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Cricket is called a game of uncertainties, but what happened in Cape Town on the morning of 11 November 2011 (11-11-11) was more than uncertainty. This is considered the biggest miracle of 'Nelson Number'. This is such an incident that happened on the cricket field which had never happened before and will never happen again.
That incident of 11-11-11 on the cricket field which had neither happened before nor will happen again.
New Delhi. This is one of those pages of cricket history which is difficult to believe even after reading it. This test match, which started between South Africa and Australia on 9 November 2011 at the Newlands ground in Cape Town, became not just a game but a miracle of mathematical coincidences which surprised the whole world.
Cricket is called a game of uncertainties, but what happened in Cape Town on the morning of 11 November 2011 (11-11-11) was more than uncertainty. This is considered the biggest miracle of 'Nelson Number'. This is such an incident that happened on the cricket field which had never happened before and will never happen again.
Match ups and downs: a rollercoaster ride
The start of the match was normal, Australia scored 284 runs in the first innings thanks to the brilliant 151 runs of captain Michael Clarke. In response, South Africa's condition became weak and the entire team collapsed for just 96 runs. Australia got a huge lead of 188 runs and it seemed that Kangaroo would easily win this match. But the second day's play wrote the most dramatic script in history. In the second innings, the Australian team collapsed like a house of cards in front of the lethal bowling of Shane Watson and Vernon Philander. At one time the score was 9 wickets for 21 runs. Ultimately Australia was reduced to 47 runs. A total of 23 wickets fell on the second day of the Test match, which in itself was close to a world record.
That historic moment: 11:11 minutes, date 11-11-11 and runs 111
South Africa got the target of 236 runs to win. By the end of the second day's play, Africa had scored 81 runs for 1 wicket. When the play started on the third day i.e. on 11 November 2011, there was a situation on the scoreboard of the stadium which stopped the heartbeats of the spectators. The time on the clock was 11:11 am, the date was 11-11-11, and South Africa needed 111 runs to win. The on-field umpire Ian Gould also understood the seriousness of this moment and celebrated this coincidence by raising one leg in a humorous manner (indicating the Nelson number). Thousands of spectators present in the stadium stood up and witnessed this amazing coincidence.
unforgettable ending
After this magical coincidence, the match tilted in favor of South Africa. With the help of brilliant centuries by Graeme Smith (101*) and Hashim Amla (112), South Africa won the match by 8 wickets. This match is still remembered not only for South Africa's victory or Australia's shameful defeat, but for that 'one minute' when such a meeting of numerology and sports took place which probably happens once in a century, cricket pundits even today remember it. “The Most Remarkable Minute in Cricket History” says,
