New Zealand knock South Africa out of World Cup

New Zealand knocked South Africa out of the World Cup on Friday with an upset 49-run win in the third quarter-final.

It was the fifth defeat in as many World Cup knockout matches for the South Africans since their first appearance at the 1992 tournament.

South Africa were cruising to victory at 108 for two in pursuit of a modest target of 222 with their premier batsman Jacques Kallis well set on 47.

But Kallis was magnificently caught on the boundary by Jacob Oram off Tim Southee, JP Duminy was bowled for three and AB de Villiers run out two balls later for 35.

New Zealand, who had fielded tenaciously and bowled with spirit, piled on the pressure with medium-pacer Oram bowling snapping up two more quick wickets.

Faf du Plessis, who was dropped by Oram on 29, hit the New Zealander for six off the next ball before holing out to Southee for 36. Morne Morkel was the last man to fall for three as South Africa were dismissed for 172 off 43.2 overs.

Jesse Ryder anchored the New Zealand innings with 83, his maiden World Cup half-century. But although the Kiwis became the only team in the tournament to bat through their overs against South Africa their eventual total of 221 for eight seemed well short of a challenging total.

New Zealand, who have now reached the semi-finals six times, will meet the winners of Saturday's quarter-final between Sri Lanka and England in Colombo next Tuesday.

Scorecard

New Zealand:

M. Guptill c Botha b Steyn 1

B. McCullum c and b Peterson 4

J. Ryder c sub (Ingram) b Tahir 83

R. Taylor c Kallis b Tahir 43

S. Styris b Morkel 16

K. Williamson not out 38

N. McCullum c Duminy b Steyn 6

J. Oram b Morkel 7

D. Vettori b Morkel 6

L. Woodcock not out 3

Extras: (b4, lb4, w6) 14

Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 221

Did not bat: Tim Southee.

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (B. McCullum), 2-16 (Guptill), 3-130 (Taylor), 4-153 (Styris), 5-156 (Ryder), 6-188 (N. McCullum), 7-204 (Oram), 8-210 (Vettori).

Bowling: Peterson 9-0-49-1, Steyn 10-0-42-2 (w3), Botha 9-0-29-0 (w1), Morkel 8-0-46-3, Tahir 9-0-32-2 (w1), Kallis 3-1-6-0, Duminy 2-0-9-0 (w1)

South Africa:

H. Amla c Vettori b N. McCullum 7

G. Smith c sub (How) b Oram 28

J. Kallis c Oram b Southee 47

AB de Villiers run out 35

JP Duminy b N. McCullum 3

F. du Plessis c Southee b Oram 36

J. Botha b Oram 2

R. Peterson c B. McCullum b Oram 0

D. Steyn c Oram b N. McCullum 8

M. Morkel c sub (How) b Woodcock 3

Imran Tahir not out 0

Extras: (lb2, w1) 3

Total (all out, 43.2 overs) 172

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Amla), 2-69 (Smith), 3-108 (Kallis), 4-121 (Duminy), 5-121 (de Villiers), 6-128 (Botha), 7-132 (Peterson), 8-146 (Steyn), 9-172 (du Plessis), 10-172 (Morkel)

Bowling: N. McCullum 10-1-24-3, Vettori 10-0-39-0, Southee 9-0-44-1, Oram 9-1-39-4, Woodcock 5-2-0-24-1 (w1).

New Zealand won by 49 runs

Toss: New Zealand

Umpires: Aleem Dar (PAK) and Rod Tucker (AUS)

TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SRI)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)

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