New Zealand v South Africa — Scorecard

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New Zealand

299/6

South Africa

281/5

New Zealand won by 4 wickets

ICC Cricket World Cup · 24 March 2015 · Eden Park, Auckland

Innings 1

South Africa

281/5

43.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HM Amla	b TA Boult	10	14	2	0	71.4
Q de Kock	c TG Southee b TA Boult	14	17	2	0	82.3
F du Plessis	c L Ronchi b CJ Anderson	82	107	7	1	76.6
RR Rossouw	c MJ Guptill b CJ Anderson	39	53	2	1	73.6
AB de Villiers	not out	65	45	8	1	144.4
DA Miller	c L Ronchi b CJ Anderson	49	18	6	3	272.2
JP Duminy	not out	8	4	1	0	200.0
Extras (b 1, lb 0, w 13, nb 0, p 0)		14
Total		281/5 (43.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 21-1 (HM Amla, 3.4) · 31-2 (Q de Kock, 7.5) · 114-3 (RR Rossouw, 26.1) · 217-4 (F du Plessis, 38.2) · 272-5 (DA Miller, 42.2)

Partnerships

1stHM Amla & Q de Kock21 (22) · RR 5.73
2ndF du Plessis & Q de Kock10 (25) · RR 2.40
3rdF du Plessis & RR Rossouw83 (110) · RR 4.53
4thF du Plessis & AB de Villiers103 (73) · RR 8.47
5thDA Miller & AB de Villiers55 (24) · RR 13.75
6thJP Duminy & AB de VilliersNB9 (4) · RR 13.50

Boundary Breakdown

F du Plessis82 · 41% bdy
AB de Villiers65 · 58% bdy
DA Miller49 · 86% bdy
RR Rossouw39 · 36% bdy
Q de Kock14 · 57% bdy
HM Amla10 · 80% bdy
JP Duminy8 · 50% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TG Southee	9.0	1	55	0	6.11
TA Boult	9.0	0	53	2	5.89
MJ Henry	8.0	2	40	0	5.00
DL Vettori	9.0	0	46	0	5.11
KS Williamson	1.0	0	5	0	5.00
GD Elliott	1.0	0	9	0	9.00
CJ Anderson	6.0	0	72	3	12.00

Innings 2

New Zealand

299/6

42.5 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MJ Guptill	run out (HM Amla, Q de Kock)	34	38	3	1	89.5
BB McCullum	c DW Steyn b M Morkel	59	26	8	4	226.9
KS Williamson	b M Morkel	6	11	1	0	54.5
LRPL Taylor	c Q de Kock b JP Duminy	30	39	4	0	76.9
GD Elliott	not out	84	73	7	3	115.1
CJ Anderson	c F du Plessis b M Morkel	58	57	6	2	101.8
L Ronchi	c RR Rossouw b DW Steyn	8	7	1	0	114.3
DL Vettori	not out	7	6	1	0	116.7
Extras (b 6, lb 2, w 5, nb 0, p 0)		13
Total		299/6 (42.5 ov)

Fall of wickets: 71-1 (BB McCullum, 6.1) · 81-2 (KS Williamson, 8.5) · 128-3 (MJ Guptill, 17.1) · 149-4 (LRPL Taylor, 21.4) · 252-5 (CJ Anderson, 38.0) · 269-6 (L Ronchi, 40.1)

Partnerships

1stMJ Guptill & BB McCullum71 (37) · RR 11.51
2ndMJ Guptill & KS Williamson10 (16) · RR 3.75
3rdMJ Guptill & LRPL Taylor47 (50) · RR 5.64
4thGD Elliott & LRPL Taylor21 (27) · RR 4.67
5thGD Elliott & CJ Anderson103 (98) · RR 6.31
6thGD Elliott & L Ronchi17 (13) · RR 7.85
7thGD Elliott & DL VettoriNB30 (16) · RR 11.25

Boundary Breakdown

GD Elliott84 · 55% bdy
BB McCullum59 · 95% bdy
CJ Anderson58 · 62% bdy
MJ Guptill34 · 53% bdy
LRPL Taylor30 · 53% bdy
L Ronchi8 · 50% bdy
DL Vettori7 · 57% bdy
KS Williamson6 · 67% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	8.5	0	76	1	8.60
VD Philander	8.0	0	52	0	6.50
M Morkel	9.0	0	59	3	6.56
Imran Tahir	9.0	1	40	0	4.44
JP Duminy	5.0	0	43	1	8.60
AB de Villiers	3.0	0	21	0	7.00

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

MJ Guptill & BB McCullum put on 71 runs from 37 balls at 11.51 run rate for the 1st wicket.

New Zealand innings

Turning over

Over 5: DW Steyn conceded 25 runs.

New Zealand innings

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Ball-by-ball replay

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

South AfricaNew Zealand

Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–10) · Middle (11–40) · Death (41–50)

South Africa

281/5 (43.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

39/2· RR 3.90

BatQ de Kock14 (17)BowlTA Boult2/22 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

200/2· RR 6.67

BatF du Plessis69 (83)BowlCJ Anderson2/37 (4.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

42/1· RR 14.00

BatDA Miller29 (10)BowlCJ Anderson1/35 (2.0)

New Zealand

299/6 (42.5)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

88/2· RR 8.80

BatBB McCullum59 (26)BowlM Morkel2/19 (3.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

181/3· RR 6.03

BatGD Elliott63 (63)BowlM Morkel1/29 (5.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

30/1· RR 10.59

BatGD Elliott21 (10)BowlDW Steyn1/19 (1.5)

Commentary529 balls

End of over 43
·14·6
New Zealand 299/6
43.5
DW Steyn to GD Elliott, SIX!
43.4
DW Steyn to DL Vettori, 1 run byes.
43.3
DW Steyn to DL Vettori, FOUR!
43.2
DW Steyn to GD Elliott, 1 run.
43.1
DW Steyn to DL Vettori, 1 run byes.
End of over 42
121142
New Zealand 286/6
42.6
M Morkel to GD Elliott, 2 runs.
42.5
M Morkel to GD Elliott, FOUR!
42.4
M Morkel to DL Vettori, 1 run.
42.3
M Morkel to GD Elliott, 1 run.
42.2
M Morkel to GD Elliott, 2 runs.
42.1
M Morkel to DL Vettori, 1 run.
End of over 41
W2211·
New Zealand 275/6
41.6
DW Steyn to GD Elliott, no run.
41.5
DW Steyn to DL Vettori, 1 run.
41.4
DW Steyn to GD Elliott, 1 run.
41.3
DW Steyn to GD Elliott, 2 runs.
41.2
DW Steyn to GD Elliott, 2 runs.
41.1
DW Steyn to L Ronchi, OUT! Caught by RR Rossouw.
End of over 40
1··141
New Zealand 269/5
40.6
Imran Tahir to L Ronchi, 1 run.
40.5
Imran Tahir to L Ronchi, FOUR!
40.4
Imran Tahir to GD Elliott, 1 run.
40.3
Imran Tahir to GD Elliott, no run.
40.2
Imran Tahir to GD Elliott, no run.
40.1
Imran Tahir to L Ronchi, 1 run.
End of over 39
1·1611
New Zealand 262/5
39.6
AB de Villiers to L Ronchi, 1 run.
39.5
AB de Villiers to GD Elliott, 1 run.