Lance Klusener and Allan Donald’s World Cup Hara-Kiri. The International Cricket Council shared a video of the historic run-out on social media on Friday.
When it comes to World Cups. South Africa has a history of coming dangerously close to ultimate glory but never quite making it. The most famous example of this was the 1999 World Cup semi-final against Australia. Which took place on this day 23 years ago. South Africa were chasing a target of 214, and Jacques Kallis’ half-century and Jonty Rhodes’ 43-ball knock helped them get there. They were, however, 9 wickets down in the penultimate over. Lance Klusener was on the field, keeping the Proteas in the game, and Allan Donald was the last to leave.
South Africa needed nine runs in the final over to win, and Klusener hit boundaries off the first two deliveries to tie the score. Then everything went to hell.
They survived a run-out scare on the third delivery of the over but couldn’t relax.
Klusener hit the ball straight down the field, but lacked timing, as mid-off ran in and collected it. On the other hand, began to sprint as soon as he hit the ball, but Donald had turned and grounded his bat at the non-end. striker’s
Klusener kept running, and by the time Donald realize what was going on and attempted to run to the other end, the ball had reached Adam Gilchrist behind the stumps, who collected it calmly and knocked the bails off.
The International Cricket Council took to social media on Friday to share a video of the historic run-out.
