Mar 25 - South Africa v New Zealand (Quarter-Final 3)

[angryangy]

I went to bed thinking 220 was good enough. I've been saying that South Africa are good at scoring quickly but bad at batting properly, but I must admit I'm surprised NZ were that much better, because in recent times we've seen a lot of clumsy batting and clumsy bowling.

Much like in the England game, where Trott and Bopara built the innings which gave them a shot, real nerve was shown by Ryder and Taylor in the seemingly forgotten art of batting as long as you can. It was a tedious pitch. There were probably just a few more runs in it, but while it wasn't the sort of pitch that saw the ball whizzing through forward defences, batsmen still found it easy to get out when trying to score.

 

[aus_maestro]

I'm just glad I don't have to see Imran Tahir's OTT wicket celebrations for a while.

 

[Biggy]

Happy for NZ. I backed SL to win before the WC started but would be great to see Pakistan or NZ win it.

 

[just_cricket]

No cricketen way!
I went to bed after our innings thinking the match was more or less gone, but wtf!

Where are all those people who think Oram shouldn't be there now...

Yeah, I was thinking the Oram thing myself. People were also rubbishing Kane Williamson's selection but his finishing cameo was of utmost importance as it turned out.

What a great day for New Zealand cricket!

 

[Sedition]

I've had a gift for making terrible predictions this WC, so I'm not gonna put the kiss of death on NZ now.

It would be great to see them lift the trophy though, and will hopefully ease the pain of losing the rugby final to Australia come October

 

[sami ullah khan]

Well somethings will never change. South Africa will always choke and New Zealand will always slither through to semis. I can't believe how Saffers did themselves in. All the kudos to Kiwis for taking advantage of their nervy opponents. It all started when all the kiwis and Duplessis had an altercation. Kiwis might just have planned to get under the skin of the knockout wary Africans. I have never seen such aggressive intent from Kiwi teams of the past. It will be intriguing to see how they carry the momentum against Lankan/England.

 

[CG123]

Great, so NZ made it further through than Australia.

I've been relishing this all day, league, now cricket, bring on the union!

and will hopefully ease the pain of losing the rugby final to Australia come October

We can all dream.

 

[Haarithan]

I've been relishing this all day, league, now cricket, bring on the union!

Not to forget the FIFA WC as well ... NZL crashed out unbeaten managing draws against then champions Italy . Good signs for NZL this , but aren't they the chokers when it comes to rugby ?? I still cannot forget the domination they possessed in the previous WC but yet managed to lose to France in the QFs IIRC .

 

[aussie1st]

I've been relishing this all day, league, now cricket, bring on the union!

If SA effort with their choker tag is anything to go by, you guys won't be celebrating either

 

[Chewie]

New Zealand v South Africa: Mills, Vettori and du Plessis fined | Cricket News | ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 | ESPN Cricinfo

Does Mills actually have a match fee since he didn't play?

 

[Aditya]

12th man does get the match fee I reckon!

 

[Chewie]

Who was 12th man though? Because How was out in the field fielding for Ryder who went off.

 

[darthlewis1]

I'm just glad I don't have to see Imran Tahir's OTT wicket celebrations for a while.

Yeah I remember him being like that when he played domestic cricket in England last summer.

 

[AkshayS]

What a shocker there, the 'c' word would never leave them.
Well done Oram.

 

[ferg512]

How good was Woodcock as well?! First game of the tournament and makes a solid 3* and 1-24 off 5 overs. I know it sounds like I'm being sarcastic but I'm not. I really expected him to get smashed for 10 an over, they really should have given him a game against one of the minnows though in hindsight..