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#1999

5 incidents tagged

🏏Serious

Sachin Given Out Caught Behind — 1999 World Cup

India vs Pakistan

8 June 1999

Sachin Tendulkar was given out caught behind in the high-stakes India-Pakistan World Cup match despite replays suggesting the ball brushed his pad, not bat.

#sachin#world cup#caught behind
🥊Serious

Glenn McGrath vs Brian Lara — 1999 World Cup Semi-Final Showdown

Australia vs West Indies

1999-06-17

Glenn McGrath's obsessive determination to claim Brian Lara's wicket in the 1999 World Cup semi-final — and his famous statement that he would get Lara for a duck — defined a great rivalry between cricket's supreme fast bowler and its most gifted batsman.

#mcgrath#lara#1999
😂Moderate

Herschelle Gibbs Drops the World Cup — Dropped Tendulkar

India vs South Africa

1999-06-05

Herschelle Gibbs dropped a catch off Sachin Tendulkar after celebrating prematurely, reportedly prompting Tendulkar to tell him 'You've just dropped the World Cup, mate.'

#herschelle-gibbs#sachin-tendulkar#dropped-catch
🔥Serious

1999 World Cup Semi-Final — Klusener's Agony and Allan Donald's Run Out

Australia vs South Africa

17 June 1999

South Africa's Lance Klusener hit two fours off successive balls to bring the scores level, but a catastrophic run out of Allan Donald off the last ball sent Australia through on net run rate in one of cricket's greatest ever finishes.

#world cup#1999#klusener
Serious

Anil Kumble's 10 Wickets in an Innings — Only the Second Time in Test History

India vs Pakistan

1999-02-07

Anil Kumble became only the second bowler in Test history to take all 10 wickets in a single innings, finishing with 10/74 as Pakistan were bowled out for 207 — a performance that, like Laker's, required near-perfect conditions and one man to be utterly unplayable.

#anil-kumble#10-wickets#pakistan