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sherriffflood t1_jdt9v60 wrote

259?!! Were they playing in the back garden??

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None_of_your_Beezwax t1_jdtj24q wrote

Centurion is just up the road from the bullring (Wanderers) where SA chased down 434 in that epic 2003 ODI.

I'm guessing the altitude helps.

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Go0s3 t1_jdtubsb wrote

It helps when the pitch is a road and square boundaries are 60m.

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Nicholarse_Angle t1_jdul3kk wrote

The 438 game was in 2006.

Centurion is 2 kilometres above sea level. That's the main reason you saw all the sixes yesterday.

ps. The next game is also going to be a high scoring game (Johannesburg is even higher up than Centurion).

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Hensanddogs t1_jduh8pc wrote

I was at that game! I love telling people that and rarely get to lol

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KryanSA t1_jdv3rit wrote

I just commented the same thing, then saw your comment. Heh

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Hensanddogs t1_jdwqjp0 wrote

I was/am an Australian fan, did 4 cricket games plus holiday around the country. Phenomenal trip.

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KryanSA t1_jdxmvvq wrote

Ah, I am/was a local Joburg kid (final year of school at the time iirc).

I "dropped" one of the (many) Ponting sixes that reached the crowd, and got lip from everyone for all of the Ozzie's innings... Had the last laugh though, thanks to Gibbsy.

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Kief_Bowl t1_jdye3oy wrote

I was there too lol. Box a couple away from the cameras. Ricky Ponting hit a 6 into the box one over from us.

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KryanSA t1_jdv3p6r wrote

I was there that day! It was glorious. 110% worth the sunburn.

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