| 
Posts and words
Loading ...South Africa won’t win.
UPDATE South Africa v Australia, 5th ODI, Johannesburg
By Will 4 years ago, mid-March Add your comment below
About an hour ago, me and my colleage were screaming at the TV while watching South Africa attempt to reach 435. The commentators – Tony Greig and a South African, Barry Richards I think – were getting far too excited and claiming the hosts were going for the win. What tosh.
I’m slowly reaching for my hat which I might have to start eating, as we’re witnessing something rather extraordinary.
Oh bugger, the curse of the blogger. Graeme Smith is out (90 off 55!) and Mike Hussey’s celebration after taking the catch in the deep perhaps said it all: Australia are relieved. I think they felt the game was slipping away from them…
What an incredible day’s cricket it’s been
Update
Gibbs reaches incredible hundred. Nathan Bracken DROPS HIM at mid-off! What the hell is going on? South Africa 247 for 2, needing 188 from 23 overs
14.34 GMT
Gibbs 150 from 100 balls. 164 needed from 21. Rate under 8 for the first time. Pictures I’m upping are here
14.48
Gibbs falls for 175 from 111. De Villiers also out. Kallis and Boucher now in. 136 from 18.1 overs.
15.48
30 from 18 needed, ANOTHER FOUR, Boucher’s doing it for South Africa. And Mick Lewis brings up his hundred too!
15.51
It’s gotta be SA now. 17 from 13
15.52
Four from Roger Telemarketing! (Telemachus) 13 from 12! Mick Lewis has the most expensive bowling stats, ever.
15.53
Telemachus caught, brilliantly, by Hussey, diving forward at mid-off! 12 from 10 with two wickets remaining. Bloody hell. Andrew Hall gets a standing ovation for walking onto the ground.
15.58
7 from 6
16.00
Lee struck on foot, saved four, ouch. 6 from 5
16.02
Hall smashes Lee through midwicket for FOUR! Brilliant shot.
16.04
Hall caught! OUT GONE! 2 from 3 needed, ONE WICKET LEFT
16.05
Ntini screams, gets a single, South Africa cannot lose. 1 from 2. Australia cannot, obviously, win it. This is bloody incredible
16.06
Boucher wins it with a slog over mid-on to record the best one-day victory ever. In the greatest one-day match, probably. Speechless.
Tags: australia, australia-in-south-africa, barry-richards, graeme-smith, herschelle-gibbs, Jacques-Kallis, mike-hussey, south-africa, tony-greig |
36 Responses to “UPDATE South Africa v Australia, 5th ODI, Johannesburg”
March 12th, 2006 at 2.30 pm
March 12th, 2006 at 2.35 pm
You might be surprised. Even if they don’t win it looks like they could give teh Aussies a run for their money.
March 12th, 2006 at 2.37 pm
gibbs might get 200 today .its great exhibition of batting from the south african.he can also do the impossible today of reaching 435.
great stuff
March 12th, 2006 at 2.39 pm
I reckon he’ll get 200 and South Africa will win. Insane!
March 12th, 2006 at 2.45 pm
Ah. We’ve lost AB de Villiers. Not good, but SA mgiht still be able to produce the goods. Kemp can hit boundaires…so can Kallis. Boucher, maybe.
March 12th, 2006 at 2.52 pm
brett lee will be the difference. good effort south africa and im glad they made it even more entertaining, but they’ll ‘choke’.
March 12th, 2006 at 2.53 pm
any live links plz…
March 12th, 2006 at 2.58 pm
plus kallis is in. so aussies are certainly home lol.
March 12th, 2006 at 3.02 pm
i suppose why your wondering why i am so confident? well the fact remains that no matter what their run rate is now, the required rate is still around 8, so when they don’t score a run a ball it goes up, and with the pressure of chasing…its already starting to show
March 12th, 2006 at 3.04 pm
After gibbs wicket Req rr is climbling for SA .Kallis should go for big shots with still kemp to follow he can take some risks.
March 12th, 2006 at 3.05 pm
this is insanity!
and whats crazier is that i am not getting to see any of it!
March 12th, 2006 at 3.08 pm
symonds picks up another vital wicket.
March 12th, 2006 at 3.29 pm
will, maybe poll should be which innings was the best of all time/tonight. Gibbs or ponts. And then if we’re going to do it oscar style, best supporting roles, smith or hussey.
March 12th, 2006 at 4.09 pm
Wow….i’m speechless. That really was amazing. Well done, SA!!!
March 12th, 2006 at 4.25 pm
SA take the bragging rights – that’s gotta be hard to take…;-)
March 12th, 2006 at 4.58 pm
ODI #2349 [The. Greatest.]
Australia and South Africa have, in my opinion, the two best one-day teams in the cricket world. They are currently
March 13th, 2006 at 7.02 am
This is by far the best one day match i have seen in my life what a comeback by SA the bloody bowlers were annilated.WOW!!amazing
March 13th, 2006 at 8.39 pm
I’m watched it! I watched it!
March 13th, 2006 at 10.27 pm
Will – I hope that you received a decent supply of hats for your birthday instead of socks and jocks. Amazing that 434 and 438 were scored but that no-one made a double century.
March 19th, 2006 at 4.05 pm
sir,
I got good information from your site.I want to download the highlights of Australia Vs South Africa 5th One day held at Johensburg on 12th march 2006. Can you pleave tell me the link or information regarding it.
Thanking you
yours faithfully
Sekhar
March 20th, 2006 at 6.12 am
fantastic and unimaginable. This match shows that anything is possible in cricket. Whole match looks like a highlights. This match turns to be the most entertain mathc for the viewers and the cricket fans.
March 23rd, 2006 at 6.39 am
sir,
I got good information from your site.I want to download the highlights of Australia Vs South Africa 5th One day held at Johensburg on 12th march 2006. Can you pleave tell me the link or information regarding it.
the rule of supersub is useless
March 23rd, 2006 at 6.40 am
KINDLY SEND ME THE DETAILED
SCOORCARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
April 18th, 2006 at 3.32 pm
Amazing how Harry never said another word – dont you just love that …. choke on that Harry
April 19th, 2006 at 8.26 am
The last day of the ODI series of SA vs. Australia at the Bull Ring (Wanderers) was the best played game. My friend Alex said if South AFrica win i’l eat my hat, i suppose he had a very bad poo….
April 20th, 2006 at 4.58 pm
we love south africa and i knew they were going to win
May 6th, 2006 at 1.45 pm
Hey!
Didn’t watch the match though i hope the DVD or sumthing will hit the market soon…
Big Aussie fan here with much respect for the South African One Day side
this Match was a Cliffhanger!
the winning runs with two balls remaining!
TWO gr8 amazing teams…
World Cup 2007 beckons! May The BEST side win!
They will! They WILL!
“384 runs of 417 balls”
May 6th, 2006 at 1.51 pm
Oops! that’s 384 runs OFF 417 balls
definitely about cricket!
May 11th, 2006 at 8.25 am
CAN ANYBODY PLEASE GIVE THE LINK FROM WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO OF THIS MATCH.
PLEASE HELP!!!
May 11th, 2006 at 3.16 pm
I bet my mom R200 that sa would win as the australian innings ended. She thought she had won the bet already, she thought wrong. So I am R200 richer, and she actually paid me.
Man I’m good!
May 26th, 2006 at 11.45 am
Does anyone know where I can buy a copy of the dvd in New Zealand? I’ve seen it on Trademe but I can’t find any listings that haven’t expired….or where I can download it….Thanks
September 3rd, 2006 at 12.09 pm
CAN ANYBODY PLEASE GIVE THE LINK FROM WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD THE VIDEO OF THIS MATCH.
PLEASE HELP!!!
September 11th, 2006 at 2.43 am
Loved the match, the best ever cricket match i have seen.Can anyone help me if i can get this match on dvd.or vcd, please let me know…shanevansanden@yahoo.co.uk
December 17th, 2006 at 10.56 am
Hey, i’m a south african living in new zealand and would love a copy of the video!
December 24th, 2006 at 5.03 pm
hey now i also wanna know how i can download the match. it was amazing… even more amazing coz i was watching it with an Aussie supporter who was poking me in the ribs with a beaming smile on his face evertime ricky hit a boundary. gosh how the tables turned!
April 19th, 2007 at 5.46 pm
pleas can someone help me i want to buy the dvd for this match because i missed it. or even a link from where i can download it from.
Comments
« Cricket, Darjeeling? | Main | South Africa chase down 435 to beat Australia »
