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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Which cricket match is known by the score board reading “22 runs off 1 ball”?


Which cricket match is known by the score board reading “22 runs off 1 ball”?

In case rain delayed a cricket match ‘rain rule’ is applied to decide the overs to be played. South Africa had to pay heavy price due to this rule in 1992 World Cup semi final.

Towards the end of the thrilling game, South Africa just needed 22 runs from 13 deliveries with four wickets in hand. At that time a short shower interrupted the game.

Eleven minutes, after waiting for the shower to subside, the South African batsmen came out to the pitch. They thought that there were still seven deliveries left, enough to get past the target. But according to this convoluted rule, there was just one ball to be played and South Africa had to score 22 runs to win. Their batsman Brian McMillan just managed to get a single and left the field in disgust

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