Victory with a six or four off the last ball

Only in 12 cases of ODI history has a side won the match by striking a four or six off last ball, writes Rajneesh Gupta.

Zimbabwe registered an incredible win over Bangladesh in the third one-dayer of five-match ODI series on August 2. Needing 17 to win off the last over, Zimbabwe romped home when Taylor hit last ball of the match for a massive six over mid-wicket.

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This provided only the 12th instance in ODI history when a side achieved a win by hitting a six or four off the last ball of the match. This was only the third instance of a victory with a SIX off the last ball of the match.

The accompanying table lists all such instances:

England beat Pakistan	Sahiwal	23-12-1977	IT Botham hit a four off Altaf
Pakistan beat India	Sharjah	18-04-1986	Javed Miandad hit a six off CJ Sharma
West Indies beat England	Kingston	03-03-1990	I Bishop hit a four off A Fraser
Australia beat West Indies	Sydney	01-01-1996	M Bevan hit a four off R Harper
New Zealand beat Zimbabwe	Dhaka	24-10-1998	CZ Harris hit a four off N Johnson
South Africa beat New Zealnd	Napier	26-03-1999	L Klusener hit a six six off DJ Nash
South Africa beat New Zealand	Cape Town	04-11-2000	L Klusener hit a four off SB O'Connor
West Indies beat South Africa	Kingston	29-04-2001	RD Jacobs hit a four off AA Donald
South Africa beat West Indies	Colombo SSC	13-09-2002	AC Dawson hit a four off MV Dillon
West Indies beat India	Jamshedpur	06-11-2002	RR Sarwar hit a four off AB Agarkar
Pakistan beat India	Ahmedabad	12-04-2005	Inzamam-ul-Haq hit a four off Sachin Tendulkar
Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh	Harare	02-08-2006	BRM Taylor hit a six off Mashrafe Mortaza

Note: Asif Mujtaba hit a six off SR Waugh to tie the match for Pakistan v Australia at Hobart on 10-12-1992.