Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    9.2 the first breakthrough! Gayle slashes at a shorter, wider ball angling further away outside off stump, he only manages to get a thick edge, flying to Fleming at slip, who gratefully accepts the catch not many inches being given away in this game throughout, just when one side starts to gain ascendancy, the other team has fought back 34/1
    11.2 drives to off...straight into the hands of Scott Styris at cover point 42/3
    9.6 unbelievable fielding! a huge, huge wicket for New Zealand, Lara plays an attempted yorker through midwicket, very nice shot to get off the mark, Vincent chases it down just inside the rope, scooping it back, relayed to Cairns, they hurry back for a tight third run, the throw from Cairns however is a direct hit and Lara is well short at the bowler's end, barely the picture as the replay is called for, the New Zealanders are besides themselves with excitement 36/2
    14.1 ball hits the pads and after some thought umpire Rudi Koertzen raises the finger in response to the appeal 46/5
    13.3 short, hooks down Bond's throat at fine leg 46/4
    75
    99
    122
    7
    0
    75.75
    43.3 a massive wicket for New Zealand! quicker ball, very full, goes straight through Sarwan who looks to come down to it, plays all over it and is cleaned up, he trudges off, and do the West Indies' chances trudge off with him? there are still a couple of able hitters left to come in and partner Jacobs, no slouch himself, but without Sarwan it is a big ask 178/7
    14
    14
    27
    1
    1
    100
    20.1 beaten for pace on off stump 80/6
    44.6 what a catch! that surely spells the end of West Indies' serious hopes now, the second big wicket, fullish ball outside off stump, tries to swing it away over midwicket, slices a big thick outside edge down towards third man, Oram races in, flings himself forward to his right and grabs it low to the ground, fantastic catch at a clutch time, and the New express just how much that one means as they celebrate 191/8
    not out
    16
    18
    28
    1
    0
    88.88
    47.1 push to short mid wicket, off the pad, silly attempt to run 200/9
    8
    6
    11
    0
    0
    133.33
    49.4 tries hit that one out the park, plays over it and the timber gets rearranged 221/10
    Extras
    10 (b 1, lb 3, nb 1, w 5)
    TOTAL
    221 all out (49.4 Overs, RR: 4.44)
    Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Chris Gayle, 9.2 ov), 2-36 (Brian Lara, 9.6 ov), 3-42 (Wavell Hinds, 11.2 ov), 4-46 (Carl Hooper, 13.3 ov), 5-46 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 14.1 ov), 6-80 (Ricardo Powell, 20.1 ov), 7-178 (Ramnaresh Sarwan, 43.3 ov), 8-191 (Ridley Jacobs, 44.6 ov), 9-200 (Nixon McLean, 47.1 ov), 10-221 (Mervyn Dillon, 49.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SE Bond1024304.3384020
    AR Adams9.414444.55376010
    JDP Oram1022622.6442000
    CL Cairns102102123111
    DL Vettori1003813.8291000
    NJ Astle401403.5131000
    SB Styris503116.2152110

Match Notes

  • New Zealand hopes alive after fine 20-run win

    All-rounder Andre Adams was disappointed to miss New Zealand's tour to his parents' West Indies homeland last year but he made up for it with a superb display in the 20-run win over them at the World Cup match in Port Elizabeth today

World Cup

Super Sixes
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS550241.854
IND541200.886
KENYA532140.354
SL52311.5-0.844
NZ5148-0.896
ZIM5053.5-1.254
Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS660242.045
IND651201.108
ZIM632140.504
ENG633120.821
PAK623100.227
NED6154-1.454
NAM6060-2.955
Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL641181.204
KENYA64216-0.691
NZ642160.99
WI632141.103
SA632141.73
CAN6154-1.989
BAN6052-2.046