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Match Date : April 14, 2007
Venue : National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Match Result : New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match : Craig McMillan
Match Report : Kiwis walk their way into the Semis
South Africa (50 Overs Maximum)
Graeme Smith (C) c Oram b Bond 1 (12)
AB de Villiers lbw b Franklin 0 (6)
Jacques Kallis c Bond b Vettori 22 (54) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Herschelle Gibbs b McMillan 60 (100) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ashwell Prince c Patel b McMillan 37 (57) 2 ‘4s’
Mark Boucher (WK) c Fulton b McMillan 16 (21) 1 ‘4s’
Shaun Pollock not out 21 (26) 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Hall c Oram b Bond 17 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Robin Peterson not out 8 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Andre Nel
Makhaya Ntini
Extras : 11 (Wides : 7 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 193/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-3 (Smith, 1.5 ovs), 2-3 (de Villiers, 2.6 ovs), 3-52 (Kallis, 19.5 ovs), 4-128 (Gibbs, 36.6 ovs), 5-143 (Prince, 40.5 ovs), 6-149 (Boucher, 42.2 ovs), 7-181 (Hall, 47.6 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Franklin 7-2-16-1 (1wd)
Bond 10-1-26-2 (1wd 1nb)
Oram 5-2-23-0
Jeetan Patel 10-1-36-0
Vettori 10-0-50-1 (1wd)
Styris 3-0-16-0 (2wd)
McMillan 5-0-23-3
New Zealand (Target : 194 from 50 Overs)
Peter Fulton c Hall b Ntini 16 (32) 3 ‘4s’
Stephen Fleming (C) c Boucher b Pollock 50 (84) 6 ‘4s’
Ross Taylor lbw b Nel 10 (17) 1 ‘4s’
Scott Styris c Gibbs b Peterson 56 (84) 4 ‘4s’
Craig McMillan not out 38 (55) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Jacob Oram b Nel 10 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Brendon McCullum (WK) not out 4 (1) 1 ‘4s’
Daniel Vettori
James Franklin
Shane Bond
Jeetan Patel
Extras : 12 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 196/5 (Overs : 48.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (Fulton, 7.2 ovs), 2-42 (Taylor, 12.2 ovs), 3-120 (Fleming, 30.1 ovs), 4-176 (Styris, 43.4 ovs), 5-192 (Oram, 48.1 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 10-0-30-1 (2wd)
Ntini 10-0-42-1 (1wd)
Nel 9.2-0-33-2 (1wd 1nb)
Hall 8-0-32-0 (2wd)
Kallis 4-0-17-0
Peterson 7-0-39-1 (2wd)