SA vs NZ: New Zealand stun South Africa to reach World Cup semifinal

 

MIRPUR: In the biggest upset of the World Cup, New Zealand knocked out strong contenders South Africa with a stunning 49-run victory to storm into the semifinals on Friday.
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Tipped as one of the favourites this time around, South African middle-order crumbled while chasing a modest 222 win as they were all out for 172 in 43.2 overs at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.

The coveted trophy thus continues to elude South Africa, which has now failed to win a match in the knockout stage of the World Cup for the fifth time in a row.

South Africa produced a disciplined bowling effort to restrict New Zealand to a modest 221/8 after being asked to bowl but the total proved too much for them.

Jesse Ryder (83) and Ross Taylor (43) saved New Zealand blushes with a crucial 114-run stand for the third wicket and later Kane Williamson (38) played a good hand towards the end to help the Kiwis put something on board for a fight.

New Zealand then showed a lot of heart in defending the small total with both spinners and pacers bowling exceptionally well under pressure.

Nathan McCullum, who started the proceedings for New Zealand with his off-spinners and struck in the very first over, starred with three wickets, including that of key batsmen Hashim Amla and JP Duminy. He gave away just 24 runs.

Oram (4/39) though was pick of the bowlers while Tim Southee (1/44) took the crucial wicket of Jacques Kallis (47).

Faf du Plessis (36) gave the Kiwis a scare with his gritty knock towards the end but it was New Zealand's day out there in the end.

New Zealand will take on the winner of Saturday's match between England and Sri Lanka, in the semifinal on Tuesday in Colombo.

Kallis at one stage was steering his side comfortably towards the target but once he was dismissed, South African batting collapsed dramatically.

They lost the last eight wickets for just 64 runs and the slide started when Kallis was caught by Jacob Oram near the deep mid-wicket boundary off Southee.

South Africa's chase also started in a bizarre dismissal of in-form Hashim Amla.

A confident looking Amla got out in a freak fashion as an under-edge off Nathan thudded on the foot of stumper Bredon and flew towards first slip Daniel Vettori, who accepted the catch with glee.

Kallis joined his skipper Smith at the wicket and he did the bulk of the scoring initially as he hit Vettori and first change bowler Tim Southee for three boundaries.

Smith was not fluent with his stroke-making but was ticking the board with ones and twos. He hit Jacob Oram for a cover boundary to raise his side's 50 in exactly 10 overs.

With no success coming, Vettori introduced spinner Luke Woodcock but Smith welcomed him with another cover boundary.

As Smith was gradually getting into his elements, Oram cut short his stay at the crease by having him caught at point with substitute Jamie How being the fielder. Smith raised 61 runs with Kallis for the second wicket.

Kallis and AB de Villiers (35) kept South Africa in hunt with their 39 run partnership but Kallis dismissal changed the complexion of the game.

Nathan bowled Duminy and de Villiers was run out in a matter of the three deliveries.

Oram dismissed Johan Botha (2) and Robin Peterson (0) in successive overs and New Zealand did not let South Africa make a comeback after that.

Earlier, Morne Morkel (3/46) was the pick of the South African bowlers while Dale Steyn (2/42) and Pakistan-born leg-spinner Imran Tahir (2/32) snared two wickets apiece to stop the Kiwis way behind the 250-run mark.

For Kiwis, Ryder starred with the bat with a gritty 83 off 121 balls during which he struck just eight boundaries. He added a vital 114 runs with Taylor for the third wicket to help the Kiwis recover after they were reduced to 16/2 at one stage.

Towards the end, Williamson came up with crucial 41-ball 38-run knock to take New Zealand beyond the 200-run mark.

It was not an ideal start for New Zealand after winning the toss as they lost both their openers -- Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill cheaply inside the first six overs.

McCullum was the first to depart, brilliantly caught by Peterson off his own bowling in the third over and then two overs later Guptill gave a simple catch to Botha at mid-off after he was foxed by a Dale Steyn slower delivery.

With their side looking down the barrel at 16/2 after six overs, Ryder and Taylor rose to the occasion and stitched the crucial 114-run stand that came off 162 balls to steady New Zealand's rocking ship.

Regarded as hard-hitters, both Ryder and Taylor curbed their natural instinct and played sensibly with ones and twos with occasional boundaries in between to resurrect the Kiwi innings.

Ryder seemed determined for a big score as he played a controlled innings to notch up his half-century in 70 balls.

But three quick wickets in a span of 26 runs, including that of Taylor and Ryder, shattered the Kiwi innings, which during middle of the innings looked well in course for a 250-plus score when the two set batsmen were at the crease.

Taylor, after a sedate start, opened up with slog-sweep six off Peterson. But in search of one too many he perished in the next over when he was holed out by Kallis at the square-leg boundary off Tahir to drew curtains on the dangerous-looking partnership.

And then Scot Styris (16) and Ryder followed suit in consecutive overs to put brakes on New Zealand's scoring.

While Styris played on to a Morne Morkel delivery in the 37th over, Tahir got the big wicket of Ryder as he mis-hit one to substitute Colin Ingram.

Williamson and Nathan then shared 32 runs for the sixth wicket before the latter was caught by Duminy off Steyn.

Willamson, however, kept the New Zealand scoreboard ticking even as Morkel cleaned up Jacob Oram and captain Daniel Vettori in the 49th over.

Largely riding on Williamson's willow, New Zealand scored 47 runs in the last six overs, which included 37 runs of the batting power-play.

New Zealand took the batting power-play in the 44th over and scored 37 runs off the five overs for the loss of three wickets. 

World Cup 2011 : India started their world campaign with comfortable Win

India had a great started when both opener started thrashing Bangladeshi bowler.
But due to mixed up with Sehwag India suffered their first wicket Sachin Tendulkar(28). 
But Sehwag continued his work with Gautam Gambir to take India to 156.
Then Virat Kohli and Sehwag never looked behind and took India to massive total of 370.
Bangladesh batsmen responded in the similar fashion. 
Sreesanth was unlucky to miss some of the wicket chances but he proved costly 
when he conceeded 24 runs in his single over. Indian spinner again had large work 
to do. Reduced Bangladesh Run Rate : 5.Munaf Patel bowled exceptionaly well getting 
4 crusial wicket. Bangladesh tried hard but enough to chase massive total of 370.

India 370/4 (50 ov)

Bangladesh 283/9 (50.0 ov)

India won by 87 runs

• ICC Cricket World Cup - 1st Match, Group B
• ODI no. 3100 | 2010/11 season
• Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur
• 19 February 2011 - day/night (50-over match) 

	India innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	V Sehwag	b Shakib Al Hasan	175	140	14	5	125.00
	47.3 91.3 kph, end of an epic from Sehwag, he falls for the same legendary score that Kapil made on a 28 years ago, it was a fullish ball angling into Sehwag, he looked to carve it past point, gets a bottom edge onto the stump,s slight relief for Bangladesh, once again Sehwag can't play out 50 overs. doesn't matter, take a bow Sehwag. 355/3
	SR Tendulkar	run out (Shakib Al Hasan/†Mushfiqur Rahim)	28	29	4	0	96.55
	10.5 from Abdur Razzak, a huge wicket for Bangladesh, Sachin Tendulkar is gone after an amateurish mix-up, Tendulkar tucked the ball towards wide mid-on, Shakib at midwicket dived and intercepted it, Tendulkar had sets off for the run immediately, Sehwag was ball watching and didn't respond to the Tendulkar, Tendulkar was also ball watching so both batsmen end up at the same end, Shakib throws the ball to the keeper, who takes off the bails and the crowd go bonkers 69/1
	G Gambhir	b Mahmudullah	39	39	3	0	100.00
	23.2 98.2 kph, soft dismissal, softer than a baby's bottom as they say! Gambhir gets a non-descript ball that lands back of a length on leg and middle, and straightens a touch. He looks to work it to the leg side, but was just a little loose in the execution. The ball sneaked through between bat and pad, to disturb the stumps. Mirpur finds its voice again. Interesting dismissal, it seemed to stay lower than Gambhir thought. In hidsight, he should have been on the front foot. 152/2
	V Kohli	not out	100	83	8	2	120.48
	YK Pathan	c †Mushfiqur Rahim b Shafiul Islam	8	10	0	0	80.00
	49.6 133.0 kph, that's the end of the innings, Yusuf nicks the final ball to the keeper, India end on 370, though they got only 16 off the final three overs 370/4
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 16, nb 1)	20
	Total	(4 wickets; 50 overs)	370	(7.40 runs per over)

Did not bat Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni*†, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, MM Patel

Fall of wickets1-69 (Tendulkar, 10.5 ov), 2-152 (Gambhir, 23.2 ov), 3-355 (Sehwag, 47.3 ov), 4-370 (Pathan, 49.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Shafiul Islam	7	0	69	1	9.85	(1nb, 2w)
	49.6 to Pathan, 133.0 kph, that's the end of the innings, Yusuf nicks the final ball to the keeper, India end on 370, though they got only 16 off the final three overs 370/4
	Rubel Hossain	10	0	60	0	6.00	(5w)
	Abdur Razzak	9	0	74	0	8.22	(1w)
	Shakib Al Hasan	10	0	61	1	6.10	(3w)
	47.3 to Sehwag, 91.3 kph, end of an epic from Sehwag, he falls for the same legendary score that Kapil made on a 28 years ago, it was a fullish ball angling into Sehwag, he looked to carve it past point, gets a bottom edge onto the stump,s slight relief for Bangladesh, once again Sehwag can't play out 50 overs. doesn't matter, take a bow Sehwag. 355/3
	Naeem Islam	7	0	54	0	7.71
	Mahmudullah	7	0	49	1	7.00	(3w)
	23.2 to Gambhir, 98.2 kph, soft dismissal, softer than a baby's bottom as they say! Gambhir gets a non-descript ball that lands back of a length on leg and middle, and straightens a touch. He looks to work it to the leg side, but was just a little loose in the execution. The ball sneaked through between bat and pad, to disturb the stumps. Mirpur finds its voice again. Interesting dismissal, it seemed to stay lower than Gambhir thought. In hidsight, he should have been on the front foot. 152/2

	Bangladesh innings (target: 371 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	Tamim Iqbal	c Yuvraj Singh b Patel	70	86	3	1	81.39
	32.1 144.6 kph, and he strikes once more in his first over of the spell, this time off the first ball itself, Tamim looks to thrash a length ball towards the leg side, he makes good contact but the ball flies only as far as Yuvraj Singh, who takes a sharp, low catch at midwicket, end of Tamim's vigil, he wasn't at his best today, getting bogged down early on, but held up one end 188/3
	Imrul Kayes	b Patel	34	29	7	0	117.24
	6.5 124.1 kph, If you dropped a pin in Mirpur, you'd hear it in Dhaka. Kayes has played onto Munaf. Back of a length again from Munaf, that's his business area as he gets this to angle across from slightly wide of the crease. Kayes went for the cut, and was almost surprised by the drop in pace. In hindsight, he did not have the room for the cut. Inside edge and it crashes into the stumps. The crowd loses its voice. 56/1
	Junaid Siddique	st †Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh	37	52	1	1	71.15
	23.1 70.1 kph, is that a stumping, third umpire is called off, Harbhajan gets the ball to ship away sharply from Junaid, who is beaten as he looks to play on the front foot, Dhoni is an exceptional stumper these days, he's whips off the bails in a jiffy and after several replays the third umpire sends Junaid on his way, much to the Mirpur crowd's disappointment, reward for Harbhajan who has bowled extremely well today 129/2
	Shakib Al Hasan*	c Harbhajan Singh b Pathan	55	50	5	0	110.00
	39.4 88.5 kph, Shakib falls. Mirpur is silenced once again. Harbhajan takes the catch and puts it in his pocket. Yusuf makes the only noise emanating from the ground - he roars. Slow delivery, tossed up invitingly on middle and leg, and given the circumstances, Shakib had to go for that. He got under it, but couldn't quite go all the way. Harbhajan set himself up a few yars in from deep midwicket and pouched it. Pocketed it, would be more appropriate 234/4
	Mushfiqur Rahim†	c sub (SK Raina) b Khan	25	30	2	0	83.33
	42.3 117.6 kph, Rahim goes. No repeat of the 2007 50 for him. Zaheer lands this slow and full outside off and Rahim again looks to hoist him over the covers. Raina, inside the circle, timed his jump perfectly to haul it back in. 248/5
	Raqibul Hasan	not out	28	28	0	1	100.00
	Mahmudullah	b Patel	6	6	0	0	100.00
	44.3 135.6 kph, Munaf has yorked him. Perfect delivery, if you can land it there, you don't need pace. Munaf doesn't have any pace. Almost no follow through after he delivered that. On the base of the stumps as Mahmudullah backs away and looks to first drive, and then steer, and finally squeeze through the off side. It is not there for any of those shots and pings leg stump. Gone 261/6
	Naeem Islam	lbw b Patel	2	8	0	0	25.00
	46.3 123.6 kph, Naeem nailed. How many of you have Munaf in your fantasy team? Raking it in, eh? He does what he does best - keeps it back of a length on off stump. This one keeps low too as Naeem plays all around it, in an attempt to flick. Munaf doesn't appeal as much as direct the umpire to raise his finger. And he obliges. Four for Munaf. 275/7
	Abdur Razzak	lbw b Khan	1	5	0	0	20.00
	47.6 135.6 kph, and gone. Easy as it comes, Zaheer has a wicket off his last ball. Length ball on off stump, holds its line and thuds into Razzak's pads as he tries to work it leg side. Would have hit leg 279/8
	Shafiul Islam	run out (Harbhajan Singh)	0	1	0	0	0.00
	48.3 from Patel, Harbhajan throws down the stumps and Shafiul has to go. Shafiul defends from leg stump, straight to Harbhajan swooping in from wide mid on, and Hasan sent him back. Harbhajan hit the stumps at the batsman's end and it was all over. 280/9
	Rubel Hossain	not out	1	6	0	0	16.66
	Extras	(lb 10, w 13, nb 1)	24
	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	283	(5.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-56 (Imrul Kayes, 6.5 ov), 2-129 (Junaid Siddique, 23.1 ov), 3-188 (Tamim Iqbal, 32.1 ov), 4-234 (Shakib Al Hasan, 39.4 ov), 5-248 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 42.3 ov), 6-261 (Mahmudullah, 44.3 ov), 7-275 (Naeem Islam, 46.3 ov), 8-279 (Abdur Razzak, 47.6 ov), 9-280 (Shafiul Islam, 48.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	S Sreesanth	5	0	53	0	10.60	(1nb, 1w)
	Z Khan	10	0	40	2	4.00	(4w)
	42.3 to Mushfiqur Rahim, 117.6 kph, Rahim goes. No repeat of the 2007 50 for him. Zaheer lands this slow and full outside off and Rahim again looks to hoist him over the covers. Raina, inside the circle, timed his jump perfectly to haul it back in. 248/5 47.6 to Abdur Razzak, 135.6 kph, and gone. Easy as it comes, Zaheer has a wicket off his last ball. Length ball on off stump, holds its line and thuds into Razzak's pads as he tries to work it leg side. Would have hit leg 279/8
	MM Patel	10	0	48	4	4.80
	6.5 to Imrul Kayes, 124.1 kph, If you dropped a pin in Mirpur, you'd hear it in Dhaka. Kayes has played onto Munaf. Back of a length again from Munaf, that's his business area as he gets this to angle across from slightly wide of the crease. Kayes went for the cut, and was almost surprised by the drop in pace. In hindsight, he did not have the room for the cut. Inside edge and it crashes into the stumps. The crowd loses its voice. 56/1 32.1 to Tamim Iqbal, 144.6 kph, and he strikes once more in his first over of the spell, this time off the first ball itself, Tamim looks to thrash a length ball towards the leg side, he makes good contact but the ball flies only as far as Yuvraj Singh, who takes a sharp, low catch at midwicket, end of Tamim's vigil, he wasn't at his best today, getting bogged down early on, but held up one end 188/3 44.3 to Mahmudullah, 135.6 kph, Munaf has yorked him. Perfect delivery, if you can land it there, you don't need pace. Munaf doesn't have any pace. Almost no follow through after he delivered that. On the base of the stumps as Mahmudullah backs away and looks to first drive, and then steer, and finally squeeze through the off side. It is not there for any of those shots and pings leg stump. Gone 261/6 46.3 to Naeem Islam, 123.6 kph, Naeem nailed. How many of you have Munaf in your fantasy team? Raking it in, eh? He does what he does best - keeps it back of a length on off stump. This one keeps low too as Naeem plays all around it, in an attempt to flick. Munaf doesn't appeal as much as direct the umpire to raise his finger. And he obliges. Four for Munaf. 275/7
	Harbhajan Singh	10	0	41	1	4.10	(1w)
	23.1 to Junaid Siddique, 70.1 kph, is that a stumping, third umpire is called off, Harbhajan gets the ball to ship away sharply from Junaid, who is beaten as he looks to play on the front foot, Dhoni is an exceptional stumper these days, he's whips off the bails in a jiffy and after several replays the third umpire sends Junaid on his way, much to the Mirpur crowd's disappointment, reward for Harbhajan who has bowled extremely well today 129/2
	YK Pathan	8	0	49	1	6.12	(2w)
	39.4 to Shakib Al Hasan, 88.5 kph, Shakib falls. Mirpur is silenced once again. Harbhajan takes the catch and puts it in his pocket. Yusuf makes the only noise emanating from the ground - he roars. Slow delivery, tossed up invitingly on middle and leg, and given the circumstances, Shakib had to go for that. He got under it, but couldn't quite go all the way. Harbhajan set himself up a few yars in from deep midwicket and pouched it. Pocketed it, would be more appropriate 234/4
	Yuvraj Singh	7	0	42	0	6.00	(1w)

Match details

Toss Bangladesh, who chose to field Points India 2, Bangladesh 0

Player of the match V Sehwag (India)

Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) TV umpire BR Doctrove (West Indies) Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

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The Match on 27th February 2011 of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 has been moved from Kolkata's Eden Garden Cricket Stadium. Total of four World Cup 2011 Matches were scheduled to be played at Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium, Kolkata and for that reason CAB (Cricket Association of Bengal) started to reconstruct Eden Garden by enhancing the look of Eden Club House, expanding the Players Dressing Room and constructing the Cemented Gallery Seats in to chairs.

On 25th January 2011, the members of ICC had a visit to Eden Gardens, Kolkata for checking the condition of Cricket Ground Eden of Kolkata. But, unfortunately the construction of Eden Gardens Stadium Kolkata hasn't finished the total work. The Bengal Board of Cricket Association asked for extension of date and confirmed that the work will be finished on 5th February 2011. But, as per the rule and regulations of ICC (International Cricket Council), before a tournament like World Cup Cricket the date extension can't be possible.

At last on 27th January 2011, ICC has announced that the Match of Eden Gardens Kolkata of 27th February 2011 is going to moved from Eden Garden to most probably at Bengaluru Cricket Ground, South India on the same day. This is really bad news and will affect Bengal Cricket Association Board. Now, there will be only Three World Cup cricket 2011 matches will be played at Kolkata Eden Gardens.

Most important and most awaited match of World Cup 2011 of Eden Gardens Kolkata i.e., India Vs England Cricket World Cup Match 2011 February 27 moved from Kolkata Eden Gardens Stadium. The other World cup Matches in Kolkata Eden Gardens in 2011 where India isn't playing and there is no Knock out Matches of World Cup 2011 at Kolkata Eden Gardens. So, it will be a big economic loss as well.

The first match at Eden Gardens Kolkata of 2011 World Cup Cricket is now in March 2011 because of moving India Vs England Cricket World Cup 2011 Match from Eden Gardens Kolkata. Who will take the responsibility of this mishap and bad patch of Bengal's Cricket?

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