On January 29, 2002 Australia defeated New Zealand by two wickets in the 10th match of the VB series at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Aussies had lost their 6th wicket at the score of 82, leaving Bevan and the tail-enders to get another 164 runs. The majestic left-hander saw his team to victory from the jaws of defeat by smashing an unconquered 102.

Australia's victory was thus only the 25th by any side after having lost their 4th wicket with still 150 or more runs required to win. It was also the fourth best performance in all-time list. The best still remains Zimbabwe's when they won the match after being 224 runs in deficit, at the fall of their 4th wicket with the score just 50.

For the record, Australia's victory was also the very first instance when a team won after losing their 6th wicket with 150 runs still required.

For the interest of the readers here under are the details.

Sides winning after losing 4th wicket with 150 or more runs still required (25)

For	Target	FOW	Deficit	Score	Vs	Venue	Date	Result
Zim	274	50/4	224	9/274	NZ	Auckland	07/01/2001	Zim won by 1 wkt
SL	237	27/4	210	5/240	NZ	Colombo (RPS)	25/07/2001	SL won by 5 wkts
Ind	302	101/4	201	7/302	SA	Kochin	09/03/2000	Ind won by 3 wkts
Aus	246	53/4	193	8/248	NZ	Melbourne	29/01/2002	Aus won by 2 wkts
SA	257	65/4	192	7/258	NZ	CapeTown	04/11/2000	SA won by 3 wkts
WI	255	67/4	188	6/255	Ind	Singapore (Kall)	08/09/1999	WI won by 4 wkts
Pak	210	23/4	187	6/210	Zim	Harare	25/02/1995	Pak won by 4 wkts
SA	257	72/4	185	6/259	Zim	Johannesburg	31/01/1997	SA won by 4 wkts
Zim	288	104/4	184	4/290	WI	Chester-le-Street	16/07/2000	Zim won by 6 wkts
WI	267	84/4	183	9/267	Pak	Edgbaston	11/06/1975	WI won by 1 wkt
Pak	274	93/4	181	9/274	Aus	Perth	02/01/1987	Pak won by 1 wkt
SL	303	134/4	169	9/303	Eng	Adelaide	23/01/1999	SL won by 1 wkt
NZ	242	73/4	169	6/244	SA	Brisbane	19/01/2002	NZ won by 4 wkts
Ind	216	47/4	169	8/216	Aus	Bangalore	21/10/1996	Ind won by 2 wkts
SA	212	43/4	169	5/212	Zim	Centurian	25/01/1997	SA won by 5 wkts
NZ	239	71/4	168	6/239	WI	St. George's	29/03/1996	NZ won by 4 wkts
SA	221	55/4	166	7/221	Pak	Trent Bridge	05/06/1999	SA won by 3 wkts
NZ	214	49/4	165	5/214	Aus	Cardiff	20/05/1999	NZ won by 5 wkts
Ind	279	118/4	161	8/282	NZ	Baroda	17/12/1988	Ind won by 2 wkts
NZ	235	75/4	160	8/238	Eng	Edgbaston	15/06/1983	NZ won by 2 wkts
NZ	265	109/4	156	6/265	Ind	Nairobi (Gym)	15/10/2000	NZ won by 4 wkts
NZ	212	56/4	156	7/215	SA	Dunedin	14/02/1999	NZ won by 3 wkts
NZ	248	94/4	154	7/250	Aus	Hamilton	27/03/1993	NZ won by 3 wkts
Ind	241	90/4	151	7/241	Eng	Nagpur	23/01/1985	Ind won by 3 wkts
SL	229	78/4	151	6/232	Aus	Colombo (RPS)	30/08/1996	SL won by 4 wkts

- All data updated to 24-02-2002

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