It has been a decade since South Africa's miscalculation of Duckworth-Lewis saw them way out the World Cup in the first on all sides of. Finally, they will think about themselves redeemed.
In a entwine of destiny as completely formed as the twist on a young girl's harvest of hair, West Indies were pressed out of the Champions Trophy after a rain-affected tied match. After 26.1 overs, with six wickets down, they needed 191 runs to win the match. They left the field on 190 for 6 as the light rain floated down. The result rewarded a point to every side and South Africa progressed to the semi-finals by good quality of a greater net run rate.
If still one ball was completely important on the result of a match, the first ball of the 27th over was it. Kieron Pollard was dismissed when he threw his bat at a Ryan McLaren short ball and was wedged at third man.
Had Pollard not been out, West Indies would have won the match for the reason that they were ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par for five wickets down. Then it would have been them, not South Africa, who advanced to the semi-finals.
As the second innings developed, it seemed more probably West Indies face would drag off a heist. Despite losing Chris Gayle near the beginning and seeing their necessary run-rate soar to 9.5 per over, Marlon Samuels and Pollard plundered 58 runs off 33 balls to bring back to life ghosts of tournaments past for South Africa.
When the necessary 20 overs had been arrive at to create certain the match would count West Indies were 14 runs at the back the Duckworth-Lewis total they would have needed to win. At 130 for 4, Samuels determined it was time to insert in and he took 15 runs off Robin Peterson's next over to close the crack.
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