New Zealand beat South Africa, enter World Cup final
Auckland, March 24, 2015: New Zealand defeated South Africa by four wickets (Duckworth/Lewis) in the semi-final to enter their maiden cricket World Cup final at the Eden Park here on Tuesday. After opting to bat, South Africa put up 281/5 in 43 overs in a rain shortened match with Faf du Plesis top scoring with 82. Chasing a revised target of 298 in 43 overs, New Zealand hit the target with one ball to spare. Grand Elliot top scored with 84 not out. The following is the scoreboard of the cricket World Cup semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa played at the Eden Park here on Tuesday: South Africa (43 overs maximum) Hashim Amla b Boult 10 Quinton de Kock c Southee b Boult 14 Faf du Plessis c Ronchi b Anderson 82 Rilee Rossouw c Guptill b Anderson 39 AB de Villiers not out 65 David Miller c Ronchi b Anderson 49 JP Duminy not out 8 Extras (b 1, w 13) 14 Total (five wickets in 43 overs) 281 Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Amla, 3.4 overs), 2-31 (de Kock, 7.5), 3-114 (Rossouw, 26.1), 4-217 (du Plessis, 38.2), 5-272 (Miller, 42.2) Bowling Tim Southee 9-1-55-0 Trent Boult 9-0-53-2 Matt Henry 8-2-40-0 Daniel Vettori 9-0-46-0 Kane Williamson 1-0-5-0 Grant Elliott 1-0-9-0 Corey Anderson 6-0-72-3 New Zealand (target 298 runs from 43 overs) Martin Guptill run out (Amla/de Kock) 34 Brendon McCullum c Steyn b Morkel 59 Kane Williamson b Morkel 6 Ross Taylor c de Kock b Duminy 30 Grant Elliott not out 84 Corey Anderson c du Plessis b Morkel 58 Luke Ronchi c Rossouw b Steyn 8 Daniel Vettori not out 7 Extras (b 6, lb 2, w 5) 13 Total (six wickets in 42.5 overs) 299 Fall of wickets: 1-71 (McCullum, 6.1 overs), 2-81 (Williamson, 8.5), 3-128 (Guptill, 17.1), 4-149 (Taylor, 21.4), 5-252 (Anderson, 37.6), 6-269 (Ronchi, 40.1) Bowling Dale Steyn 8.5-0-76-1 Vernon Philander 8-0-52-0 Morne Morkel 9-0-59-3 Imran Tahir 9-1-40-0 JP Duminy 5-0-43-1 AB de Villiers 3-0-21-0 Match details: Toss: South Africa chose to bat Umpires: Ian Gould (England) and Rod Tucker (Australia) TV umpire: Nigel Llong (England) Match referee: David Boon (Australia) Reserve umpire: Bruce Oxenford (Australia)