Oh if we are going for a choke on the largest stage it's probably South Africa's failure to score one run off the last four deliveries in the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi final and losing from the tie on Net Run Rate.
(That was a two-parter - they would have avoided even playing Australia in that semifinal if Herschelle Gibbs hadn't dropped a sitter off Steve Waugh in the earlier stage match)
Honourable mention to Ben Stokes' final over for England to Carlos Brathwaite if the West Indies in the most recent World T20 final. He was defending 19 runs and got tonked for four consecutive sixes giving the Windies the cup.
The only stage bigger than the CWC is the FIFA WC and the Olympics. The Maracanazo is the classic of the genre but the stage was smaller back then. I'm not sure the Olympics lends itself to big chokes.
(That was a two-parter - they would have avoided even playing Australia in that semifinal if Herschelle Gibbs hadn't dropped a sitter off Steve Waugh in the earlier stage match)
Honourable mention to Ben Stokes' final over for England to Carlos Brathwaite if the West Indies in the most recent World T20 final. He was defending 19 runs and got tonked for four consecutive sixes giving the Windies the cup.
The only stage bigger than the CWC is the FIFA WC and the Olympics. The Maracanazo is the classic of the genre but the stage was smaller back then. I'm not sure the Olympics lends itself to big chokes.
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