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Aus vs sa 434 scorecard: There was a time when it was difficult to touch the 300 runs in ODI cricket. Then there was a period of scoring 400 runs and now it does not seem far when 500 runs will be scored in the same innings of a one -day match. The match is going to be discussed here when a team touched 400 runs in ODI cricket for the first time. Australia vs South Africa played the definition of ODI cricket only 19 years ago. A total of 2 centuries and 5 players had scored a fifty in that match.
400 runs scored for the first time in ODI
The place was Johannesburg’s Wanderers Stadium, where Australia batting first in the ODI match played in March 2006. Adam Gilchrist (55 runs) and Simon Katich (79 runs), both batting in a rapid manner. After Gilchrist’s dismissal, Ricky Ponting came to the crease, whose bat was spewing fire. He played a historic innings of 164 runs in 105 balls. Michael Hussey also appeared in a different mood, who scored 81 runs in just 51 balls. As a result, Australia had scored 434 runs on the scoreboard, something that had never happened before.
Who thought that South Africa would chase this giant target. South Africa lost the first wicket quickly, but Graeme Smith and Harshal Gibbs together scored 187 runs in 20.5 overs. Smith scored 90 runs in 55 balls, while Gibbs hit 175 runs in 111 balls, which is still the highest score of his ODI career. The match was so interesting that South Africa needed 7 runs in the last over and only 2 wickets were left. 5 runs had come from the first 2 balls, but the 9th wicket fell on the third ball. Where could the match go, but Mark Boucher had ensured South Africa’s historic victory by hitting a four off the fifth ball.
87 fours, 26 sixes and 872 runs
In a single match, both teams scored more than 400. On one side, it was raining runs, while there was no count of fours and sixes in the match. Both innings took a total of 87 fours and a total of 26 sixes. Alam was that 504 runs in the match were scored with fours and sixes. At the same time, in the entire match, both teams scored 872 runs. This is still the biggest total score made in an ODI match.
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