New Zealand v South Africa, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Cricket World Cup, 2015

ICC Cricket World Cup 1st Semi-Final: New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland, March 24, 2015

New Zealand

299/6 (42.5)

South Africa

281/5 (43)

Finished

NZ won by 4 wkts (1b rem) (D/L)

South Africa inningSA inn.281/5 (43 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Hashim Amla	b T Boult	10	14	2	0	71.42
b T Boult
Quinton de Kock(WK)	c T Southee b T Boult	14	17	2	0	82.35
c T Southee b T Boult
Faf du Plessis	c L Ronchi b C Anderson	82	107	7	1	76.63
c L Ronchi b C Anderson
Rilee Rossouw	c M Guptill b C Anderson	39	53	2	1	73.58
c M Guptill b C Anderson
AB de Villiers(C)	Not out	65	45	8	1	144.44
Not out
David Miller	c L Ronchi b C Anderson	49	18	6	3	272.22
c L Ronchi b C Anderson
Jean Paul Duminy	Not out	8	4	1	0	200.00
Not out
Extra	14 (b 1, w 13, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	281/5 (43)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Tim Southee	9	1	55	0	6.11
Trent Boult	9	0	53	2	5.88
Matt Henry	8	2	40	0	5.00
Daniel Vettori	9	0	46	0	5.11
Kane Williamson	1	0	5	0	5.00
Grant Elliott	1	0	9	0	9.00
Corey Anderson	6	0	72	3	12.00

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (H Amla - 3.4 ov), 2-31 (Q Kock - 7.5 ov), 3-114 (R Rossouw - 26.1 ov), 4-217 (F Plessis - 38.2 ov), 5-272 (D Miller - 42.2 ov)

New Zealand inningNZ inn.299/6 (42.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Martin Guptill	runout (Q Kock / H Amla)	34	38	3	1	89.47
runout (Q Kock / H Amla)
Brendon McCullum(C)	c D Steyn b M Morkel	59	26	8	4	226.92
c D Steyn b M Morkel
Kane Williamson	b M Morkel	6	11	1	0	54.54
b M Morkel
Ross Taylor	c Q Kock b J Duminy	30	39	4	0	76.92
c Q Kock b J Duminy
Grant Elliott	Not out	84	73	7	3	115.06
Not out
Corey Anderson	c F Plessis b M Morkel	58	57	6	2	101.75
c F Plessis b M Morkel
Luke Ronchi(WK)	c R Rossouw b D Steyn	8	7	1	0	114.28
c R Rossouw b D Steyn
Daniel Vettori	Not out	7	6	1	0	116.66
Not out
Extra	13 (b 6, w 5, nb 0, lb 2)
Total	299/6 (42.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Dale Steyn	8.5	0	76	1	8.60
Vernon Philander	8	0	52	0	6.50
Morne Morkel	9	0	59	3	6.55
Imran Tahir	9	1	40	0	4.44
Jean Paul Duminy	5	0	43	1	8.60
AB de Villiers	3	0	21	0	7.00

Fall of wickets: 1-71 (B McCullum - 6.1 ov), 2-81 (K Williamson - 8.5 ov), 3-128 (M Guptill - 17.1 ov), 4-149 (R Taylor - 21.4 ov), 5-252 (C Anderson - 37.6 ov), 6-269 (L Ronchi - 40.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Grant Elliott

Date

2015-03-24 06:30 AM

Venue

Eden Park, Auckland

Toss

South Africa elected to bat

Umpires

Ian Gould
Rod Tucker

Tv Umpires

Nigel Llong

Match Referee

David Boon