Batting The Way Up And Across

No word of praise is enough for South Africa for chasing down a total of 434 runs to pull off a truly out-of-the-world victory against Australia. It was a spectacular display of brutal batting by the Aussies led from the front by skipper Ricky Ponting, seen at his belligerent best flaying the white ball into the crowd with machine-like frequency. And the South Africans just took off from where the kangaroos had left. It was a team effort per se. Herschelle Gibbs dropped a sitter from Steve Waugh to let go the World Cup 1999. Mark Boucher misinterpreted the Duckworth-Lewis run requirements to draw curtains to the South African campaign at the World Cup 2003. And this time round, while the former was instrumental in building the base and constructing the superstructure for the epical run-chase, the latter was standing tall and strong to seal the victory. Poor bowlers!