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almost hear the silence. Then, when we played a

shot, the noise would erupt."

Having bored "the tits off everyone" and saving the match, Danny Morrison (left) celebrates with
his partner in crime, Nathan Astle © Getty Images

With just one needed, they played out 11 balls from

Gareth Batty and Mathew Pillans before
Groenewald pushed the winning single. It was a
reminder that such stands are every bit about
stubborn resistance and low numbers as cavalier
strokeplay and high ones.

See also
1975: Deryck Murray (61 not out) and Andy Roberts
(24 not out), Nos. 8 and 11, add an unbroken 64 from
16 overs for a one-wicket win against Pakistan in a
World Cup group game
2015: Hamid Hassan (15 not out) and Shapoor
Zadran (12 not out), Nos. 10 and 11, put on 19 to see
Afghanistan over the line against Scotland in
Dunedin for a first-ever World Cup win

The match-saver
Lee Germon, the New Zealand captain, looked a
haunted man, frozen in his seat as his team went in
search of a result verging on the supernatural - a
draw - on the final day of the first Test of England's
tour of 1996-97. The 2000 who had turned up at
Eden Park had witnessed what the New Zealand

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