Killing of minnows

Yesterday,Holland bowling was destroyed by South Africa. Like mad butcher who go on rampage in killing animals they destroy each bowl after each bowl of Holland for sixes. Poor Dutch they didn't know what had hit them. They are totally bamboozled by last assault. I think their neck should be also paining by seeing up in the sky so often.But Holland had fairytale beginning.If anyone had told me at the start of the match SA would be struggling at 4 for 1 in 5 overs I would definitely slap him.But due to brilliant fielding and discipline bowling this happen.Also they had several chances to run out Jaques Kallis but sadly they didn't take it. If they took then it would be different story.


After that Grame smith 'bully' and Jaques Kallis hunted like starved dogs against medium pacers by charging down the pitch and normal service was resumed.Jaque Kallis played his normal inning to perfectly.But it was Gibbs who stole the limelight for hitting Dan Van Bunge for 6 sixes in an over and winning million dollar price.For a cricketer who has a colourful career that has encompassed match fixing scandals,racism charges and dope smoking and who always rise from phoenix. He is a power hitter and always remembered for his drives.Only in contampory cricket only Michael Vaughen plays off drive better than him.But lofted front foot and back foot drives no one plays better than Gibbs.I still remember first when i saw him in India hitting Ajit Aagarkar for hitting 2 sixes over the cover.
Now this colorful cricketer Gibbs will always remembered for the first batsman who has hit six sixes in an over in international match.There is no denying fact that.He will stand still along with sir Garfield Sobers and our own Ravi Shastri who had achieved this feat.Also Gibbs also be remembered for his incredible batting in Wanderes match when he help SA to win that amazing match while chasing over 430.Also he is famous man who dropped world cup by dropping Steve Waugh in super six match.He has a chance to erase this name by helping
to team to win this world cup to SA.

Now Dutch has 2 sleepless night in store before meeting with Aussies.Now I understand why Andrew Symonds was itching to play aginst Dutch.But for rest of supposed super eight team, their sleep was robbed by SA's yesterday performance.
Here are some of records that happened on that day
Wet weather delayed the start at Warner Park, but when play did get underway it rained fours and sixes as South Africa amassed a monumental 353 in 40 overs. Here are the highlights from the game.

# Herschelle Gibbs made history by becoming the first batsman to hit six sixes in one-day internationals. The earlier record for most number of runs in an over was 30, which Sanath Jayasuriya managed twice, against Aamer Sohail (in Singapore in 1995-96) and Chris Harris (at Sharjah in 2000-01).

# Gibbs's seven sixes in the innings was only one less than the World Cup record for a single innings - Ricky Ponting had slammed eight in that memorable 140 not out in the World Cup final in 2003.

# Gibbs was at his violent best, but by no means was he the only one to wreck havoc. Mark Boucher slammed 75 from 31 balls, and on the way notched up the fastest half-century in World Cups: he got to the mark off 21 balls, bettering Brian Lara's 23-ball effort against Canada at Centurion in 2003. Boucher's half-century was also the first by a South African wicketkeeper in World Cups.

# South Africa's total of 353 for 3 is their highest World Cup score and the best total in a 40-over match, while it was also the fifth-highest by any team in all editions of the tournament. Their run-rate of 8.82 is the fourth-best in a World Cup innings, but the highest by a team batting first.

# The 18 sixes that South Africa slammed in the innings is an ODI record too, going past the earlier record of 16, which had been achieved twice: New Zealand got that many against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, while New Zealand were themselves at the receiving end against the Australians in the Chappell-Hadlee Series match at Hamilton
earlier this year.

# This was also the first time there were three century stands in a single innings of a one-day international. After AB de Villiers's second-ball dismissal, Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis added 114 for the second wicket, Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs put together 105 for the third, while Kallis and Boucher added 134 for the fourth.

# South Africa's 221-run victory is now the third-largest victory margin in World Cups. In fact in the last three days, there have been three games which have been won by a margin of more than 200 runs.


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