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World Cup 2015: New Zealand vs South Africa scoreboard, Semifinal 1

Auckland: Scoreboard of New Zealand vs South Africa, Semifinal 1 of the ICC World Cup 2015 played at Eden Park here Tuesday.Grant Elliott struck a six off the penultimate to lift New Zealand to a

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Auckland: Scoreboard of New Zealand vs South Africa, Semifinal 1 of the ICC World Cup 2015 played at Eden Park here Tuesday.

Grant Elliott struck a six off the penultimate to lift New Zealand to a four-wicket win over South Africa in a cliff-hanging match Tuesday which carried it into a Cricket World Cup final for the first time, ending its run of defeats in its six previous semifinals.

Earlier,David Miller blazed his way to a 18-ball 49 as South Africa set New Zealand a daunting target of 298 runs in 43 overs in the rain-curtailed first semifinal.

Opting to bat, South Africa notched up 281 for five, but the target was revised under the Duckworth/Lewis method after seven overs each were deducted per side following a two-hour rain interruption at Eden Park.

Skipper AB de Villiers made an unbeaten 65 off 45 balls, while Faf du Plessis top-scored with a 107-ball 82, but it was Miller's innings that gave Proteas the much-needed impetuous towards the end.

 

South Africa innings: 281/5 in 43 overs

(target for New Zealand: 298 in 43 overs via D/L method)

 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, wd 13)  14
 Total  for 5 wickets  281
 Overs  innings break  43
 Fall of wickets                                     1-21 (Amla, 3.4 ov), 2-31 (de Kock, 7.5 ov), 3-114 (Rossouw, 26.1 ov), 4-217 (du Plessis, 38.2 ov), 5-272 (Miller, 42.2 ov)                     

 

Did not bat: Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir

 

Bowling

 Bowler  Overs  Maidens  Runs  Wickets
 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 Innings:

M Guptill run out (Amla/de Kock) 34
B McCullum         c Steyn b Morkel 59
K Williamson         b Morkel 6
R Taylor         c de Kock b Duminy 30
G Elliott         not out 84
C Anderson         c du Plessis b Morkel 58
L Ronchi         c Rossouw b Steyn 8
D Vettori         not out 7
 Extras (b 6, lb 2, w 5)               13
Overs   42.5
Fall of Wickets 1-71 (McCullum, 6.1 ov), 2-81 (Williamson, 8.5 ov), 3-128 (Guptill, 17.1 ov), 4-149 (Taylor, 21.4 ov), 5-252 (Anderson, 37.6 ov), 6-269 (Ronchi, 40.1 ov)  
Total (6 wickets; 42.5 overs)    299

Bowling:

 Bowler Overs Maiden Runs  Wickets
D Steyn                     8.5 0 76 1
VD Philander 8 0 52 0
M Morkel 9 0 59 3
I Tahir 9 1 40 0
JP Duminy 5 0 43 1
AB de Villiers     3 0 21 0