400 Barrier Broken

Yeh, i agree. South Africa played really well to manage to chase down that massive target.
It was a superb match, not very much the same for the bowlers though.

Originally posted by Clapo   ps. for those who can't tell, i'm stoked

How do you feel now

I am still in shock with joy.  It was an incredible match.  Liked reading all the comments here

Gee it was a game like you will not see again soon.  The Aussies played magnificently.   We kinda thought we were dead in the water.  But the Proteas dug deep  and oh WOW....

I think I should go and lie down a bit.  Almost too much for a girl to take.   But I did fetch myself a beer and am sipping it as I type.  Maybe that will finally steady my nerves.

Well done to BOTH teams.  It was spectacular.

Other records from this incredible game:

Thrashed the aggregate runs score - 872 miles better than the 693 set by India and Pakistan

Herschelle Gibbs' 175 is the 10th best of all time and the 2nd best South African effort in ODIs.

Ricky Ponting (164) makes the 19th top score, and the 2nd best by an Australian

Ponting becomes the 6th man to hit 9 or more sixes in an innings (the seventh instance as Afridi has done so twice.)

Gibbs' effort was the 29th to feature 7 or more sixes.

Gibbs' 126 in boundaries (21 x 4, 7 x 6) is a record

Ponting's 106 in boundaries (13 x 4, 9 x 6) is equal 9th best

Mick Lewis returns the worst ever bowling figures. 10 overs, 0 maidens, 0 wickets, 113 runs. This is worse than the previous worst which was recorded in 12 overs by Martin Snedden.

Roger Telemachus' return of 10-1-87-2 is the 8th equal most runs conceded

The 27th instance of a 1 wicket win (and the second in the series.)

I'm not sure whether this match tipped the balance, but this is interesting. South Africa just Australia in terms of all-time win percentage. It's possible this has changed hands two or three times recently.

I think that's enough for now.

 

 

Edited by -JP-

I think you're right. I had another statistic to throw out, but I can't remember what it was now.

I'm just going to close this thread for a while, for discussion on the game itself, head over here:

http://www.cricketworld.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=989&am p;get=last#30433

I'll re-open this when I remember what that stat was and to prevent confusion about where to post about the game. (I'm as guilty as anyone.)

That what I call ODI a batsman's game and I am glad that I made statement "Who needs a fast bowler , we just need a decent bowler to back superb batting lineup" unless 20 over power plays are removed and batting paradises are not done.

I agree , once the team batting first scores in the range of 270 to 320 , the side batting second always feels there is quite a chance,so they loose wickets ... but when a team batting first scores in excess of 330 , the team batting second has nowhere to go and simply smack from the word go .This will either result in collapse or it might create a history , just as it was the case on day before yesterday.

Teams who chased in Excess of 300 batting second and won the ODI's

438-9 (49.5 overs)   South Africa v Australia     Johannesburg         2005/06

332-8 (49 overs)     New Zealand v Australia      Christchurch         2005/06

330-7 (49.1 overs)   Australia v South Africa     Port Elizabeth       2001/02

326-8 (49.3 overs)   India v England                Lord's                 2002

325-5 (47.4 overs)   India v West Indies          Ahmedabad              2002/03

319-7 (48 overs)     Pakistan v India               Ahmedabad              2004/05

316-4 (48.5 overs)   Australia v Pakistan         Lahore                 1998/99

316-7 (47.5 overs)   India v Pakistan               Dhaka                  1997/98

313-6 (49.3 overs)   Sri Lanka v West Indies      Bridgetown           2003

313-7 (49.2 overs)   Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe         New Plymouth         1991/92

311-7 (47 overs)     Pakistan v India               Peshawar               2005/06

310-6 (49.4 overs)   South Africa v West Indies   Johannesburg         2003/04

306-5 (47.2 overs)   England v Pakistan           Karachi                2000/01

303-4 (46.1 overs)   India v Sri Lanka              Jaipur                 2005/06

303-9 (49.4 overs)   Sri Lanka v England          Adelaide               1998/99

302-7 (49.4 overs)   India v South Africa         Kochi                  1999/00    Won Lost SA 2 2 AUS 2 2 NZ 1   IND 5 2 ENG 1 2 WI   3 PAK 2 3 SL 3 1 ZIM   1 India seems to be champ is Chasing

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see India has chased down 5 times score of more than 300,while Aus holds the record of loosing two of the highest target.The worrying factor for aussies is both have come recently,in absence of McGrath,Mini something to worry about, aussies are no world beaters without McGrath,sadly they are more vulernable.They look pathetic while restricting the opponent.

Originally posted by MiNiWaRnEy India looks pathetoc restricting opponents aswell. India have chased 300 down more becasue they play more in INdia where the grounds are smaller, DUH!

dont give lame reasons, 300+ chase is a 300+ chase don't take anything away

 Indeed it is Pete, indeed it is

Originally posted by Sledger Krisdy , please spare us the twaddle about India's medium pacers being the better option over genuine quicks......Mik's right , it's getting very,very boring!

lol ,Munaf got 7 wickets in 38 overs in just concluded Second test against England. How I wish your words were true , if only at least someone of Hoggard,Harmison,Flintoff and Plunkett would have bettered Munaf [a debutant] feat on a fast bowler non-friendly pitch.

The pitch had some bounce - for an Indian surface - it most definitely wasn't quick.

Patel bowled well and is pretty sharp for an Indian bowler - he topped 144khp which isn't bad at all.

Maybe you've got a quick bowler in the making Krisdy and not another trundler.

Originally posted by krisdy the script would have been reverse if RSA had batted first , who knows Aussies would have done the same thing

some how i dont think so, recently the aussies havent handled pressure very when chasing a total! the only one the managed to chase the total down was the last one, by 1 wicket!!