- Images of the decade II
March 2006: The 2349th one-day international was a match that surpassed the ones before it. On perhaps the best batting surface ever prepared in South Africa, Australia became the first team to sail past 400. And lose. Ricky Ponting's 164, along with three other half-centuries, took Australia to the first-ever total over 400. Herschelle Gibbs' 111-ball 175 set South Africa on the path of achieving the improbable. It went down to the penultimate ball, with Mark Boucher hitting a four to seal the extraordinary win.
More in 00 -09
- Ponting voted Player of the Decade
- Australian captain beats Jacques Kallis to be voted cricketer of the 2000s
- 'This one's extra satisfying' - Ponting
- Cricinfo's Player of the Decade title is "a great honour and a great thrill" for Australia's captain
- Laughing boy
- Like Bradman before him, Ponting turned the opposition into ball-ferriers, delighting in his mastery all the while
- Gilly and Baz go bonkers
- Flintoff's Edgbaston magic, a Tendulkar gem, that 434 chase, and the IPL's fiery start feature in the second part of our performances of the decade
- Ricky rampages, Shoaib sizzles
- One of the greatest Tests of the decade, four World Cup performances, a seven-for, and a blazing double feature in the first part of our performances of the decade
