Fixture 24 Mar at 01:00 AM  • Auckland
South Africa vs New Zealand  • 1st Semi-Final (daynight)  • ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
  • South Africa SA
  • 281 / 5 ( 43 Ovs )
  • New Zealand NZ
  • 299 / 6 ( 42.5 Ovs )
  • New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) (D/L method)
    • SIX
    Target 298
    Recent Balls
    • 6141124112
    42.5
    6
    Steyn to Elliott
    no he doesn't. He hits this over long-on for six. Lets out an almighty roar. All 45000 roar with him. Steyn has bowled length. Why length at this time? Surely you would expect a yorker or a bouncer. Elliott - South African by birth - goes deep into the crease, and lofts this over wide long-on for surely the most important hit he has ever hit in his life. Why would you bowl length, Dale?
    42.4
    1
    Steyn to Vettori
    bouncer, Vettori misses the pull, Elliott rushes through for the bye, de Kock Misses at the striker's end, Steyn misses at the non-striker's as Vettori dives
    42.3
    4
    Steyn to Vettori
    Steyn bowls the yorker. The grand old man of NZ cricket Vettori makes room, opens the face with the horizontal bat. Squeezes this out perfectly to the left of third man for four. What a moment
    42.2
    1
    Steyn to Elliott
    full toss, drilled hard, in the air, on the bounce to cover. They get just the single
    42.1
    1
    Steyn to Vettori
    Vettori backs away and swings, is beaten by a slower ball, but Elliott charges through to claim the strike
    41.6
    2
    Morkel to Elliott
    Collision. Collision. Elliott pulls from outside off, gets a massive top edge between deep backward and fine leg. Behardien gets under it. Duminy rushes in from fine leg. No calling. They have dropped it. In the meanwhile Elliott and Vettori have missed out on the opportunity to take the third because they are standing in the middle of the pitch, waiting to see what happens
    41.5
    4
    Morkel to Elliott
    Elliott pulls one back for New Zealand. He stays deep in the crease, moves across too to set himself up. Morkel thinks he wants to leg side, and he bowls full and wide. Elliott instead goes over extra cover. Nails it. Four crucial runs
    41.4
    1
    Morkel to Vettori
    Steyn saves three there. Vettori moves inside the line to pull this to long leg. Steyn - dodgy hamstring - rushes to the right from fine leg and dives full length to save three
    41.3
    1
    Morkel to Elliott
    bouncer, Elliott thinks this is his opportunity, but it is a slower bouncer, he gets a bottom edge for one
    41.2
    2
    Morkel to Elliott
    what luck for New Zealand. Elliott plays the pressure shot. He goes back into the crease, premeditating a short ball. Morkel bowls length. He swings. The ball gets big. It lobs up into the night sky. Midwicket goes back. Two fielders from the deep on the leg side rush in. But it falls smack in between
    41.1
    1
    Morkel to Vettori
    low full toss from round the wicket, Vettori makes room and drives, Amla makes a diving save at short cover. Saves three runs. What a contest. Everybody is giving it his all
    40.6
    0
    Steyn to Elliott
    pressure on New Zealand here. Low full toss, nearly a yorker, dug out to short straight midwicket where AB is in to save the single. Vettori is backing up too far. De Viliiers misses with the throw. They don't get the overthrow because mid-off is in the circle
    40.5
    1
    Steyn to Vettori
    walks down the wicket, makes room, exposes the stumps, Steyn fires in a yorker, the bat comes down just in time. The NZ fans skipped a beat here. They take the single to point
    40.4
    1
    Steyn to Elliott
    slower ball, clipped away off the pads for a single to fine leg
    40.3
    2
    Steyn to Elliott
    slower ball, short of a length, soft hands into the leg side, he rushes back for a risky second, and de Kock has missed him. De Kock is up to the stumps, Rossouw's throw is accurate, but a little too full. De Kock's gloves close early, he doesn't collect the ball, removes the bails with Elliott miles outside the crease
    40.2
    2
    Steyn to Elliott
    short of a length, makes room by arching back and cuts this to the right of third man for a couple
    40.1
    W
    Steyn to Ronchi
    he has picked out deep midwicket. This is just a length ball, and he has just played an instinctive aerial flick across the line. A nothing shot really, and he has found deep midwicket to perfection. A forgettable night for Ronchi. Dropped de Kock, wasn't great with his collections. Steyn meanwhile is pumped up. South Africa might have their noses ahead here
    39.6
    1
    Tahir to Ronchi
    low full toss, driven hard and down the ground, Rossouw rushes to his right at long-off, and fields. Keeps them down to one. Sensational effort
    39.5
    4
    Tahir to Ronchi
    lovely batting. Ronchi is a touch player. Flat length ball, into the pads, he has just chipped it. Just a caress. No back-lift, no follow-through. Just lifts it over midwicket for four
    39.4
    1
    Tahir to Elliott
    flatter delivery, pulled away to the left of Amla at deep midwicket. They don't take his arm on

    Match Info

    MATCH SA Vs NZ
    DATE 24 Mar, 2015
    TIME 01:00 AM UTC | 02:00 PM LOCAL
    VENUE Eden Park, Auckland
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Ian Gould
    REFEREE Rod Tucker

    South Africa (Batting) : 281/5 (43 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    HM Amla
    b Boult
    		 10 14 2 0 71.42
    Q de Kock
    c Southee b Boult
    		 14 17 2 0 82.35
    F du Plessis
    c †Ronchi b Anderson
    		 82 107 7 1 76.63
    RR Rossouw
    c Guptill b Anderson
    		 39 53 2 1 73.58
    AB de Villiers
    not out
    		65 45 8 1 144.44
    DA Miller
    c †Ronchi b Anderson
    		 49 18 6 3 272.22
    JP Duminy
    not out
    		8 4 1 0 200
    VD Philander
    DW Steyn
    M Morkel
    Imran Tahir
    Total 281/5 (43 Ovs)      Extras: 14      ( b 1 , lb 0 , w 13 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 HM Amla
    b Boult
    		 21 3.4
    2 Q de Kock
    c Southee b Boult
    		 31 7.5
    3 RR Rossouw
    c Guptill b Anderson
    		 114 26.1
    4 F du Plessis
    c †Ronchi b Anderson
    		 217 38.2
    5 DA Miller
    c †Ronchi b Anderson
    		 272 42.2

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    TG Southee 9 1 55 0 1 0 6.11
    TA Boult 9 0 53 2 0 0 5.88
    MJ Henry 8 2 40 0 1 0 5
    DL Vettori 9 0 46 0 2 0 5.11
    KS Williamson 1 0 5 0 0 0 5
    GD Elliott 1 0 9 0 0 0 9
    CJ Anderson 6 0 72 3 5 0 12

    New Zealand (Batting) : 299/6 (42.5 Ovs)

    Batsmen 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
    MJ Henry
    TG Southee
    TA Boult
    Total 299/6 (42.5 Ovs)      Extras: 13      ( b 6 , lb 2 , w 5 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 BB McCullum
    c Steyn b Morkel
    		 71 6.1
    2 KS Williamson
    b Morkel
    		 81 8.5
    3 MJ Guptill
    run out (Amla/†de Kock)
    		 128 17.1
    4 LRPL Taylor
    c †de Kock b Duminy
    		 149 21.4
    5 CJ Anderson
    c du Plessis b Morkel
    		 252 37.6
    6 L Ronchi
    c Rossouw b Steyn
    		 269 40.1

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    DW Steyn 8.5 0 76 1 1 0 8.6
    VD Philander 8 0 52 0 0 0 6.5
    M Morkel 9 0 59 3 1 0 6.55
    Imran Tahir 9 1 40 0 1 0 4.44
    JP Duminy 5 0 43 1 2 0 8.6
    AB de Villiers 3 0 21 0 0 0 7

    South Africa Partnerships

    HM Amla
    10 (14)     		21 (22)
    3.4 Ovs     		Q de Kock
    11 (8)
    F du Plessis
    6 (16)     		10 (25)
    4.1 Ovs     		Q de Kock
    3 (9)
    F du Plessis
    36 (57)     		83 (110)
    18.2 Ovs     		RR Rossouw
    39 (53)
    AB de Villiers
    61 (39)     		103 (73)
    12.1 Ovs     		F du Plessis
    40 (34)
    AB de Villiers
    4 (6)     		55 (24)
    4 Ovs     		DA Miller
    49 (18)
    JP Duminy
    8 (4)     		9 (4)
    0.4 Ovs     		AB de Villiers
    0 (0)

    New Zealand Partnerships

    BB McCullum
    59 (26)     		71 (37)
    6.1 Ovs     		MJ Guptill
    6 (11)
    MJ Guptill
    4 (5)     		10 (16)
    2.4 Ovs     		KS Williamson
    6 (11)
    LRPL Taylor
    23 (28)     		47 (50)
    8.2 Ovs     		MJ Guptill
    24 (22)
    GD Elliott
    14 (16)     		21 (27)
    4.3 Ovs     		LRPL Taylor
    7 (11)
    GD Elliott
    40 (41)     		103 (98)
    16.2 Ovs     		CJ Anderson
    58 (57)
    GD Elliott
    9 (6)     		17 (13)
    2.1 Ovs     		L Ronchi
    8 (7)
    DL Vettori
    7 (6)     		30 (16)
    2.4 Ovs     		GD Elliott
    21 (10)

    South Africa (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Tim Southee
    0 0 0 0 0 0     		0 0 6 0 0 0
    2 Trent Boult
    		10 0 12 10 0 5
    3 Tim Southee
    		10 0 18 20 0 6.66
    4 Trent Boult
    		5 1 24 25 1 6.25
    5 Tim Southee
    		1 0 30 26 1 5.2
    6 Trent Boult
    		1 0 36 27 1 4.5
    7 Tim Southee
    		3 0 42 30 1 4.28
    8 Trent Boult
    		1 1 48 31 2 3.87
    9 Matt Henry
    		3 0 54 34 2 3.77
    10 Trent Boult
    		5 0 60 39 2 3.9
    11 Matt Henry
    		0 0 66 39 2 3.54
    12 Trent Boult
    		4 0 72 43 2 3.58
    13 Matt Henry
    		0 0 78 43 2 3.3
    14 Trent Boult
    		12 0 84 55 2 3.92
    15 Matt Henry
    		3 0 90 58 2 3.86
    16 Daniel Vettori
    		3 0 96 61 2 3.81
    17 Matt Henry
    		3 0 102 64 2 3.76
    18 Daniel Vettori
    		7 0 108 71 2 3.94
    19 Tim Southee
    		5 0 114 76 2 4
    20 Daniel Vettori
    		1 0 120 77 2 3.85
    21 Tim Southee
    		8 0 126 85 2 4.04
    22 Daniel Vettori
    		3 0 132 88 2 4
    23 Kane Williamson
    		5 0 138 93 2 4.04
    24 Daniel Vettori
    		6 0 144 99 2 4.12
    25 Grant Elliott
    		9 0 150 108 2 4.32
    26 Daniel Vettori
    		5 0 156 113 2 4.34
    27 Corey Anderson
    		3 1 162 116 3 4.29
    28 Daniel Vettori
    		6 0 168 122 3 4.35
    29 Trent Boult
    		3 0 174 125 3 4.31
    30 Daniel Vettori
    		4 0 180 129 3 4.3
    31 Matt Henry
    		11 0 186 140 3 4.51
    32 Daniel Vettori
    		11 0 192 151 3 4.71
    33 Matt Henry
    		11 0 198 162 3 4.9
    34 Corey Anderson
    		13 0 204 175 3 5.14
    35 Matt Henry
    		9 0 210 184 3 5.25
    36 Corey Anderson
    		15 0 216 199 3 5.52
    37 Tim Southee
    		5 0 222 204 3 5.51
    38 Trent Boult
    		12 0 228 216 3 5.68
    39 Corey Anderson
    		6 1 234 222 4 5.69
    40 Tim Southee
    		17 0 240 239 4 5.97
    41 Corey Anderson
    		20 0 246 259 4 6.31
    42 Tim Southee
    		7 0 252 266 4 6.33
    43 Corey Anderson
    		15 1 258 281 5 6.53

    New Zealand (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Dale Steyn
    1 0 0 6 1 0     		8 0 6 8 0 8
    2 Vernon Philander
    		18 0 12 26 0 13
    3 Dale Steyn
    		6 0 18 32 0 10.66
    4 Morne Morkel
    		14 0 24 46 0 11.5
    5 Dale Steyn
    		25 0 30 71 0 14.2
    6 Imran Tahir
    		0 0 36 71 0 11.83
    7 Morne Morkel
    		1 1 42 72 1 10.28
    8 Vernon Philander
    		5 0 48 77 1 9.62
    9 Morne Morkel
    		4 1 54 81 2 9
    10 Jean-Paul Duminy
    		7 0 60 88 2 8.8
    11 Morne Morkel
    		6 0 66 94 2 8.54
    12 Jean-Paul Duminy
    		10 0 72 104 2 8.66
    13 Vernon Philander
    		3 0 78 107 2 8.23
    14 Imran Tahir
    		5 0 84 112 2 8
    15 Vernon Philander
    		1 0 90 113 2 7.53
    16 Imran Tahir
    		3 0 96 116 2 7.25
    17 Vernon Philander
    		12 0 102 128 2 7.52
    18 Imran Tahir
    		5 1 108 133 3 7.38
    19 Dale Steyn
    		7 0 114 140 3 7.36
    20 Imran Tahir
    		3 0 120 143 3 7.15
    21 Morne Morkel
    		5 0 126 148 3 7.04
    22 Jean-Paul Duminy
    		3 1 132 151 4 6.86
    23 Vernon Philander
    		4 0 138 155 4 6.73
    24 Jean-Paul Duminy
    		10 0 144 165 4 6.87
    25 Vernon Philander
    		8 0 150 173 4 6.92
    26 Imran Tahir
    		1 0 156 174 4 6.69
    27 Vernon Philander
    		5 0 162 179 4 6.62
    28 Imran Tahir
    		4 0 168 183 4 6.53
    29 Jean-Paul Duminy
    		13 0 174 196 4 6.75
    30 Dale Steyn
    		3 0 180 199 4 6.63
    31 AB de Villiers
    		4 0 186 203 4 6.54
    32 Dale Steyn
    		5 0 192 208 4 6.5
    33 Morne Morkel
    		5 0 198 213 4 6.45
    34 Dale Steyn
    		6 0 204 219 4 6.44
    35 Morne Morkel
    		12 0 210 231 4 6.6
    36 Imran Tahir
    		12 0 216 243 4 6.75
    37 AB de Villiers
    		8 0 222 251 4 6.78
    38 Morne Morkel
    		1 1 228 252 5 6.63
    39 AB de Villiers
    		10 0 234 262 5 6.71
    40 Imran Tahir
    		7 0 240 269 5 6.72
    41 Dale Steyn
    		6 1 246 275 6 6.7
    42 Morne Morkel
    		11 0 252 286 6 6.8
    43 Dale Steyn
    		13 0 252 299 6 7.11
    16
    Sixes
    59
    Fours
    10
    Wickets
    463
    Sixes
    2170
    Fours
    676
    Wickets
    49
    Matches

    Player of the Match

    Grant Elliott Grant Elliott (NZ) 84 (73)
    Team M W T L PT NRR
    NZ 6 6 0 0 12 2.564
    AUS 6 4 0 1 9 2.257
    SL 6 4 0 2 8 0.371
    BAN 6 3 0 2 7 0.136
    ENG 6 2 0 4 4 -0.753
    AFG 6 1 0 5 2 -1.853
    SCOT 6 0 0 6 0 -2.218

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