2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs South Africa
Saturday, April 14, 2007
New Zealand beat South Africa by 5 wickets in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Cricket National Stadium, St. George's, Grenada, securing their place in the semi-finals, along with Australia, Sri Lanka and a currently unknown team. South Africa will have to beat England in their upcoming game in order to secure their progression.
Toss: New Zealand won, and elected to bowl first.
 South Africa innings
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Graeme Smith | c Oram b Bond | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Abraham de Villiers | lbw b Franklin | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Jacques Kallis | c Bond b Vettori | 22 | 54 | 1 | 1 | 40.74 | |
| Herschelle Gibbs | b McMillan | 60 | 100 | 2 | 1 | 60.00 | |
| Ashwell Prince | c Patel b McMillan | 37 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 64.91 | |
| Mark Boucher | c Fulton b McMillan | 16 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 76.19 | |
| Shaun Pollock | not out | 21 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 80.76 | |
| Andrew Hall | c Oram b Bond | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Robin Peterson | not out | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 7; nb 1) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (7 Wickets; 50 overs) | 193 | 8 | 3 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Smith, 1.5 ov), 2-3 (de Villiers, 3.0 ov), 3-52 (Kallis, 19.5 ov), 4-128 (Gibbs, 37.0 ov), 5-143 (Prince, 40.5 ov), 6-149 (Boucher, 42.2 ov), 7-181 (Hall, 48.0 ov)
Did not bat: Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini
 New Zealand bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Franklin | 7 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2.28 | |
| Shane Bond | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 2.60 | |
| Jacob Oram | 5 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 4.60 | |
| Jeetan Patel | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 3.60 | |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | |
| Scott Styris | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | |
| Craig McMillan | 5 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4.60 | |
| New Zealand innings (Target: 194 runs from 50 overs)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Peter Fulton | c Hall b Ntini | 16 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Stephen Fleming | c Boucher b Pollock | 50 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 59.52 | |
| Ross Taylor | lbw b Nel | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 58.82 | |
| Scott Styris | c Gibbs b Peterson | 56 | 84 | 4 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Craig McMillan | not out | 38 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 69.09 | |
| Jacob Oram | b Nel | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Brendon McCullum | not out | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 400.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 3; w 8; nb 1) | 12 | |||||
| Total | (5 Wickets; 48.2 overs) | 196 | 18 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Fulton, 7.2 ov), 2-42 (Taylor, 12.2 ov), 3-120 (Fleming, 30.1 ov), 4-176 (Styris, 43.4 ov), 5-192 (Oram, 48.1 ov)
Did not bat: Daniel Vettori, James Franklin, Shane Bond, Jeetan Patel
| South Africa bowling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Makhaya Ntini | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4.20 | |
| Andre Nel | 9.2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.53 | |
| Andrew Hall | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Jacques Kallis | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | |
| Robin Peterson | 7 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 5.57 | |
New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), R L Taylor, S B Styris, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond, J S Patel
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J D Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, R J Peterson, A Nel, M Ntini
Player of the match: C D McMillan (New Zealand)
Umpires: M R Benson (England) and D J Harper (Australia)
TV umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies)
Match referee: BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Sources
[edit]- "41st Match, Super Eights: New Zealand v South Africa at Grenada, Apr 14, 2007" — Cricinfo, April 14, 2007
