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Five occasions when South Africa’s bad luck hurt their chances in Global tournaments
#2. 2003 ODI World Cup Super-Six game versus Sri Lanka –
2003 ODI World Cip (Source-Twitter)
The game at Durban saw rain and tears flow freely when a miscalculation saw the South African team get knocked out. Batting first Sri Lanka scored 268/9 thanks to Marvan Atapattu’s 124 and 73 by Aravinda De Silva.
South Africa began the chase well with Gibbs scoring 73 runs before losing a flurry of wickets. Mark Boucher and skipper Shaun Pollock got the home team back into the game. With the score reading 223, Boucher hit a six and defended the next ball. That’s when the umpires called the players back in and there was more shock to follow. It was told to the South Africans that they needed to score 230 to win the game and the tie had knocked them out of the tournament.
