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The contest was a semifinals match and the stakes were high. South African bowlers did well to restrict Australia to a modest score of 213. Shaun Pollock took a five-wicket haul for the Proteas.
Kolkata Knight Riders star Pat Cummins made a generous donation of $50,000 to help India fight the surge of the dreaded virus. In an exclusive interview with WION’s Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay, Australia and Kolkata Knight Riders cricketer Pat Cummins talked about donating $50,000 to PM Cares Fund, IPL amid the COVID-19 pandemic and more.
During the interview, the Aussie pacer was asked to name any historic cricket match he would have loved to play in. To which, he replied: There is quite a few. I think the 1999 Cricket World Cup Australia s semifinals and the last ball and gets replayed a lot.
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soso killer
TBF to Aus Windies dominated when most sides were weak albeit with one or two ATG in the side.
Also teams kept on losing players via rebel tours or Kerry Packer series. They never even faced the best team of that era which was SA.
The only strong candidate was Pakistan. Most sides improved vastly in the 90 s like India, or Lanka in the late 90 s and early 2000 s. Then the reintroduction of SA which made the 90 s the most competitive era. No one can tell me India or Lanka were strong in the 80 s or 70 s, that would be bull even for the nostalgic farts. Australia were weak as well, Border moulded a team that would dominate in the 90 s and 00 s, and boy did they dominate.