Top 10 Iconic Moments In Cricket World Cup History

7. Shane Watson faces hellfire from Wahab Riaz- 2015 World Cup

Australia and Pakistan clashed in the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup in Adelaide. Pakistan batted first but only mustered 213 runs with Haris Sohail top-scoring with 41 runs and Josh Hazlewood taking 4/35. This was a low score in such an important game and Pakistan knew they had to give it all to compete against a potent Australia batting.

Australia started shakily losing Aaron Finch and Michael Clarke for single-digit scores and Warner fell for 24 runs. Wahab Riaz was breathing fire in the middle knowing he had to pick more wickets after accounting for Australia's captain and his next target was Shane Watson. And for the next 30 minutes, everything took a backseat, as the world saw a Pakistani pacer making hellfire rain on an Australian batter.

Wahab bowling like a wind had Watson ducking, weaving, and copping blows to his body in an intense bowling performance, which has been called a ‘spell for ages’. Watson went through a series of evasive full-body spasms. His back and limbs are aping the shape of half the alphabet. Wahab had Watson hooking to fine leg, where Rahat Ali dropped a simple catch. 

In the end, the hell-fire stopped as Misbah Ul Haq decided to rest Wahab Riaz. This allowed Australian batters to canter home. Steve Smith made 65, Watson remained unbeaten on 64 and Glenn Maxwell made 44* as Australia won by 6 wickets, qualifying for the semi-finals.