“You dropped the WC mate,” Steve Waugh to Herschelle Gibbs in 1999:
The costliest ever dropped catch in the history of cricket happened in 1999 World Cup semifinal between Australia and South Africa as Herschelle Gibbs dropped a sitter of Steve Waugh in the 1999 World Cup. One line from the Australian skipper was enough, to sum up, the consequence of Gibbs’ actions, ‘You’ve just dropped the World Cup!’Waugh’s. Yes, Waugh’s words proved right as South Africa not only lost the match but also could only tie the semifinal against the same team resulting in their exit from the 1999 ICC World Cup. Australia, on the other hand, thrashed Pakistan in the final to lift their second World Cup trophy.