Top 5 successful chases in last over of an ODI

1. 20 runs by New Zealand vs Sri Lanka in 2013:

A young New Zealand side was up against Sri Lanka in the 2nd game of the 3-match ODI series in Hambantota after the first game was washed out. Sri Lanka, who batted first, reached 117/1 in 20.4 overs thanks to a century stand between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara before rain break. The game was reduced to 23 overs and the Lankans finished with 138/1 adding 21 runs after the resumption.

Both Dilshan and Sangakkara unbeaten scored fifties ending with 55 and 71 respectively. New Zealand got a revised target of 198 from 23 overs as the Lankans lost only one wicket by the time of rain interruption. Opener Tom Latham fought a lone battle as the Kiwis were reduced to 68/4 by 11th over. But a 93-run partnership in only 9.3 overs between Latham and Luke Ronchi (49 off 26) brought Blackcaps back to the game.

Latham smashed 86 off 68 balls before he got out in the 21st over three balls after Ronchi’s wicket. The visiting side were still 33 runs away from a win in 13 balls. Nathan McCullum hit a boundary on the first and last ball of the 22nd over bowled by Lasith Malinga leaving New Zealand still to get 20 runs from the final over to be bowled by Rangana Herath. Jimmy Neesham handed the strike to Nathan after scoring three runs in first two balls.

With Herath coming around the wicket, the elder McCullum decider to give himself room and found the extra cover fence with a six and four on successive deliveries.

Herath decided to come over the wicket for the penultimate ball which Nathan cleared the long-off fielder quite comfortably to level the scores. He finished off the game by smashing a full-toss over the long-on region. As many as 25 runs came from the final over as Nathan McCullum finished with 32 from only 9 balls.