Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    5.6 slower one from Steyn does the job, Guptill is gone, it is a full delivery at 121kmh, at least 20k less than normal pace, Guptill looks to clear mid-off, bottom hand comes off the bat as he plays the stroke, it balloons over Botha, who has to run back to pouch it, South Africa have been spot-on so far today 16/2
    2.1 stunning catch from Peterson, that's the end of McCullum, massive wicket this, a tossed up delivery short of a length, McCullum came charging out, didn't reach the pitch, so he looked to block that, it pops up towards Peterson's left, and the bowler launches himself and plucks it to get his 15th wicket of the World Cup 5/1
    38.5 Ryder holes out, Tahir has got another big wicket, all that time building a platform has gone waste as Ryder swings this one to deep midwicket, Colin Ingram is waiting for that, he pouches it easily, and New Zealand have lost their fifth, the late onslaught New Zealand were hoping for could now become a more measured attempt to play out the full 50 overs 156/5
    32.6 big moment. Huge moment. The moment that could turn this match. Tahir has been hustling through his overs, in an attempt to catch Taylor out of breath, before this ball Taylor stopped him by walking down the pitch for some gardening. However, he has perished off the next ball, going for another one of those whip-lashed slog sweeps. It was flighted on leg stump, very full and hence not quite offering him the room to get under it. Taylor ended up launching it high over deep square leg, and when it came down, the greatest allrounder in the game was under it. 130/3
    16
    17
    19
    3
    0
    94.11
    37.2 Morne has struck, Styris was looking to give himself room and whack that over the off side, he gets a bottom-edge to that short ball and the ball cannons on to the stumps, New Zealand have lost their fourth, Morne redeems what has been an ordinary bowling effort from him so far 153/4
    not out
    38
    41
    63
    1
    1
    92.68
    45.3 McCullum is gone, once more he was looking to make room, he didn't get enough space to free his arms, still wanted to thrash that short ball from Steyn, it flies off the top-edges towards backward point where Duminy takes the catch 188/6
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    6
    14
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    116.66
    48.1 length ball on off, Oram was thinking of sending it into orbit over long-on, he misses, Morkel hits the top of off, and that's the end of Oram's struggle 204/7
    48.5 slower yorker from Morkel, 129 kmh, Vettori has been dancing around the crease in his short stay, this time he stays rooted, and he misses it, as it crashes into the bottom on middle and leg 210/8
    not out
    3
    3
    8
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    14 (b 4, lb 4, w 6)
    TOTAL
    221/8 (50 Overs, RR: 4.42)
    Did not bat: TG Southee
    Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Brendon McCullum, 2.1 ov), 2-16 (Martin Guptill, 5.6 ov), 3-130 (Ross Taylor, 32.6 ov), 4-153 (Scott Styris, 37.2 ov), 5-156 (Jesse Ryder, 38.5 ov), 6-188 (Nathan McCullum, 45.3 ov), 7-204 (Jacob Oram, 48.1 ov), 8-210 (Daniel Vettori, 48.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    RJ Peterson904915.44263200
    DW Steyn1004224.20383020
    J Botha902903.22322010
    M Morkel804635.75296000
    Imran Tahir903223.55291010
    JH Kallis31602.00120000
    JP Duminy20904.5050010
  • BATSMEN
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    0.6 Amla might be out. In the freakiest possible manner. Short ball from Nathan from wide of the crease, lands back of a length and keeps low as Amla shapes to cut. Since the ball kept low, he ended up under-edging it, and it was headed straight into the turf. Brendon McCullum had no chance of catching it as it hurtled downwards, but it thudded into his foot and took off towards slip, where it was caught. New Zealand knew it immediately. Brendon in a bit of pain, but he won't mind that. At all. 8/1
    14.2 Smith has thrown it away. Another wicket falls against the run of play today. Full and wide outside off from Oram, it was there for the flaying, but Smith had to keep it down. He did not get the front foot across, and hence carved it in the air. How, the substitute, was waiting at a cross between gully and backward point. Nicely taken. Smith threw the kitchen sink at it, but forgot to first unscrew the thing from the wall. Can the Kiwis get back into the game now? 69/2
    24.1 jinxed Kallis there, he's gone! perhaps this game isn't going to be one-sided after all, it was a shortish ball, Kallis rocked back and clobbered it, it seemed set to go for a six, but Jacob Oram was lurking at deep midwicket and he plucks a high catch to get a big breakthrough for New Zealand 108/3
    27.6 South Africa, what are you doing? that famous C-word that makes SA fans bristle is going to be bandied about now, du Plessis works the ball towards midwicket and calls AB through for a sharp single, de Villiers races through and dives but he can't make his ground in time before McCullum whips off the bails, massive moment this, there has been some top fielding today, and McCullum was lightning in taking off the bails 121/5
    27.4 bowled 'im! New Zealand are in this, they are cock-a-hoop after getting their fourth wicket, Duminy looks to cut a delivery that was coming straight on, he misses, it crashes into middle and off, this game just got a lot more interesting 121/4
    42.5 Faf's gone, and with that, I reckon the last ember of South African hope. Tragedy for the Proteas. Can't blame him for going for another big hit, he had to do this all by himself. It was a full delivery wide outside off and Faf lined it up by moving towards leg stump. He made really solid contact with a cracking sliced cover drive, but Southee was at cover point. It went dead straight to him. Oram has 4. What a game he is having! He so badly wanted to play this World Cup after all those injuries. It's a happy Friday night out for the big man. 172/9
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    32.5 and another one gone, short of length ball that moved away a touch, Botha plays down the wrong line, he was looking to defend down the middle stump, but the ball was heading for off, and South Africa are six down 128/6
    34.2 Oram can't hide his glee, he's running around in glee, tip-toeing with a naughty smile on his face. Brendon McCullum is happy as well. Tragedy for Robin Peterson. Back of a length ball angling across him, it may have kept lower than he thought as he went for the slash and got an under edge. Clear noise, and through to Baz. Robin's gone. South Africa's World Cup is coming to an end. 132/7
    37.4 a camera moment from Oram. He trotted in, loped forward, swooped and dived ahead in slow motion to take a regulation catch at point. Steyn's demise is a lot like South Africa's tonight. Long, and agonisingly drawn out. Tossed up outside off, Steyn hops out and goes for an airy inside out carve and gets a big outside edge. The ball loops up and comes down, and inevitably Oram gets under it. 146/8
    43.2 New Zealand have asphyxiated South Africa's chase, and the end has finally arrived. Morkel charges out, he knows only a miracle could have redeemed this, he got to the pitch and looked to blast an off drive over long off, against the spin. He made good connection, but not good enough. Easy, comfortable catch in the deep. Boy, when are South Africa going to win a World Cup?! 172/10
    not out
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    1
    4
    0
    0
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    Extras
    3 (lb 2, w 1)
    TOTAL
    172 all out (43.2 Overs, RR: 3.96)
    Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Hashim Amla, 0.6 ov), 2-69 (Graeme Smith, 14.2 ov), 3-108 (Jacques Kallis, 24.1 ov), 4-121 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 27.4 ov), 5-121 (AB de Villiers, 27.6 ov), 6-128 (Johan Botha, 32.5 ov), 7-132 (Robin Peterson, 34.2 ov), 8-146 (Dale Steyn, 37.4 ov), 9-172 (Faf du Plessis, 42.5 ov), 10-172 (Morne Morkel, 43.2 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    NL McCullum1012432.40411000
    DL Vettori1003903.90352000
    TG Southee904414.88255000
    JDP Oram913944.33354100
    LJ Woodcock5.202414.50162010

Match Details

Toss

New Zealand , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

New Zealand advanced

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15

Match days

25 March 2011 - day/night match (50-over match)

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Match Notes

  • Du Plessis wants to meet NZ in knockouts again

    Four years ago, Faf du Plessis was at the vortex of the on-field altercation that fueled South Africa's folding in the quarter-final against New Zealand. Four years later, he wants to do it all over again

  • Oram, South Africa and the curse

    Inexplicable things happen to South Africa in ICC events, but how did they choke during a chase of 222 in the 2011 game against New Zealand?

  • When a choke isn't a choke

    South Africa losing the plot against New Zealand was more panic than choke. There is a difference

  • The horror, the horror

    The World Cup knockout-phase monkey stays infernally glued to South Africa's backs for another four years

  • Mills, Vettori and du Plessis fined

    Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori and Francois du Plessis have all been fined for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct following an incident during South Africa's run-chase

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st8HM AmlaGC Smith
2nd61JH KallisGC Smith
3rd39JH KallisAB de Villiers
4th13JP DuminyAB de Villiers
5th0AB de VilliersF du Plessis
6th7J BothaF du Plessis
7th4RJ PetersonF du Plessis
8th14F du PlessisDW Steyn
9th26F du PlessisM Morkel
10th0Imran TahirM Morkel