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Imran Tahir of the Proteas during the 4th ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka at PPC Newlands on February 07, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images)

South Africa lose dramatic second New Zealand ODI – Twitter reacts

Both sides did a fine job of raising everyone’s heart-rates again in Christchurch, as the second game of five went right down to the wire. But who would hold their nerve at the death?

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Imran Tahir of the Proteas during the 4th ODI between South Africa and Sri Lanka at PPC Newlands on February 07, 2017 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Carl Fourie/Gallo Images)

It started off a little something like this.

Then this curious-looking chap scored a few runs.

And this guy got going again, but couldn’t, erm, capitalise. Ahem.

Then this happened. Which was a spanner in the works.

Kallis! Ooooohh we know him.

Praise from high places.

Putting your foot down with a firm hand. Apparently.



What, after the diamonds and the gold?

He can’t stop hitting fifties, though.

Is this even a thing?

And those wickets just kept a-fallin’.

But then, no, they couldn’t, could they?

Argh!

Ahh the old deliberate full toss ploy. Sneaky.

What. What?

Sigh. So near yet so far.

And there’s that. Up in smoke.