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brilliant innings from Waugh, 120 off 110 balls, he brought them back from 48/3 after 11 overs and then 68/3 after 21 overs

and so the semi finals will be Pakistan v New Zealand and for those who weren't convinced about the result of today's match, we'll have Australia v South Africa again

excellent match, once again, the team who really needs to win the match does it, South Africa just didn't have enough to gain from winning

Presentations: Cronje: "271 on that pitch, yeah, we should've defended it... we were never out of it.. Steve gave us a chance, but we didn't take it... we asked the umpires [if Gibbs had control of the catch]"

Waugh: "showed a lot of character... great effort... 3/48 we were struggling... this team's got a lot of character... [SA] are a great side"... [insert your own cliches here] and he gets the Man of the match

so the semis are NZ v Pak on the 16th of Jun from Ye Olde Trafford, and then Aus v SA on the 17th of Jun from Brum. Both matches to start at 0945 GMT, we hope you will return to enjoy our hospitality.

49.4

Pollock to Waugh, 1 run

bottom edge runs along the ground and too far to the right of the diving keeper, Waugh leaps into the air, showing more emotion than he has for a long long time

now there's a match to be won, scores are tied

49.3

Pollock to Moody, 1 run

ball drops at the feet and Waugh punches the air, Australia qualifies for the semi finals

just 1 needed to qualify for the semis

49.2

Pollock to Moody, FOUR runs

driving, ball splices away and pieces the outfield, dribbles over the rope

49.1

Pollock to Moody, 2 runs

jammed thru the diving mid off, they go for the second, throw is a little wild, they're safe

Over49

7 runs

AUS 264/5CRR: 5.38 RRR: 8.00

Steve Waugh 119 (109b 10x4 2x6)Tom Moody 8 (13b 1x4)

Allan Donald0/43 (10)

Boje to bowl the last over!

(joke) It's Pollock

48.6

Donald to Waugh, 2 runs

stepping back, lofting it over the covers, they get a 2, the deep fielder didn't go for the catch, chose to prevent the runs

48.5

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Donald to Waugh, no run

short and outside the off stump, no no ball called, Waugh strikes the umpires off his Xmas card list

48.4

Donald to Moody, 1 run

cross bat club down to the mid on, Klusener is the fielder

Waugh has run out of juice, can't take the second

48.3

Donald to Waugh, 1 run

coming down the wicket, fly swats it past the bowler, long off fields

48.2

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Donald to Waugh, no run

outside the off stump, Waugh prodding and missing the off stump, then he does his cramp prevention stretches

48.1

Donald to Moody, 1 run

driving on the off side, mid off moves to his left to field, 11 off 11 needed to qualify, 12 off 11 to win

48.1

2nb

Donald to Waugh, (no ball) 1 run

pitched up, flicked behind the square leg fielder

Over48

3 runs

AUS 257/5CRR: 5.35 RRR: 7.50

Tom Moody 6 (11b 1x4)Steve Waugh 115 (104b 10x4 2x6)

Shaun Pollock0/37 (9)

47.6

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Pollock to Moody, no run

47.5

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Pollock to Moody, no run

so only 14 runs needed to qualify for the semi finals

47.4

Pollock to Waugh, 1 run

and will create the pairings of SA v NZ and Pak v Aus

47.3

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Pollock to Waugh, no run

a tie will be enough to get Australia into the semis

47.2

Pollock to Moody, 1 run

down the wicket with a wild cut shot, top edge, one bounce to the 3rd man

now I suppose we get to see Moody blocking the remaining 5 balls

47.1

Pollock to Waugh, 1 run

defensive on the on side, Elworthy has to run in from long on

Over47

5 runs

AUS 254/5CRR: 5.40 RRR: 6.00

Tom Moody 5 (8b 1x4)Steve Waugh 113 (101b 10x4 2x6)

Allan Donald0/36 (9)

46.6

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Donald to Moody, no run

turning it around the corner, straight to the square leg, Moody characteristically taking a little while to get his eye in

46.5

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Donald to Moody, no run

prodding outside the off stump and to the mid off

Warne ready as the next man in

46.4

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Donald to Moody, no run

defensive prod on the off side, Rhodes collects from cover

South Africa vs Australia, 9th Super at Leeds, Jun 13 1999 - Ball by Ball Commentary