a record that could not manage to stay long was pushed to second emphatically by South Africa on the same day. The highest aggregate in a ODI; 972 runs scored in a day. And some strange records too ; Lewis becomes the most expensive bowler in the history of the game with 113 runs scored off his 10 overs…the match had it all.
If you are searching for the highlights, get a hold of the entire recording, chances are you might not find the difference.
posted by Vikram at 6:25 AM
1 Comments:
oh..there are a hell of a lota things that "capture" my attention...well lemme see, there are girls, girls, girls...n girls..n..g....grr...oh are they all the same :-D
...and "expert opinion" taken in the right spirit and added to a fictitious a/c which would have generated enough interest; eventually materialising into a garland awaiting ur esteemed presence in this poor Indian soil...
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