South Africa in 1999 vs New Zealand in 2019 - Which team was more unfortunate in a World Cup?

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Both teams had their bad times in their WC KO matches but SA in the SF against AUS like they always do choked and made mistakes like dropping catches, stupid run outs unlike NZ who played extremely well and got runners up because of a very unusual rule but they were well aware of this rule before the super over began.

I reckon NZ loss is the biggest tragedy for a cricket team in the history of the WC. Especially after knowing that the overthrow incident was an error.

 

[Aman]

The way NZ lost is the worst possible way to lose in cricket on the grandest stage of them all.

It's not close.

Nothing will ever beat losing a WC on boundaries...

 

[sindhiboy]

I dont think so. NZ was very lucky to be in the semi finals in the first place. Their game against india was washed out. They barely won against windies and were through because of how badly pakistan were beaten in their initial matches.

Who knows ,if dhoni was not run out, maybe india would have been in the final

SA in 1999 was the true tragedy, they truly deserved to win and were much more dominant than this current NZ side.NZ are a high class team in seaming and swinging conditions, but they were lucky this WC

I think it would have been extremly sad if england did not win, if nz won it would truly have been a fluke in my opinion. Eng deserved to win the world cup, they have ben the best odi team in the last few years, they fought tooth and nail this wc. Eng losing would have been the saddest wc story

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[hur rizvi]

NZ 2019

Level of mis fortune is unmatched in history of sport

 

[BunnyRabbit]

South Africa lost due to their own blunder.
NZ lost due to the "rules"

 

[Hasan123]

New Zealand were probably more unfortunate. SA 99 was a better team though .

 

[introvert]

South Africa because they lost based on net run rate despite scoring same runs as Australia. They did't even got 2nd chance in form of super over like NZ.

 

[silentkiller187]

NZ did not beat any of the top 5 and were lucky to scrape through based on a washout against India (India needed points at that stage so would have won the game 9 times out of 10). SA 99 were more worthy finalists, however the way NZ lost on Sunday can never be repeated again even in 1000 years, it was a freakish one off, so i would call them the unluckier side.

 

[aloo paratha]

definitely NZ. Terrible luck and still in the end they didn't lose the match. What happened to South Africa was in their own hands.

 

[aloo paratha]

South Africa because they lost based on net run rate despite scoring same runs as Australia. They did't even got 2nd chance in form of super over like NZ.

Wasn't it the team who placed higher in the super 6 stage?

 

[Suleiman]

NZ made no big errors at all while SA choked. NZ took it as deep as possible with what was in their control. It took divine intervention and umpire failure to “beat” them.

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

NZ made no big errors at all while SA choked. NZ took it as deep as possible with what was in their control. It took divine intervention and umpire failure to “beat” them.

Exactly so I feel NZ loss hurts much more

 

[big_gamer007]

New Zealand of course. As unlucky as SA were nothing comes close to New Zealand's bad luck. The boundary of overthrow and wrong umpiring decision, tied match, tied super over, rubbish rule about number of boundary .. if someone doesn't believe in God this is something which can only be scripted by God.

 

[Ab Fan]

NZ.. They didn't lost because of their mistakes.

SA lost because they made a blunder.

 

[Third_Umpire]

Losing on boundary count is a travesty, I am shocked this rule exists. No one knew about it until it f'd up a WORLD CUP FINAL.

Sharing the cup is WAY better than declaring a winner on boundary count. What's next... which team has taller players?

Idiotic ICC

 

[WC-Passion]

The way NZ lost is the worst possible way to lose in cricket on the grandest stage of them all.

It's not close.

Nothing will ever beat losing a WC on boundaries...

I disagree. South Africa being knocked out by an impossible total that was created because of a poor calculation that was out of their control in 1992 was worse. Nothing will ever beat that imo. Sure it was the SF but that's another level of unlucky.

 

[sweep_shot]

1999 South Africa loss had nothing to do with any freak incident. The loss simply happened due to Klusener not running while Donald was running. It was a regular run out.

NZ, on the other hand, had to concede 4 extra runs thanks to deflection overthrow. This one was a freak incident and was not deliberate.

Therefore, NZ was more unfortunate. I would say nobody was more unfortunate than NZ in World Cup history.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Gotta feel it for the kiwis, they did everything and lost on the boundaries. People saying Kiwis never deserved to go through, they have beaten India twice once during the warm up and once in the semis.

 

[The Viper]

New Zealand were definitely more unfortunate. SA had a brain fade and a misjudgment whilst NZ was really done by hard luck and something really beyond their control. Nobody purposely plays to score more boundaries.

 

[Aman]

NZ did not beat any of the top 5 and were lucky to scrape through based on a washout against India (India needed points at that stage so would have won the game 9 times out of 10). SA 99 were more worthy finalists, however the way NZ lost on Sunday can never be repeated again even in 1000 years, it was a freakish one off, so i would call them the unluckier side.

India lost to us twice this tournament.

Hammered in the warm ups and beaten in the Semis.

 

[light]

Definitely NZ. There is no bigger heartbreak than an umpire not knowing their own rules. Not to mention, scores were on par in both innings. Winning because eng hit more boundaries ...

 

[jagatk]

How is this even a question? SA weren't unlucky in 99, they choked. NZ did not choke, fate, umpires and stupid rules stopped them from winning a well deserved world cup.

 

[hadi123]

NZ in 2019. That was plain stupidity of SA regarding the final run in 1999. This was bad luck for NZ. That deflected 4 was remarkable, and even the commentators said that if Stokes was to run again that way and Guptill was to throw to the keepers end, then that bizarre deflection wouldn't happen again if it was to be re-acted 100 times. Pure fate for England