Brendon McCullum leads http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 to a commanding 358 runs – ICC World Cup 2011 Update
Brendon McCullum thrashed a magnificent century against Canada at the Wankhede Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 as he scored 101 runs in 109 balls with 2 sixes and 12 fours. This was the 30th match of the ICC World Cup 2011, Group A, being played between
the two countries.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-c74834 Guptill and Brendon accumulated 53 runs for the first wicket before Guptill was gone at the individual score of just 17 runs.
Jesse Ryder joined in and put a solid partnership of 96 runs before he departed after making a useful contribution of 38 runs. Ross http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 came to the crease and started consolidating the innings with his partner as Brendon completed his well played century,
but could not last longer and went back to the pavilion after dispatching 101 runs at the total of 185 runs in 36.4 overs.
The Captain Taylor took the batting ‘Power Play’ at the start of 37th over and took over from where he left off against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the last match. He got the maximum out of it by trouncing four skied sixes and a four through the covers, amassing
28 runs in the 39th over of Harvir Baidwan and completed another fifty in his records. He was going great when he was caught superbly by Jimmy Hansra at backward point off Balaji Rao, the fourth wicket fell at 254 runs when Taylor posted 74 runs
off 60 balls with 5 huge sixes and 6 fours.
Scott Styris played a hurried knock of 35 runs in 20 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours which helped boosting the total. James Franklin added some more pain for the Canadians dispatching 31 runs in 8 balls with 3 sixes and 2 fours, as New Zealand posted a massive
358 runs in the allotted 50 overs for the loss of 6 wickets.
Baidwan was the most successful bowler who took 3 wickets, but was punished for 84 runs in 9.1 overs as Rao was the other main bowler of Canada to grasp 2 wickets for 62 runs in 10 overs.
New Zealand is in a commanding position and only a miraculous batting performance by the Canadian batsmen can bring them the victory.
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