The greatest cricket match won't have too many copycats
In my opinion, the greatest one day game played between Australia and South Africa was a one off and I don't think the record of 438 in a single innings will be broken anytime soon. There is talk of teams now being able to score 500, but I think that is not going to happen. Sure, other teams may score 400+ scores but at least 500 would remain a pipe dream, even 450 won't happen anytime soon. In fact, I am sure that the record of 438 will stand for a long time.
In any sense, South Africa deserve all the praise that they can get. What would have been a pipe dream, became a reality, and ahem, as I have been saying for a long time, Ponting's captaincy is the culprit here as well. He is a fantastic batsman, but his captaincy is knee jerk and his successes have been riding on a successful team. He is going to find it more difficult to win matches, now that the team structure is unravelling, starting with a whittled bowling attack.
But what an astonishing and wonderful game.