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Down to the final delivery

Five ODI chases where a last-ball boundary was necessary

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With five to win off the last ball, <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55814.html">Brendan Taylor</a> hit a full toss from Mashrafe Mortaza for six over midwicket to help Zimbabwe squeak past Bangladesh with a two-wicket win <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/249205.html" target="_blank">in Harare</a>, August 2, 2006  AFP
Ten needed off two. Four! Six needed off one. Six! <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/51469.html">Shivnarine Chanderpaul</a> took down Chaminda Vaas, carting the final-ball full toss for six over midwicket to take West Indies to a pulsating win <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/319134.html" target="_blank">in Port of Spain</a>, April 10, 2008  Associated Press
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Ireland tied with Pakistan <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/601612.html" target="_blank">in Dublin</a> after <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24605.html">Kevin O'Brien</a> flicked Saeed Ajmal for four through deep backward square to round out a 14-run last over, 23 May 2013  ICC/Getty
<a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/380956.html">Michael Rippon</a> (right) deposited John Mooney for a six over long-on to secure a dramatic tie for Netherlands against Ireland, much to the delight of the crowd <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/631139.html" target="_blank">at Amstelveen</a>, July 9, 2013  ICC/Sander Tholen
The high point of <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/39013.html">Asif Mujtaba's</a> middling ODI career came on May 22, 1992 <a href="http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65496.html" target="_blank">in Hobart </a> when he took 16 off the final over of the game to snatch a tie for Pakistan. Steve Waugh was the bowler, and the match ended with a last-ball six over midwicket  Getty Images