MELBOURNE, AUGUST 18: Australia and South Afria tied their one-day cricket international in a sensational finish indoors at Colonial Stadium here tonight.South Africa scored 226 for eight off their 50 overs and Australia, who easily won the opening match of the series on Wednesday, appeared to be cruising to victory in the second match at 124 for two after 30 overs.But the South Africans fought back and had Australia needing 28 runs to win in the last three overs with four wickets to spare.Skipper Steve Waugh, who hit a century in the opening game, charged into his counterpart Shaun Pollock, taking 14 runs off his penultimate over, to have the home team needing 14 runs to win off the last two overs.Andrew Hall snared the wickets of injured Michael Bevan for three and Waugh (30 off 31 balls) to take 2-8 off three overs and turn the game South Africa's way. Heading into the final over bowled by Pollock, Australia needed 13 runs to win.Shane Warne hit a four and a single off the first two deliveries and new batsman Jason Gillespie deflected four leg byes to have Australia just four runs from victory with three balls left.But Gillespie was run out by Pollock trying to give the strike to Warne.Two balls left and Warne deflected Pollock's last but one ball behind the stumps for two and needed two runs to win off the last ball.Pollock brought all but one of his fielders inside the circle and Warne straight drove past Pollock but it hit the stumps at the bowlers' end stopping any chance of more than one run for the match to be tied at 226 for nine.It recalled the sensational tied semi-final at last year's World Cup in England when Australia denied the South Africans and went on to play Pakistan in the final.The third and final match of the one-day series takes place in Melbourne on Sunday.ScoreboardSouth Africa: G Kirsten lbw b Harvey 22, A Hall c M Waugh b Symonds 37, J Kallis b Gillespie 22, D Cullinan c Warne b Symonds 0, J Rhodes c S Lee (sub) b McGrath 54, M Boucher c Warne b Harvey 51, L Klusener c M Waugh b Gillespie 12, S Pollock c S Lee (sub) b Gillespie 4, N Boje not out 8, R Telemachus not out 6; Extras: (b4, lb3, w1, nb2) 10. Total: (for 8 wkts, 50 overs) 226Fall of wkts: 1-43, 2-70, 3-78, 4-95, 5-182, 6-201, 7-210, 8-210Bowling: McGrath 10-0-47-1 (nb1), Gillespie 10-0-40-3 (w1), Harvey 10-1-43-2, Warne 10-0-33-0, Symonds 10-0-56-2 (nb1)Australia: A Gilchrist c Pollock b Kallis 37, M Waugh c Hall b Boje 48, R Ponting b Telemachus 39, D Martyn b Boje 18, A Symonds b Klusener 17, S Waugh b Hall 30, I Harvey c Hall b Klusener 7, M Bevan c Boucher b Hall 3, S Warne not out 9, J Gillespie run out 0, G McGrath not out 0; Extras: (lb11, w4, nb3) 18. Total: (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 226Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-105, 3-146, 4-164, 5-177, 6-193, 7-213, 8-214, 9-223Bowling: Pollock 10-0-51-0, Telemachus 10-0-37-1, Terbrugge 3-0-24-0, Kallis 4-1-21-1, Klusener 10-0-41-2, Boje 10-1-33-2, Hall 3-0-8-2.
