▁in ▁the ▁quarter ▁final s . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁tournament , ▁South ▁Africa ▁faced ▁Australia ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁match ▁of ▁the ▁Super ▁Six ▁round ; ▁Australia ▁needed ▁to ▁win ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁semif inals , ▁whereas ▁South ▁Africa ▁had ▁already ▁done ▁so . ▁Australia ▁bo asted ▁a ▁superior ▁recent ▁record ▁in ▁must - win ▁matches ▁against ▁South ▁Africa . ▁Media ▁spec ulation ▁was ▁focused ▁on ▁W ool mer ' s ▁team ▁being ▁less ▁ade pt ▁at ▁handling ▁high ▁pressure ▁situations . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 / 9 8 ▁Australian ▁international ▁season , ▁Australia ▁had ▁lost ▁all ▁four ▁of ▁their ▁qual ifying ▁matches ▁against ▁South ▁Africa ▁in ▁a ▁tri angular ▁tournament ▁and ▁conced ed ▁a ▁ 1 – 0 ▁final s ▁series ▁lead , ▁before ▁recover ing ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁series ▁ 2 – 1 . ▁The ▁Super ▁Six ▁match ▁saw ▁Australia ▁win ▁the ▁match ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁over , ▁after ▁H ersch elle ▁Gib bs ▁dropped ▁Australian ▁captain ▁Steve ▁W augh ▁in ▁a ▁prem ature ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁a ▁catch . ▁W augh ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁score ▁an ▁un be aten ▁century ▁and ▁score ▁the ▁winning ▁runs . ▁The ▁semif inal ▁rem atch ▁saw ▁a ▁late ▁Australian ▁com eb ack ▁cul min ate ▁in ▁a ▁tie , ▁when ▁with ▁match ▁scores ▁level , ▁South ▁African ▁b ats men ▁L ance ▁Kl us ener ▁and ▁All an ▁Donald ▁had ▁a ▁mix ▁up , ▁with ▁Donald ▁dro pping ▁his ▁bat ▁and ▁being ▁run ▁out .