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On this day 21 years ago, Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh and the 1999 World Cup

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Australia and South Africa have played some of the most memorable encounters in One Day International (ODI) cricket. While the match that would pop into most fans' minds between the two giants of the game would be the famous 2006 ODI at the Wanderers, there was also the 1999 World Cup semi-final which is seen as the start of South Africa's tendency to choke in big ICC tournaments.

That match, however, was another thriller between the two sides in the Super Six stage. As is often the case in fiercely contested matches, it was slim margins that separated the two sides and one of these factors was Herschelle Gibbs' dropped catch that gave Australia's talismanic skipper Steve Waugh a lease of life.

South Africa posted a total of 271/7 largely thanks to Gibbs' 101 off 134 with ten fours and one six.