Friday, February 4, 2011

Last Ball Six By Klusener To Win A One Day Game Against New Zealand

There have been few better finishers of the game than Lance Klusener when quick runs were required. There was a period during the late 90s when Klusener was the best finisher of the one day games. His exploits in the 1999 World Cup were spectacular to say the least. Had he managed the win in that fateful Semi-Final against Australia that would have been one of the most spectacular performances in the history of  World Cup tournaments. Klusener gave a demonstration of what was coming in the World Cup in one of the one day games against New Zeeland. Klusener played the role of a finisher to the perfection in a one day game against New Zealand. Klusener hit one of those famous sixes off the last ball to secure a win when 4 runs were required for victory against New Zeeland.

The occasion was the fourth one day International of a six-match series. New Zeeland scored 193 and South Africa made mess of the chase and when the last over dawned on them they required 11 runs to win the game. The last over was bowled by Dion Nash. When the match came to the last ball South Africa required 4 more runs to win. Klusener was the man on strike to face the last ball of the match. Klusener successfully hit  the ball over the bowlers head into the stands for a mighty six to seal victory for South Africa. Klusener scored 35 runs off 19 balls in that particular game.

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