New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Semi-Final - Live cricket score,

NZ VS RSA LIVE SCORE : 

Eden Park, Auckland (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

24 march , 2015
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NEW ZEALAND WON BY 4 WKTS


New Zealand first time in final: 

Grant Elliott is the Man of the Match for his unbeaten 84. He received the award from former West Indian captain, Sir Clive Lloyd.
         

Score Cards Reduced to 43 overs due to rain. (Target 298 D/L) - NZ won by 4 wk NZ 299/6 (42.5 Ovs) Grant Elliott* 84 (73) Daniel Vettori 7 (6) RSA 281/5 (43.0 Ovs) Dale Steyn* 8.5-0-76-1 Morne Morkel 9-0-59-3 CRR 6.98 Partnership 30(16) Last Wkt Ronchi 8(7) Reduced to 43 overs due to rain. (Target 298 D/L) - NZ need 29 runs in 17 balls

Reduced to 43 overs due to rain. (Target 298 D/L) - NZ need 227 ru commentary : 446 42.5 Steyn to Elliott, SIX, New Zealand have qualified for a World Cup final for the first time. What a blow from Elliott. What an innings he's played. Look at that roar from the Eden Park crowd. Ian Smith goes berserk on air. Short of a length delivery from Steyn, a shocking ball at this stage of the innings, Elliott takes his front leg out of the way and smashes it high over long-on. AB de Villiers is down on his knees. Oh my word! This is heartbreak for South Africa The field is well spread now 42.4 Steyn to Vettori, byes, 1 run, short of length delivery from Steyn, Vettori swings and misses, Elliott sets off, de Kock misses the stumps, Steyn collects the ball and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. Had de Kock hit the stumps, Elliott would have been out 42.3 Steyn to Vettori, FOUR, oh boy! Steyn is livid! How has he managed to hit that for four? Full toss and wide outside off stump, Vettori backs away and then somehow manages to stretch and guide it past backward point, third man is very fine and he can't get there New Zealand need 10 off 4 to win this game, but remember, 9 will take them into the final. Oops! Steyn is stretching his left hamstring. He calls for the physio. What drama! ABdV has a long chat with Steyn. The physio is attending to Steyn. Meanwhile, chants of 'Daniel Vettori, Daniel Vettori' reverberate around Eden Park. 42.2 Steyn to Elliott, 1 run, full toss outside off stump, Elliott drives it uppishly, Miller rushes in from cover but it doesn't carry New Zealand need 11 to win, but 10 will be enough as a tie will see them through. 42.1 Steyn to Vettori, byes, 1 run, short of length delivery from Steyn, Vettori pulls and misses, Elliott races to get back on strike and he succeeds in stealing a bye 40.1 Steyn to Ronchi, out Caught by Rossouw!! What have you done Luke Ronchi? A nothing shot and it's a simple catch at deep square leg. He can't believe it! Short of a length delivery on the leg stump, a harmless ball in fact, Ronchi flicks but doesn't bother to keep it down, the fielder waits for the ball to come and swallows it easily. Maybe Ronchi was trying to go over mid-wicket. Ronchi c Rossouw b Steyn 8(7) [4s-1] Steyn to Ronchi, THATS OUT!! Caught!! Dale Steyn [7.0-0-59-0] is back into the attack 29 needed off 18. Remember, if it's a tie, New Zealand will go through to the final because they finished higher in the group stage. 38 Runs Scored: 1 1 0 0 0 0 W Score after 38 Overs NZ - 252/5 Corey Anderson 58 (57) Elliott 54 (57) M Morkel 8-0-48-3 37.6 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, out Caught by du Plessis!! Is there a twist in the tale? This is the just the breakthrough South Africa wanted at this stage. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Anderson goes for the pull but gets a top edge, it goes high in the air, square leg settles under it and holds on to the skier. That was a very good catch from Faf, who had his hands outstretched in joy, while he was flat on the ground. Corey Anderson c du Plessis b M Morkel 58(57) [4s-6 6s-2] M Morkel to Corey Anderson, THATS OUT!! Caught!! 37.5 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, short and down the leg-side, big appeal for catch from de Kock as Anderson misses the hook, but umpire Gould wasn't keen. No bat or glove involved 37.4 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, almost knocked the leg stump out! Anderson doesn't move his feet while trying to run it down to third man, the short of length delivery just nips back in and goes just over the stumps 37.3 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, short of length delivery on the stumps, Anderson is cramped on the cut and he picks out point 37.2 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, steeply rising short of length delivery on the stumps, Anderson hops and keeps it out 37.1 M Morkel to Elliott, 1 run, dabbed down to third man for an easy single Morne Morkel [7.0-0-47-2] is back into the attack 32.5 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Anderson goes for the pull and misses 32.4 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, good length delivery on the off stump, Anderson defends off the back foot 32.3 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Anderson looks to go hard but toe-ends it to the right of the bowler 32.2 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, no run, oh he decides to take the bat away at the last moment to this good length delivery. He could have easily dragged that back onto the stumps 2,082 32.1 M Morkel to Corey Anderson, FOUR, smashed! Full and outside off stump, Anderson drives very hard, mid-off was very square and he had no chance. That was hit with immense power Morne Morkel [5.0-0-30-2] is back into the attack New Zealand have taken the batting powerplay. Remember, it's only for 4 overs. In fact, ABdV was coming in to bowl, but since they opted for the powerplay, he threw the ball to Morne. 32 Runs Scored: 5 0 1 0 0 0 4 Score after 32 Overs NZ - 208/4 Elliott 37 (45) Corey Anderson 33 (33) Steyn 6-0-54-0 31.6 Steyn to Elliott, FOUR, Morne Morkel can't stop it at third man. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Elliott guides it gently, the Giraffe runs to his right, tries to stop it with his right hand, but the pace on the ball was too much for him and he couldn't make a clean stop 31.5 Steyn to Elliott, no run, fullish and outside off stump, Elliott drives it to cover 31.4 Steyn to Elliott, no run, short delivery outside off stump, Elliott left alone 31.3 Steyn to Elliott, no run, what a moment! Surely an easy run-out but ABdV failed to hold his nerve under pressure. South Africa needed to break this stand. Fullish delivery outside off stump, Elliott defends it to point, Corey Anderson races for a run but Elliott sends him back, the throw comes in adjacent to the stumps, but de Villiers, who rushed in from mid-on, couldn't stop himself in time and his hand hit the stumps before grabbing the ball as he couldn't control the momentum Run-out check sent upstairs. This is a big moment in the game. Has ABdV broken the stumps without the ball? Anderson is the man in question. Oh no! Looks like he doesn't have the ball while disturbing the bails. 'I need a closer angle,' says umpire Llong. He gets a different angle. 'Two bails are off and there is no ball involved, so it's not out,' adds Llong. 31.2 Steyn to Corey Anderson, 1 run, driven along the ground but there is a man sweeping on the off-side 31.1 Steyn to Corey Anderson, no run, Anderson was late to defend this one but he manages to keep it out though. This good length delivery shaped back in and almost went through the gate 31 Runs Scored: 4 0 1 1 1L 1 0 Score after 31 Overs NZ - 203/4 Elliott 33 (41) Corey Anderson 32 (31) de Villiers 1-0-3-0 30.6 de Villiers to Elliott, no run, on the leg stump, flicked to mid-wicket. Just 4 singles in it and that's a very good over in the context of the game 30.5 de Villiers to Corey Anderson, 1 run, good length delivery outside off stump, Anderson drives hard, de Villiers tries to grab the ball in his followthrough, but fumbles and it goes to mid-on 30.4 de Villiers to Elliott, leg byes, 1 run, full and down the leg-side, Elliott misses the flick and is hit on the pad, the ball rolls to square leg and Anderson takes a run. The ball was going down the leg-side and the umpire wasn't interested in the appeal for LBW 30.3 de Villiers to Corey Anderson, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Anderson flat-bats it to long-off 30.2 de Villiers to Elliott, 1 run, bit of inswing on this attempted yorker, Elliott whips it away through backward square leg. New Zealand bring up their 200, much to the delight of the capacity crowd at Eden Park 30.1 de Villiers to Elliott, no run, short of length delivery just outside off stump, defended back to the bowler 30 Runs Scored: 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 Score after 30 Overs NZ - 199/4 Corey Anderson 30 (29) Elliott 32 (37) Steyn 5-0-49-0 29.6 Steyn to Corey Anderson, no run, oh! He's missed the pull shot and they appeal for a caught-behind. Not a convincing appeal though. Short of a length delivery just outside off stump, Anderson goes on the back foot and tries to pull, the ball skids on and probably kept a bit low as well and beat Anderson. Top over from Steyn, who went for 46 runs in his first four overs 29.5 Steyn to Corey Anderson, no run, wow! He wants a sighter. Full and outside off stump, left alone 29.4 Steyn to Elliott, 3 runs, driven nicely and in the gap as well at cover. ABdV races back from mid-off, the ball slows down and helps his cause as well, he puts in the slide and throws the ball back but Elliott quickly takes the third run and pushes his partner 29.3 Steyn to Elliott, no run, full and outside off stump, driven towards cover, where Miller is so swift to get to the ball and prevent a run 29.2 Steyn to Elliott, no run, a tentative poke away from the body and Elliott is beaten all ends up. Maybe just a bit of shape away from the right-hander on that occasion, Elliott looks to defend but gets away with it 29.1 Steyn to Elliott, no run, fullish and on the stumps, Elliott defends it towards mid-on Dale Steyn [4.0-0-46-0] is back into the attack Steyn returns with one slip. Reduced to 43 overs due to Reduced to 43 overs due to rain. (Target 298 D/L) - NZ need 120 runs 38 ru

29 Runs Scored: 13 1 1 Wd 1 1 2 6 Score after 29 Overs NZ - 196/4 Corey Anderson 30 (27) Elliott 29 (33) Duminy 5-0-43-1 28.6 Duminy to Corey Anderson, SIX, he's lost it! A friendly full toss and Anderson is not going to miss out. South Africa will have to be very tight with the ball if they are to pull this off. 28.5 Duminy to Corey Anderson, 2 runs, oh dear! That's a bad ball but he's got away with that as Amla tidies up in the deep. Slider down the leg-side, Anderson helps it past short fine leg, deep backward square leg runs to his left and saves two 28.4 Duminy to Elliott, 1 run, spinning back in, Elliott flicks it through backward square leg, de Villiers makes a diving save to his right 28.3 Duminy to Corey Anderson, 1 run, on the stumps, gently nudged to mid-wicket, there is no one there, Duminy hunts the ball and keeps the batsmen down to one 28.3 Duminy to Corey Anderson, wide, down the leg-side, left alone, easy call for the umpire 28.2 Duminy to Elliott, 1 run, stays round the wicket, full and on the stumps, worked away through square leg 28.1 Duminy to Corey Anderson, 1 run, starts off from round the wicket and delivers a flatter ball on the off stump, punched to long-on Jean-Paul Duminy [4.0-0-30-1] is back into the attack 28 Runs Scored: 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 Score after 28 Overs NZ - 183/4 Elliott 27 (31) Corey Anderson 20 (23) Tahir 7-1-21-0 27.6 Tahir to Elliott, no run, spinning away outside off stump, Elliott defends it towards point with an angled bat. Good over from Tahir, just four singles in it 27.5 Tahir to Corey Anderson, 1 run, Anderson goes on the back foot and tries to pull this short ball, but mistimes it to long-on. Maybe the ball kept a bit low on that occasion 27.4 Tahir to Elliott, 1 run, defends this googly off the front foot to backward point and gets off strike 27.3 Tahir to Corey Anderson, 1 run, the Giraffe (Morne) needed to do a better job. Googly outside off stump, Anderson cuts off the back foot, short third man dives to his left, but doesn't manage to stop the ball cleanly 27.2 Tahir to Corey Anderson, no run, this one spins back in, Anderson was on the back foot and he dangerously defends it towards cover 27.1 Tahir to Elliott, 1 run, nicely floated up ball from Tahir, Elliott drives it along the ground to long-off 27 Runs Scored: 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 Score after 27 Overs NZ - 179/4 Elliott 25 (28) Corey Anderson 18 (20) Philander 8-0-52-0 26.6 Philander to Elliott, 1 run, gets across the sticks and tucks the short of length delivery to backward square leg 26.5 Philander to Elliott, no run, beaten! This good length delivery just nips away off the deck and beats Elliott's attempted dab down to third man        16:32 Local Time, 04:32 GMT, 10:02 IST: Another update from Jamie, he says, the rain has slowed down. Hopefully, it is for the good this time. The rain has cleared in the background. Just waiting for it to completely stop. 17:25 Local Time, 04:25 GMT, 09:55 IST: Oops! The rain has gone a bit heavier says Jamie. With the rain easing off, the umpires were expected to have a look at the conditions shortly, but for now, they will have to postpone their inspection. 17:10 Local Time, 04:10 GMT, 09:40 IST: There is a reserve day, just to keep you informed, but the rain is not all that heavy and there is nothing threatening on the radar as well. As I type this, Jamiesays that the rain is easing off.

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Teams:

South Africa (From): Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock(w), Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers(c), Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, Jean-Paul Duminy, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir,Vernon Philander, Farhaan Behardien, Aaron Phangiso, Wayne Parnell

New Zealand (From): Brendon McCullum(c), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi(w), Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Matt Henry, Trent Boult, Kyle Mills, Nathan McCullum, Tom Latham, Mitchell McClenaghan

Match Info

Match: New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Semi-Final , ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2015

Start Time: 1:00 AM GMT

Venue: Eden Park, Auckland

Umpires: Ian Gould , Rod Tucker

3rd Umpire: Nigel Llong

Match Referee: David Boon

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