NEW ZEALAND FIRST TIME IN FINAL :
NEW ZEALAND WON FIRST SEMI - FINAL OF ICC WORLD CUP 2015
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NEW ZEALAND WON FIRST SEMI - FINAL OF ICC WORLD CUP 2015
New Zealand won by 4 wkts (Reduced to 43 overs due to rain. (Target 298 D/L)
Grant Elliott is the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 84. He received the award from former West Indian captain, Sir Clive Lloyd.
| New Zealand will be brimming with confidence when they will face up to the winner of Australia/India at the MCG in the grand final. | |
| Earlier, AB de Villiers' marvellous fluency and Faf du Plessis' well-constructed fifty helped South Africa to make a smart recovery after they lost wickets up front. Once it was reduced to 43-overs-a-side, David Miller blazed his way to a 18-ball 49 to lift South Africa to a sizeable total. However, with short boundaries and the dew factor coming into play, New Zealand would have been confident of chasing down the target. | |
| One has to also remember that Brendon McCullum set up the game for New Zealand as he waltzed though to a 26-ball 59. He clouted the likes of Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander to all corners of the ground the stun the opposition into silence. In fact, McCullum clobbering Steyn down the ground for a monstrous six has to be one of the highlights of the day. | |
| For South Africa, it was Morne Morkel, who struck twice in quick succession and Imran Tahir bowled parsimoniously to pull the batting side back. In fact, Morkel and Tahir were excellent with the ball in hand. However, for a brief period, Anderson and Elliott seemed to have taken the game away from their grasp. Anderson and Luke Ronchi's wicket then gave South Africa genuine hopes of coming back into the match, but New Zealand just about held their nerve to win the game. South Africa would rue the fact that de Villiers, one of the best fielders going around, missed an easy chance to run out Elliott. Dale Steyn leaking runs and not having a regular fifth bowler didn't help their cause. Steyn also seemed to be troubled by a hamstring problem. |
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