LIVE http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 vs. South Africa: Kiwis watchful against the Proteas – ICC World Cup 2011 news
New Zealand took a steady start in the third quarter-final of the ICC World Cup 2011 against South Africa being played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
The Kiwi team scored 92 runs for the loss of 2 wickets at the end of 25 overs.
Toss was won by the Kiwi team and they elected to bat first. The wicket was expected to be good for batting, but it was a bit slow. The spinners might be more useful in the second half of the game compared to the first innings.
The good news for New Zealand was that their captain Daniel Vettori was back in the playing eleven. He failed to lead his team in the previous two matches of the tournament, as he sustained a knee injury during a group game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
Another injured player Kyle http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Luke-Woodcock-c1860 made his World Cup debut and he will be looking to support the other two spinners Vettori and Nathan McCullum.
The start to the Kiwi innings was dismal, as they lost both of their openers early. Wicketkeeper batsman Brendon McCullum was the first man to go, as he chipped one ball straight to the hands of Robin Peterson. The flamboyant batsman added only four runs
to the total before being dismissed.
Martin Guptill was the second wicket to fall for the Kiwi team. The right-handed opener struggled to get going, as he scored just 1 run from 14 balls. He was undone by a slower ball from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dale-c52110 Steyn.
This brought Ross Taylor in the middle, who joined the aggressive left-hander Jesse Ryder at the crease. The pair batted sensibly and took their team closer to 100 runs half way through their innings.
They constructed an unbeaten 76 runs for the third wicket. At the end of 25 overs, Ryder was batting on 56 off 82 balls whereas http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taylor-c92915 had reached 26 runs from 50 deliveries. The run rate will not be a concern for the Black Caps, as they have the ability
to score quick runs in the death overs if they have wickets in hand.
Robin Peterson and Dale Steyn were the only wicket takers for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morne-Morkel-c77722 in the middle overs in order to keep the Kiwis in check.
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