New Zealand v South Africa 2011 Cricket World Cup 3rd QF Photos - Jacob Oram Man of Match

New Zealand easily beat the title favorite South Africa by 49 runs in the 3rd QF, and reach the semi final after a long time in a low scoring game. Jesse Ryder hit 83 runs while Jacob Oram got Man of the Match for his 4 wickets.

NZL v SAF 2011 CWC 3rd QF Result - South Africa chokes again, New Zealand won by 49 runs

South Africa's world cup tragedy continues, as they proved they are chokers when they lost to New Zealand by 49 runs in the 3rd Quarter-Final of the 2011 CWC, on Friday, 25th March, 2011 at Mirpur. New Zealand will now face the winner of Sri Lanka v England match in the 1st semifinal.

New Zealand started badly with 2 early wickets but Taylor 43 runs and Jesse Ryder who hit 83 runs put 114 runs for the 3rd wicket and they managed only 221/8 in 50 overs thanks to good bowling by Morkel and Tahir, took 3 wickets each.

South Africa started well and they were comfortably ahead at 108-2 in 24 overs with Kallis 47 and de Villiers 35 palying but lost 6 quick wickets derailed their innings as Nathan McCullum and Oram took 3 & 4 wickets respectively. du Plessis tried hard to turn the match with 35 runs but run out of partner.


Match Summary:

New Zealand - 221/8 in 50 overs (Ryder 83, Taylor 43, Morkel 3-46, Imran 2-32)

South Africa - 172 all out in 43.2 overs (Kallis 47, N McCullum 3-24, Oram 4-39)

Toss - New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Jacob Oram (New Zealand)

Result - New Zealand won by 49 runs