South Africa win the greatest one-day match

Mar 12, 2006

Simon Katich helped get Australia off to a flyer with 79 off 90 balls, but that eventually looked pedestrian once Ponting got going•Getty Images

First, though, Adam Gilchrist ignited Australia's innings•Getty Images

...As Hall flung himself low to the ground at midwicket•Getty Images

Even when he raced passed his century he wasn't finished•Getty Images

Not to be outdone, Graeme Smith lashed the Australian bowlers in pursuit, smashing 90 from 55 balls•Getty Images

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Then celebrates the moment of victory with Makhaya Ntini•Getty Images

Makhaya Ntini, who scored a crucial single, and Herschelle Gibbs lap up the Wanderers acclaim•Getty Images

Katich hit nine fours and a six•Getty Images

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Then it was Ricky Ponting's turn to batter the South African bowlers•Getty Images

He finally fell for a magnificent 164•Getty Images

Herschelle Gibbs lashes another boundary during his astonishing innings to put the match in the balance•Getty Images

Andrew Symonds takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Jacques Kallis as the match goes down to the wire•Getty Images

And with his relieved - and absent - team-mate, Shaun Pollock•Getty Images

The history makers: South Africa savour their historic win•Getty Images

Gilchrist celebrates his blistering fifty before falling to a stunning catch by Andrew Hall...•Getty Images

He finally fell for a magnificent 164•Getty Images

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Arms aloft, he celebrates his hundred. He was finally dismissed for 175•Getty Images

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