5 greatest instances of fielding in the history of the World Cup

Herschelle Gibbs, Sri Lanka vs South Africa (2007)

Teams were inching closer and closer to the finals of the 2007 World Cup, and Sri Lanka and South Africa had both made it to the Super Eights stage - played round-robin to decide the semi-finalists.

Sri Lanka were to set a target, and Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya put on a middling-to-poor 38 runs together. Skipper Mahela Jayawardene never really got off to much of a start, and made 12 runs from the 31 deliveries he faced before being caught by AB De Villiers. All seemed lost for the Sri Lankan batting attack, and not even Kumar Sangakkara could contribute.

Then came Chamara Silva, with Sri Lanka hoping that he could steady the batting - with only Dilshan and Russel Arnold left to come to the crease in terms of a batting attack.

Then came the bowling of perhaps one of the all-round greats of cricket - Jacques Kallis. A clean delivery was misjudged, with Gibbs at slips diving for the ball in a scene straight out of the 1992 World Cup and another famous Protea - the Greatest of All Time of fielding, Jonty Rhodes.

Gibbs flew, almost, diving to the stumps with ball in hand as Silva misjudged his run completely.

Kallis led the batting attack for South Africa, but Lasith Malinga almost pulled the Lions back into the game with a spectacular hat-trick.

Robin Peterson took the Proteas fairly comfortably home in the end, but Gibbs' diving run-out showed the team's fire for the win.

And watching that SA win from the stands? South Africa's fielding coach - a man named Jonty Rhodes.