When, for example, Australia had made a world record 434 for four against South Africa in 2006, the immediate reaction would have been to sit in the dressing room with drooping heads and hope that the day would end quickly and South African players wouldn’t look like fools. Instead, one of the senior players, Jacques Kallis, suggested that given the weather and the pitch conditions a score of about 450 was par and that Australia were probably 15 runs short. It broke the ice, cleared the air of despondency in the dressing room and set the mood for a historic chase and subsequent win. The
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