Highest successful run chases in all the three formats of the game

ODIs:

9-438 by South Africa against Australia, Johannesburg 2006

Australia was at the receiving end yet again, this time on the wrong side of the World record chase in one-day internationals in a match that is widely regarded by pundits and commentators as the greatest one-day international of all times.

March 12, 2006, was a watershed moment in the history of one day cricket as it saw a team breaching the 400 run mark in the allotted 50 overs. It was the decider of the 5-match ODI series between Australia and South Africa at the Bullring when Australia's skipper Ricky Ponting decided to take matters in his own hand as he powered his way to a brutal 164, an innings glittered with 8 sixes helping Australia post 4-434 in the allowed quota.

At the halfway mark, the sight of South Africa getting even close to the target would have been unimaginable among the most ardent local fans, but then magic happened. After Boeta Dippenaar (1) had fallen cheaply, captain Smith (90 off 55 balls) and Herschelle Gibbs (175 off 111 balls) led South Africa's charge as they accumulated 187 runs in just 21.3 overs to keep the hosts afloat with the required run-rate. If Ponting's assault was brutal, Herschelle Gibbs knock was a complete annihilation that pulverized the bowlers into submission.

Gibbs fell for 175, however his assault had lasting effects on the Aussie bowling evident from the cameos played by Mark Boucher (50 off 43 balls) and Van der Wath (35 off 18 balls). One of the everlasting memories of that Wanderers game was Mark Boucher hit the winning four over mid-on off Brett Lee and the people crying in the stands, failing to fathom of what they had just witnessed.

Result: South Africa (8-438, Herschelle Gibbs 175) beat Australia (4-434, Ricky Ponting 164) by two wickets.