New Zealand and South Africa battled each other in 1 of the 2 Semi-Final games of the Cricket World Cup, at Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand.
The match started at 03:00 SA Time (14:00 NZ Time).
As expected, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and India made the Semi-Finals.
The Other Semi-Final, between Australia vs India take place on Thursday 26 March at 05:30 SA Time (14:30 Sydney Time) at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.
The South African Innnings was interrupted by rain and the game was reduced to a 43 Over per side game.
South Africa reached a total of 281 / 5 in their allotted 43 Overs, with Faf du Plessis (82), AB de Villiers (65 not out) and David Miller (49 off just 18 balls) doing the damage.
New Zealand started like a house on fire, with Brendan McCullum racing to 59 off only 26 balls… till he eventually perished. Kane Williamson perished on 6 runs, off 11 balls. Martin Guptill eventually perished on 34, from 38 balls and then Taylor departed for 30 off 39 balls. At this stage, New Zealand was still just above the required run-rate.
2 More wickets followed but it was not enough for South Africa.
New Zealand won with 1 ball spare, a 6 off the last ball by Grant Elliott, an Ex-South African himself!
South Africa: 281 / 5 (43 / 43 Overs)
New Zealand: 299 / 6 (42.5 / 43 Overs, 298 required due to D/L)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) (D/L method)
| South Africa innings (43 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Amla | b Boult | 10 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| Q de Kock† | c Southee b Boult | 14 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 82.35 | |
| F du Plessis | c †Ronchi b Anderson | 82 | 155 | 107 | 7 | 1 | 76.63 | |
| RR Rossouw | c Guptill b Anderson | 39 | 77 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 73.58 | |
| AB de Villiers* | not out | 65 | 84 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 144.44 | |
| DA Miller | c †Ronchi b Anderson | 49 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 272.22 | |
| JP Duminy | not out | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, w 13) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 43 overs; 196 mins) | 281 | (6.53 runs per over) | |||||
Did not bat: VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Amla, 3.4 ov), 2-31 (de Kock, 7.5 ov), 3-114 (Rossouw, 26.1 ov), 4-217 (du Plessis, 38.2 ov), 5-272 (Miller, 42.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TG Southee | 9 | 1 | 55 | 0 | 6.11 | 31 | 10 | 0 | (1w) | |
| TA Boult | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 5.88 | 29 | 7 | 0 | ||
| MJ Henry | 8 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 5.00 | 27 | 3 | 1 | (1w) | |
| DL Vettori | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5.11 | 21 | 2 | 0 | (2w) | |
| KS Williamson | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| GD Elliott | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| CJ Anderson | 6 | 0 | 72 | 3 | 12.00 | 12 | 6 | 4 | (5w) |
| New Zealand innings (target: 298 runs from 43 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MJ Guptill | run out (Amla/†de Kock) | 34 | 38 | 3 | 1 | 89.47 | |
| BB McCullum* | c Steyn b Morkel | 59 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 226.92 | |
| KS Williamson | b Morkel | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| LRPL Taylor | c †de Kock b Duminy | 30 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 76.92 | |
| GD Elliott | not out | 84 | 73 | 7 | 3 | 115.06 | |
| CJ Anderson | c du Plessis b Morkel | 58 | 57 | 6 | 2 | 101.75 | |
| L Ronchi† | c Rossouw b Steyn | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 114.28 | |
| DL Vettori | not out | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 116.66 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 2, w 5) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 42.5 overs) | 299 | (6.98 runs per over) | ||||
Did not bat: MJ Henry, TG Southee, TA Boult
Fall of wickets: 1-71 (McCullum, 6.1 ov), 2-81 (Williamson, 8.5 ov), 3-128 (Guptill, 17.1 ov), 4-149 (Taylor, 21.4 ov), 5-252 (Anderson, 37.6 ov), 6-269 (Ronchi, 40.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 8.5 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 8.60 | 25 | 7 | 4 | (1w) | |
| VD Philander | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 6.50 | 28 | 7 | 2 | ||
| M Morkel | 9 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 6.55 | 30 | 9 | 1 | (1w) | |
| Imran Tahir | 9 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 4.44 | 28 | 4 | 0 | (1w) | |
| JP Duminy | 5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 8.60 | 9 | 3 | 2 | (2w) | |
| AB de Villiers | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
Match details
Series – New Zealand advanced
TV umpire – NJ Llong (England)
Match referee – DC Boon (Australia)
Reserve umpire – BNJ Oxenford (Australia)
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 10.0 (Mandatory – 39 runs, 2 wickets)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: South Africa – 61/2 in 16.0 overs (F du Plessis 22, RR Rossouw 14)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 76 balls (F du Plessis 24, RR Rossouw 20, Ex 6)
- South Africa: 100 runs in 24.1 overs (145 balls), Extras 8
- F du Plessis: 50 off 85 balls (4 x 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 31.5 overs (191 balls), Extras 10
- Drinks: South Africa – 162/3 in 33.0 overs (F du Plessis 63, AB de Villiers 26)
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (F du Plessis 25, AB de Villiers 27, Ex 1)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 – 38.0 (Batting side – 32 runs, 0 wicket)
- AB de Villiers: 50 off 32 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 36.1 overs (217 balls), Extras 11
- Rain: South Africa – 216/3 in 38.0 overs (F du Plessis 82, AB de Villiers 60)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 71 balls (F du Plessis 40, AB de Villiers 60, Ex 2)
- Over 38.2: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire – IJ Gould, Batsman – F du Plessis (Upheld)
- South Africa: 250 runs in 40.4 overs (244 balls), Extras 12
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 23 balls (AB de Villiers 4, DA Miller 49, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: South Africa – 281/5 in 43.0 overs (AB de Villiers 65, JP Duminy 8)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 9.0 (Mandatory – 81 runs, 2 wickets)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 4.1 overs (25 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 25 balls (MJ Guptill 6, BB McCullum 41, Ex 5)
- BB McCullum: 50 off 22 balls (6 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Over 5.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire – RJ Tucker, Batsman – MJ Guptill (Struck down)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 11.3 overs (69 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: New Zealand – 104/2 in 12.0 overs (MJ Guptill 21, LRPL Taylor 12)
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 21.4 overs (130 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: New Zealand – 174/4 in 26.0 overs (GD Elliott 20, CJ Anderson 18)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 48 balls (GD Elliott 18, CJ Anderson 30, Ex 2)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 30.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 8
- Powerplay 2: Overs 32.1 – 36.0 (Batting side – 35 runs, 0 wicket)
- CJ Anderson: 50 off 47 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- GD Elliott: 50 off 53 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 36.6 overs (222 balls), Extras 11
- 5th Wicket: 100 runs in 92 balls (GD Elliott 39, CJ Anderson 58, Ex 5)
See You chaps in the morning… doubt I will be up at 03:00 but maybe I join you guys at about 04:00 or 04:30… when I will update the Article with more relevant info.
Goooooooooooo Blomme!
Best of luck, AB & the lads …
Make us proud, make yourselves proud …
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GO PROTEAS! Don’t know much about this Henry that NZ have brought in from outside the Cup squad but he has taken quite a lot of wickets in not many ODIs and could be dangerous if he plays for them especially as we would not have had much time to analyze him and formulate a plan for facing him.
Just need to be patient here. Nz relying on a batting collapse holding their 5th bowler back.
Faf, once again, stepping up nicely.
Had a dream duminy is going to have a nice cameo today.
I would honestly be reasonably happy with 270
What’s the highest chasing score here?
Something like 242 ?
Faf/AB – almost another run out for this batting pair
Dropped the world cup ?
Two fielding mistakes in two overs kiwis feeling the pressure?
Eina
Haha really riding his luck now
Cant believe its starting to rain. Could be a game changer.
I cant believe people doubted fafs inclusion a few months ago.
Shit, rain right as we are gaining momentum …
Just what NZ needs
😆
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Weather does not sound good. Could be at least an hour delay.
More almal, jammer oor die reen, net nie weer 1992 nie!
Goeie nuus is (cricinfo) :
As game vandag uitreen, dan gaan ons more voort met dieselfde telling, game begin nie oor nie.
As ons nie verder kolf nie, moet hul 264 kry in 38 beurte.
Die slegte nuus: As altwee dae uitreen, is ons uit.
@ Ben-die-Bul: ja, just as we were set. Been watching from 3 and this was definitely an innings built on hard graft. I don’t want to go to work. Piss off rain. Okay.
Covers are coming off
Ag moer starting raining again. Heavier than before.
Reen kom van weste se kant, en son het daar begin deurkom. Let’s hope!
Sal moet sien of reen ons momentum gebreek het.
Is G Smith out yet?
25: bhaa! Ja, uit sy huis uit ook.
Moet ten minste nog 50 kry in 5 beurte.
5 overs left, we really need 60-70 runs to set NZ a target of about 300 in 43 overs
Maar ons moet ook nie paaltjies verloor nie… daai reen breuk het seer gemaak.
Ag fok
Oeff, Faf uit. Nie choke in hierdie 5 overs nie. 😯
AB moet tot einde bly, ander om hom speel.
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