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Monday, March 23, 2015

2015 ICC Cricket World Cup SF 1 New Zealand Vs South Africa @Auckland Tuesday March 24,2015


 
  



Both NZ and SA  are bidding to make their first World Cup final

The Kiwis have fallen at the semifinal stage six times in the past while South Africa has made three exits from the same stage
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New Zealand's World Cup Record

Year Stage reached
1975 Semi-finals (beaten by West Indies)
1979 Semi-finals (beaten by England)
1983 Group stage (third in Group A)
1987 Group stage (third in Group A)
1992 Semi-final (beaten by Pakistan)
1996 Quarter-finals (beaten by Australia)
1999 Semi-finals (beaten by Pakistan)
2003 Super sixes (fifth in table)
2007 Semi-finals (beaten by Sri Lanka)
2011 Semi-finals (beaten by Sri Lanka

 

South Africa's past mistakes

1999: Semi-final South Africa needed one run off the final four balls against Australia at Edgbaston, but number 11 Allan Donald was run out with two balls to spare as the match ended in a tie, and elimination.
2003: Group stage Shaun Pollock thought his side had beaten Sri Lanka on D/L. They hadn't - they had tied - and South Africa were out.
2007: Semi-final South Africa were bowled out for 149 as they slipped to a seven-wicket defeat by Australia in St Lucia.
2011: Quarter-final Chasing a modest 222 to beat New Zealand in Dhaka, South Africa collapsed from 108-2 to 172 all out.

 New Zealand and South Africa have together played nine World Cup semi-finals and they haven't won a single one - yet
New Zealand have lost each of the 6 WC SF's they have played - in 1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007 and 2011 - while South Africa lost in 1992 and 2007, and tied against Australia in 1999, which led to their elimination as Australia finished higher than them in the Super Six table.

4-2 New Zealand's head-to-head advantage in 6 WC Matches between the two teams - they've won each of the last three, in Mirpur in 2011, St George's, Granada in 2007, and Johannesburg in 2003. They also played at Eden Park, Auckland, in the 1992 World Cup, a match which New Zealand won by seven wickets.

6-2 South Africa's head to head advantage over New Zealand since the 2011 World Cup, when they lost to them by 49 runs in Mirpur. Since then, New Zealand won a three-match series 2-1 in South Africa in 2013, but South Africa won two series in New Zealand - 3-0 in 2012, and 2-0 in 2014. South Africa have a 9-9 win-loss record against New Zealand in New Zealand, but have won each of their last five ODIs there.

5 Number of batsmen who've scored hundreds for South Africa - AB de Villiers ,David Miller, Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy and Hashim Amla.
No other team have five different centurions in this World Cup.
For New Zealand,Martin Guptill is the only batsman who has scored a hundred.


Google Doodle on NZ Vs SA SF - 1 at the Eden Park, Auckland Tuesday March 24,2015


 
Google's latest doodle in the Cricket World Cup 2015 series shows New Zealand and South Africa, who are pitched against each other for the SF - 1 on  Tuesday March 24,2015

The Proteas and Black Caps come into this semi-final both having displayed a propensity to play an aggressive and attacking brand of cricket throughout the tournament thus far.

Today's match is being played at the Eden Park, Auckland in the first semi-final as both the teams look to book a place in a World Cup final for the first time

New Zealand beats South Africa and enters the final

New Zealand beat South Africa with a six off the penultimate ball to reach the World Cup final for the first time.
With five needed from two balls, Grant Elliott hit Dale Steyn into the stands to finish unbeaten on 84 and seal a four-wicket win in Auckland.
Elliott and Corey Anderson's 58 had lifted the Black Caps from 149-4 in their chase of a rain-adjusted 298.
South Africa had earlier posted 281-5, with Faf du Plessis making 82, in a match reduced to 43 overs per side.
Captain AB de Villiers weighed in with an unbeaten 65 for South Africa and David Miller an 18-ball 49 in a target that was escalated by Duckworth-Lewis, but just within New Zealand's reach.
It was a fourth unsuccessful World Cup semi-final for the Proteas to add to two defeats and the famous 1999 tie with Australia.
For New Zealand, a seventh last-four tie finally yielded a place in the final after six previous losses.


South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first

South Africa Scored 281/5 in 43 Overs
Hasim Amla                  10(14 Balls with 4x2)  - 21/1(3.4 Over)
Quinton de Kock          14(17 Balls with 4x2)  - 31/2(7.5 Over)
Rilee Rossouw              39(53 Balls with 4x2 and 6x1) - 114/3(26.1 Over)
Faf du Plesis                  82(107 Balls with 4x7 and 6x1)-15th ODI Fifty


South Africa were reduced to 31-2 with openers Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla out cheaply
3rd wicket partnership:83 off  110 Balls between Rilee Rossouw(39)and Faf du Plesis(36)
4th wicket Partnership: 103 off 73 balls between du Plessis (40) and de Villiers (61)
5th wicket partnership: 55 off 24 Balls between David Miller(49) and AB de Villiers(4)

Rain Stopped play at the end of 38 Overs When South Africa were 216/3 with Faf du Plesis 82* and AB de Villiers 60*


The South African duo of Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers pushed New Zealand on backfoot with aggressive batting display in the first semifinal of World Cup 2015. (Photo: AP)


The rains, with Duckworth-Lewis and mathematics, have been a spoilsport for South Africa thrice in World Cup matches

After losing approximately two hours of play, the play was resumed with reducing the game to a 43 overs/side affair

Faf Du Plessis was out only two balls after the resumption, caught down the leg side from a Corey Anderson bouncer that had originally been called a wide

David Miller                49(18 Balls with 4x6 and 6x3)
David Miller
AB de Villiers             65* (45 Balls with 4x8 and 6x1)-46th ODI Fifty
J PDuminy                  08*(4 Balls with 4x1)

Wicket Takers(NZ)
Corey Anderson       3/72(6 Overs)
Trent Boult                2/53(9 Overs)

NZ Scored 299/6 in 42.5 Overs  (Target 298 Runs in 43 Overs under D/L)

Brendon Mc Cullum   59(26 Balls with 4x8 and 6x4)-31st ODI Fifty
Kane Williamson        06(11 Balls with 4x1)
Martin Guptill             34(38 Balls with 4x3 and 6x1)
Ross Taylor                30(39 Balls with 4x4)
Corey Williamson        58(57 Balls with 4x7and 6x2)
Luke Ronchi                08(7 Balls with 4x1)
Grant Elliott                 84*(73 Balls with 4x7 and 6x3)
Daniel Vottori              07(6 Balls with 4x1)

Wicket Takers(SA)
Morne Morkel             3/59(9 Overs)
J P Duminy                   1/43(5 Overs)
Dale Steyn                    1/76(8.5 Overs)

Match Result - NZ won by 4 wickets
MOM - Grant Elloitt for his 84*Runs
Grant Elliott scored a match-winning 84 off 73 to power New Zealand (299/6) to their first ever World Cup final, beating South Africa (281/5) by 4 wickets (D/L) in a cliffhanger
ICC Cricket World Cup: More misery for South Africa as Kiwis advance to maiden final with 4-wicket win











A sensational win over South Africa in the heart-stopping semi-final has given New Zealand their maiden entry into the cricket World Cup final, a moment which victorious captain Brendon McCullum described as the "greatest time" of their lives


AB de Villiers missed an easy stumping chance to dismiss Grant Elliott when he dislodged the bails with his knee and fell over
AB de Villiers








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