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)
1 run… 5 needed from 2 balls, 4 needed to tie
Dot ball needed now…
The irony:
Saffrika’s goose cooked by an expat saffa 🙁
Well done NZ
Tough luck Proteas
No choke this time, just beaten
6 and the game is over… 1 ball to go
Wow!
damnit, Elliot must be the man of the match?, its a coin toss between like 6 players, unbelievable game.
New Zealand win by 4 wickets, 1 ball to spare!
Congrats New Zealand!
Well, now I can relax at least. What a great game.
Great game
Well, I hope New Zealand go on to win the Cricket World Cup!
Phweeeew!
Geez how many chances did we have, two bottled runouts and a shocking drop catch?
What an EPIC semi-final!
Well done, NZ – still unbeaten – on that alone well deserved victory & appearance in the final
Well done NZ, a great game, bad luck SA, but you were always going to lose for 2 simple reasons – no 5th bowler, and bringing back Philander after injury – apart from the injury risk (proven), the lack of game time, Abbott was simply in top form in the previous match
My genuine commiserations to The Proteas Fans.
I know how disappointed you will be.
But your Team played a great game. Be proud. I would be.
@ Te Rangatira:
Congrats on the win, must say I am disappointed, but not close to as bad as before. One of the great games.
@ grootblousmile:
Epic……………………………….says it all.
Best game of the Cup so far.
Hoe ironies, die veraaier Elliot wat die wenlopies geslaan het.
Apart from that, a couple of half chance that were negligible next to the top fielding performance very good bowling from Morne, Steyn and Tahir, some very bad luck with the weather, when that would have been the exact period for piling on the runs as per previous matches, and the damp out field didn’t help a very good performance by the SA team. Great match
254 @ Just For Kicks:
THAT was the Proteas’ moment of madness
The selection of Philander proves undoubtedly that the team haven’t managed to shake off the ‘Choker’ problem. It was a panic selection, nothing else
@ GoBokkeAndIreland:
And as you said GoBokke.
Whatever………………………………….The Paddies are 6 Nations Champs, so the sun will still rise tomorrow morning, and the waves will still break on the shore.
Wie was die keurder wat Abbott gedrop het, Ludeke trick? 😯
Game is verloor deur keurders.
@ MacroBull:
if Nz had of lost…I would’ve been disappointed too…just hope they give the Aussies or Indians a good go… I know SA would if they were in the final
morkel 😥
Seems like I missed a good chase, luckily I picked NZ by 4 wickets.
Well done Black Caps, any team that can chase 300 in 43 overs deserve to be in the final…..any team that can’t defend 300 in 43 overs don’t.
NZ v Aus final, will be epic
How ironic is it that Philander ran off the field, give him a green pitch and new ball he is fine, when the pressure come on he just drops everyone.
nortie wrote:
ag moer you and superbru
So close but yet so far….
But the sollice is that the Blomme went down fighting very bloody hard…. here towards the end it could have gone either way!
Well done NZ…they probably deserve to be in the final ahead of SA who have already lost twice in the tournament.
Australia will most certainly back themselves to win the tournament from here but one never knows.
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