Overview
- On March 12, 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa chased 438 to beat Australia’s 434 by one wicket with one ball remaining.
- Ricky Ponting’s 164 set up Australia’s then-record 434/4, Herschelle Gibbs countered with 175 after Graeme Smith’s brisk 90, and Mark Boucher hit the winning run.
- The match delivered an ODI-record aggregate of 872 runs and decided the five-match series in South Africa’s favor, 3–2.
- Since then, 400-plus ODI totals have occurred only about 30 times, and only one game has seen both teams surpass 400 (India vs Sri Lanka, Rajkot, 2009).
- Graeme Smith still calls it the greatest ODI ever played, and Mick Lewis’s 10-0-113-0 remained the worst bowling figures for 17 years.