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Which Two South African batsmen were involved in the famous run-out incident in the 1999 World Cup semi-final?

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Which Two South African batsmen were involved in the famous run-out incident in the 1999 World Cup semi-final?
posted Nov 8, 2016 by Abhishek Maheshwari

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Lance Klusener and Allan Donald

South Africa entered the final over at 205/9, needing a further nine runs to win. The two men at the crease were Lance Klusener who was on strike and Allan Donald at the other end. Damien Fleming was the bowler.

Klusener mis-hit to Mark Waugh at mid off, but this time Klusener went for the run, even though the chances of a run out were high and there were still two balls remaining. Klusener sprinted down the pitch while Donald, at the other end, was watching the ball instead of his partner and did not hear the call to run. Waugh threw the ball to Fleming who rolled it along the pitch to Adam Gilchrist standing over the stumps at the batsman's end. Donald (who had dropped his bat) was run out by some distance for a diamond duck. Bill Lawry commentating on the final ball said, "There it is, this will be out surely - oh it's out, it's gonna be run out...oh, that is South Africa out - Donald did not run, I cannot believe it.

answer Nov 11, 2016 by Ati Kumar
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