Greatest runchase ever. (Cricket related)

[Y2C]

Normally I don't like giving credibility to opposition, but hats off to South Africa. They made Bevan's 4 off the last ball look as exciting as a game of soccer.

Australia became the first team to score 400 runs in an ODI & then SA chased it down with a ball left. Not to mention that it was the last game of a 5 game series with the scores tied 2-2, so it was practically like a final.


Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist c Hall b Telemachus 55 68 44 9 0
SM Katich c Telemachus b Ntini 79 138 90 9 1
*RT Ponting c Dippenaar b Telemachus 164 154 105 13 9
MEK Hussey c Ntini b Hall 81 75 51 9 3
A Symonds not out 27 23 13 3 1
B Lee not out 9 13 7 0 0
Extras (lb 4, w 5, nb 10) 19
Total (4 wickets, 50 overs, 234 mins) 434

DNB: DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, NW Bracken, SR Clark, ML Lewis.

FoW: 1-97 (Gilchrist, 15.2 ov), 2-216 (Katich, 30.3 ov),
3-374 (Hussey, 46.1 ov), 4-407 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Ntini 9 0 80 1 (1w)
Hall 10 0 80 1 (2nb)
van der Wath 10 0 76 0 (1nb, 1w)
Telemachus 10 1 87 2 (7nb, 3w)
Smith 4 0 29 0
Kallis 6 0 70 0
Kemp 1 0 8 0

South Africa innings (target: 435 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*GC Smith c Hussey b Clarke 90 100 55 13 2
HH Dippenaar b Bracken 1 6 7 0 0
HH Gibbs c Lee b Symonds 175 142 111 21 7
AB de Villiers c Clarke b Bracken 14 43 20 1 0
JH Kallis c & b Symonds 20 22 21 1 0
+MV Boucher not out 50 79 43 4 0
JM Kemp c Martyn b Bracken 13 20 17 0 0
JJ van der Wath c Ponting b Bracken 35 20 18 1 3
R Telemachus c Hussey b Bracken 12 10 6 2 0
AJ Hall c Clarke b Lee 7 9 4 1 0
M Ntini not out 1 3 1 0 0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 20
Total (9 wickets, 49.5 overs, 228 mins) 438

FoW: 1-3 (Dippenaar, 1.2 ov), 2-190 (Smith, 22.1 ov),
3-284 (de Villiers, 30.5 ov), 4-299 (Gibbs, 31.5 ov),
5-327 (Kallis, 37.4 ov), 6-355 (Kemp, 42.1 ov),
7-399 (van der Wath, 46.3 ov), 8-423 (Telemachus, 48.2 ov),
9-433 (Hall, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 7.5 0 68 1 (3nb, 1w)
Bracken 10 0 67 5
Clark 6 0 54 0
Lewis 10 0 113 0 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds 9 0 75 2
Clarke 7 0 49 1

[Y2C]

I bet Moonax will come back and reply in this thread saying that Australia are shit, because he only ever shows up when Australia lose and then runs away & hides under a sack of shit until the next time that they lose.

[yianni]

Good to see Staya lost the pyjama cricket.

Well done Suuud Aaaafricar

[Y2C]

Get back on your boat & fuck off back to wogland.

[toxic rooster]

I missed South Africa's inning because you know, bed. But it was a screamer of a pitch, lightning quick outfield, short boundaries and thin mountain air, there were always gonna be a shitload of runs scored.

But Lewis went for 113? Kallis went for 70 off 6 overs? That's terrible :(.

I remember Brett Lee copping shit up here because he once went for 84 off his ten :$

[yianni]

Get back on your boat & fuck off back to wogland.

Top idea, I'll piss off to Germany for the World Cup. :y:

[Y2C]

How the fuck did Ponting give Lewis 10 overs and Lee 8, that's what I wanna know. All the bowlers went for 8 an over, and with a total over 400 it's not a surprise that somebody broke the tonne.

That ground has a history of terribly high scores on it, I think the West Indies scored about 398 vs Kenya in the WC, and in the final we scored about 360 or so against the dirty Indians. The pitch is gererally made of concrete & the field is no bigger than an indoor cricket pitch.

[Y2C]

Top idea, I'll piss off to Germany for the World Cup. :y:
I don't give a fuck which country you go to, just as long as it's a 1 way ticket.

ps the World Cup isn't till 2007 & it's in the West Indies. Germany is only hosting the Wogld Cup.

[yianni]

I wasn't talking to you when I said where I was going you fucking idiot. I was informing the rest of the masses.

Can't wait til the 2007 Pyjama Cup in the West Indies mon. They have KFC there mon?

[toxic rooster]

Oh yeah, Telemachus was a joke as well

[Y2C]

I'm gonna pass the dutchie on the left hand side. :cool:

[Y2C]

Whatever happened to that psycho Andre Nel bloke? He was the biggest retard to ever play the game, and he looks like that nerd that screws the fat black chick on Road Trip.

[toxic rooster]

He brought that bloke's new bat out when he broke his bat :roll:

[Bad Company]

Yeah, you know my thoughts.

GO THE KIWIS!

[Y2C]

Fuck scoring runs, the Kiwi batting line-up couldn't score in a brothel. :D

[Bad Company]

Mate, we beat you earlier in the season in a run chase like that :D

[Y2C]

In a game where the series was already over, so it didn't even matter. :D