3rd Quarter-Final New Zealand vs South Africa (Mirpur) 25th March

ICC World Cup 2011 – 25^th March

45^th Match – 3^rd Quarter-Final     (day/night    50-over match)

Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur,

New Zealand won by 49 runs;

New Zealand won the toss and settled on batting first;

Scoreboard:

New Zealand            221/8    (50 over)

New Zealand Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
MJ Guptill	c Botha b Steyn	1	14	0	0	7.14
BB McCullum†	c & b Peterson	4	4	0	0	100.00
JD Ryder	c sub (CA Ingram) b Imran Tahir	83	121	8	0	68.59
LRPL Taylor	c Kallis b Imran Tahir	43	72	1	1	59.72
SB Styris	b Morkel	16	17	3	0	94.11
KS Williamson	not out	38	41	1	1	92.68
NL McCullum	c Duminy b Steyn	6	18	0	0	33.33
JDP Oram	b Morkel	7	6	1	0	116.66
DL Vettori*	b Morkel	6	4	1	0	150.00
LJ Woodcock	not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 6)	14

Total (8 wickets; 50 over) 221 (4.42 runs per over)

Did not bat:

TG Southee

Fall of wickets:

1-5 (BB McCullum, 2.1 over), 2-16 (Guptill, 5.6 over), 3-130 (Taylor, 32.6 over), 4-153 (Styris, 37.2 over), 5-156 (Ryder, 38.5 over), 6-188 (NL McCullum, 45.3 over), 7-204 (Oram, 48.1 over), 8-210 (Vettori, 48.5 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
RJ Peterson	9	0	49	1	5.44
DW Steyn	10	0	42	2	4.20	(2w)
J Botha	9	0	29	0	3.22	(1w)
M Morkel	8	0	46	3	5.75
Imran Tahir	9	0	32	2	3.55	(1w)
JH Kallis	3	1	6	0	2.00
JP Duminy	2	0	9	0	4.50	(1w)

South Africa                172/10    (43.2 over)    (lost by 49 runs)

South Africa Innings	(target: 222 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
HM Amla	c Vettori b NL McCullum	7	5	1	0	140.00
GC Smith*	c sub (JM How) b Oram	28	34	2	0	82.35
JH Kallis	c Oram b Southee	47	75	3	0	62.66
AB de Villiers†	run out (Guptill/†BB McCullum)	35	40	4	0	87.50
JP Duminy	b NL McCullum	3	12	0	0	25.00
F du Plessis	c Southee b Oram	36	43	3	1	83.72
J Botha	b Oram	2	10	0	0	20.00
RJ Peterson	c †BB McCullum b Oram	0	5	0	0	0.00
DW Steyn	c Oram b NL McCullum	8	18	1	0	44.44
M Morkel	c sub (JM How) b Woodcock	3	17	0	0	17.64
Imran Tahir	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 1)	3

Total (all out; 43.2 over) 172 (3.96 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-8 (Amla, 0.6 over), 2-69 (Smith, 14.2 over), 3-108 (Kallis, 24.1 over), 4-121 (Duminy, 27.4 over), 5-121 (de Villiers, 27.6 over), 6-128 (Botha, 32.5 over), 7-132 (Peterson, 34.2 over), 8-146 (Steyn, 37.4 over), 9-172 (du Plessis, 42.5 over), 10-172 (Morkel, 43.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
NL McCullum	10	1	24	3	2.40
DL Vettori	10	0	39	0	3.90
TG Southee	9	0	44	1	4.88
JDP Oram	9	1	39	4	4.33
LJ Woodcock	5.2	0	24	1	4.50	(1w)

Player of the match:    JDP Oram (New Zealand)

Umpires:        Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RJ Tucker (Australia)

TV umpire:        HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)

Another upset with South Africa in World Cup tournaments ensued, another hot favorite team excluded. New Zealand managed 221 on good batting surface and it was apparently easy for Proteas having burly batting lineup, South Africa side was cruising at 108 for 2 in halfway mark of their innings when Jacques Kallis fell and were all bowled out for 64 runs. New Zealand gripped them in high pressure and restricted them within 172 runs in 44^th over. Jacob Oram titled with Player of Match played a vital character regarding disciplined bowling and terrific fielding.

South Africa attacked with spin and pace while New Zealand opened their batting, jumbled up their bowlers regularly like a pack of cards, and shoved on the field to keep a tight bridle on New Zealand. Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor were at the forefront of revitalization from the depths of 16 for 2 but their leaving in quick succession left New Zealand messing up towards a below-par total on a slow track.