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

New Zealand v South Africa 2011 World Cup 3rd Quarter Final Live Score at Mirpur - SAF v NZL WC 3rd QF Match Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live score card with ball by ball commentary of the 3rd Quarter-Final of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, between title favorite South Africa and New Zealand, on Friday, 25th March, 2011 at Mirpur, Dhaka in a day-night match will start from 2.00 PM IST.

South Africa v New Zealand World Cup 3rd QF Match Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

NZL v SAF 2011 CWC 3rd QF Preview at Mirpur - South Africa v New Zealand Cricket WC 3rd Quarter Final Teams

Title favorite and chokers South Africa will take New Zealand in the 3rd Quarter-Finals of 2011 Cricket World Cup, on Friday, 25th March, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, in a day-night game starting from 08:30 GMT, 14:30 local, 14:00 IST.

South Africa will be favorite for this game as their batsmen, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy and du Plessis are in great form well supported by their bowling by Dale Steyn, Peterson, Morkel and Botha. But looking in their past records in the knock-out stages its difficult to predict if they move ahead.

New Zealand on the other hand performed well in patches and they will be highly depend on Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor. It will be crucial if Daniel Vettori returns from the injury as he will be handful on the turning pitches.

South African Team, Squad for the 3rd QF match of 2011 CWC:

Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers (wk), JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Johan Botha, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir

New Zealand Team, Squad for the 3rd QF match of 2011 CWC:

Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, James Franklin, Scott Stryis, Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori, Nathan McCullum, Hamish Bennett, Tim Southee

India v Australia 2011 Cricket World Cup 2nd QF Photos - Yuvraj Singh is Man of Match

India won the mini final against defending champions Australia by 5 wickets with 14 balls remaining and set a semi-final clash with arch rivals Pakistan on Tuesday, 29th march at Mohali. Yuvraj Singh got his record 4th Man of the Match in 2011 CWC for his 2 wickets and 57 not out runs.