8 Best matches from the Cricket World Cup

# 1 Australia Tied with South Africa - 1999 World Cup

Two of the strongest teams in the 1999 World Cup South Africa and Australia faced each other in the semi-final after both progressed from the Super Six stage. Australia had the edge, as they had beaten South Africa in the Super Six stage and finished ahead of them on the table, meaning that in the event of a tie, Australia would go qualify to the finals.

The Australian's started poorly as Shaun Pollock got Mark Waugh out cheaply in the first over of the game. Steve Waugh and Michael Bevan steadied the ship for Australia, putting together a 90 run partnership to get the Australian's to a reasonable score of 5/158. The Australian's posted 213 in 49.2 overs with Michael Bevan top-scoring for the Australian's with 65, while Pollock did the damage for the Proteas taking 5 wickets.

Despite a reasonable start, Jonty Rhodes and Jacques Kallis would occupy the crease for 20 overs as the required run rate jumped from 5.42 an over to over 7 an over before Rhodes was dismissed. Shaun Pollock and Lance Klusner did their best to rescue South Africa, especially Klusner who came in with just over 5 overs to spare and the Proteas needing 38 runs. With 2 overs to go, South Africa looked like they were in pole position, requiring only 18 off 12 deliveries and Klusner and Boucher at the crease.

Despite the dismissals of Boucher and Elsworthy, South Africa held high hopes heading into the last over with Klusner batting exceptionally well and only needed 9 runs for victory. South African anticipation climbed even higher after Klusner pummelled the first two balls of the over to the boundary leaving South Africa 1 run away from victory and a place in the final. With three balls to go Klusner mistimed a pull shot on the third ball of the over to Darren Lehman at mid on, who in turn missed his opportunity to run Alan Donald out at the non-striker's end.

The next ball would see the game thrown into complete chaos. With two balls still to go, Klusner hit the ball down the ground and charged off for a single but Alan Donald had not left his crease. Donald, realizing that Klusner had charged down the pitch looking for the match-winning single, accidentally dropped his bat. Meanwhile, Australia's mid-off fielder threw the ball to Fleming, who would then roll the ball down the pitch to Gilchrist,

With the game tied, Australia progressed to the final where they would beat Pakistan and win their 2nd World Cup. Meanwhile, South Africa has been unable to progress past the semi-finals in any World Cup, despite arguably having some of the best players in the world.