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Allan Donald

South Africa·Bowler

South Africa's greatest fast bowler best remembered for the dramatic run-out mix-up with Lance Klusener in the 1999 World Cup semi-final.

6 incidents documented

Controversies & Incidents

🏏Moderate

Allan Donald Run Out — 1999 World Cup Semi-Final

Australia vs South Africa

17 June 1999

Allan Donald was run out in the most dramatic fashion in the 1999 World Cup semi-final, but South Africa argued the initial call by the square leg umpire was premature.

#donald#klusener#run out
🔥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

The 1999 World Cup Semi-Final Tie — Australia vs South Africa

Australia vs South Africa

1999-06-17

Lance Klusener smashed Australia to the brink of elimination, then ran out Allan Donald off the penultimate ball to tie the match — but Australia advanced to the final on superior run rate, ending South Africa's greatest World Cup campaign in devastating fashion.

#1999-world-cup#tied-match#super-over-era
Serious

Devon Malcolm's 9 for 57 — 'You Guys Are History'

England vs South Africa

1994-08-20

After being hit on the helmet by Fanie de Villiers, Devon Malcolm told South Africa 'You guys are history.' He then took 9/57 — the best bowling figures by an England fast bowler in Test history — to bowl South Africa out for 175.

#devon-malcolm#9-wickets#south-africa
🏏Explosive

22 Runs Off 1 Ball — 1992 World Cup Rain Rule

England vs South Africa

22 March 1992

A farcical rain rule calculation left South Africa needing 22 runs off 1 ball in the World Cup semi-final, robbing them of a realistic chance of reaching the final.

#world cup#rain rule#south africa
Serious

Jim Laker's 19 Wickets in a Test — The Unsurpassable Bowling Record

England vs Australia

1956-07-31

Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs in a single Test match — 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second — a bowling performance so dominant it remains the most extraordinary individual bowling feat in the history of the game.

#jim-laker#19-wickets#ashes