8 Best matches from the Cricket World Cup

# 2 South Africa Def New Zealand - 2015 World Cup

The tale of South African misfortune at international cricketing tournaments is the stuff of legends. Starting from the woes of the 1999 semi-final, the choker tag has followed the South African team whenever they appear at a World Cup, especially as the tournament heads towards the final stages. In 2015, with the World Cup being held across Australia and New Zealand, the Proteas would find themselves in the semi-final against New Zealand at Eden Park.

The South Africans won the toss, and AB de Villiers elected to bat first believing that the inform Proteas batters could post a score that would put the New Zealand side under pressure. The Proteas looked in trouble early as New Zealand's Trent Bolt got both Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock out in the first 8 overs. However, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, de Villiers, and David Miller rescued the South African innings getting them back up to a reasonable score of 5/272 after 42.2 overs in a rain effected innings of 43 overs.

In reply, the Kiwi's got off to a great start thanks to the power hitting of their captain Brendan McCullum. With the new target of 298 to win off 43 overs, the New Zealand captain bludgeoned the total to 71 after 5 overs, including pounding 25 off one over from Dale Steyn. The South Africans pegged the game back, getting out McCullum and Williamson as New Zealand ended the first powerplay on 2/88. Ross Taylor and Martin steadied the ship adding a further 47 runs in almost 10 overs before Martin was run out after a miscommunication between the two.

Corey Anderson and Grant Elliot would put together a partnership of 102 runs in 15 overs to put the ball back in New Zealand's court. The match came down to the last over with the New Zealanders needing 11 to tie and 12 to win off the final 6 deliveries. Facing off against one of the premier fast bowlers in the world, in Dale Steyn, Elliot would keep his composure to hit a six to win the game for New Zealand with 2 balls remaining to win the game.