B McCullum went, caught and bowled Peterson and Guptill exited to Steyn and now NZ are 34/2.
Now they are 48/2, with Jesse Ryder going great guns!
Jesse Ryder is playing magnificently, on 82, out of total of 147/3 off 36 overs. Ross Taylor played well for 43.
Styris, playing in this last WC, lofts Botha for four and NZ are 152/3 odd 36.4 overs !
Now Ryder is gone, for a well played 82 and NZ are 171/5 off 43.1 overs !
NZ scored 221 in their first innings, leaving SA to score 222.
SA proved to be eternal chokers and were bowled out by NZ for 172.
South Africans committed harakiri, after they were comfortably placed at 108/2. From 121/3, they were 126/6 and eventually bowled out for 172, thereby proving the theory that they are grand chokers !
NZ, with her bits and pieces men, proved that they are a side which can upset any other side in the world. Their fielding was exemplary and they shone as a team unit. Congrats to them !
Oram bowled well for his 4/39 and was adjudged Man of the Match. The catch which he took at the fence to dismiss Kallis was superb !
Nathan McCullum bowled superbly for his 3/24. On the Mirpur pitch, 221 was a good total and totally defensible, as NZ proved !
SA cannot overcome the semi final jinx. Now they have proved that they cannot ovecome the quarter final jinx!
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