Heroes and Villains
From the Sydney Morning Herald, January 29, 1998
By Phil Wilkins (abridged).

Review of the Carlton & United tri-nation limited-over series, 1997/98.

... Bouquets and willow-bat awards for the day-night series:

Thriller of the summer
South Africa's two-run defeat of New Zealand at the Gabba - 300 to 298.

Catch of the series
Lance 'Zulu' Kluesner's dismissal of New Zealand's Dion Nash to the last ball of the Gabba match. Racing around the mid-wicket boundary, the ball soaring in the lights, he held a wondrous catch.

Unluckiest stroke award
Needing six runs to tie the above game with two balls remaining, Nash hooked the second-last ball to fine leg, landing it on the rope boundary, consisting of two overlapping rope spans. Correctly awarded four runs.

Non-catch of the series
Nash, so intent on preventing a boundary near the rope, controlled a magnificent catch in the deep at the Gabba, returned the ball and omitted to appeal...

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