New Zealand 221/8 (50 ov)
South Africa 172 (43.2 ov)
New Zealand 221 for 8 (Ryder 83, Taylor 43, Morkel 3-46) beat South Africa 172 (Oram 4-39) by 49 runs .
Earlier this month Graeme Smith tweeted an article titled 'Time to ban the 'C' word'. Hold on to that thought Smith for clearly that time hasn't come yet. South Africa were cruising at 108 for 2 in the 25th over when Jacques Kallis fell and they crash landed spectacularly to be shot out for 172. The self-destructive streak was demonically masochistic in nature and it will perhaps require shrinks to understand this dramatic denouement. Once they realized the opponents were cracking under pressure, New Zealand went in for the kill, with close-in fielders and disciplined bowling led by Jacob Oram who took four wickets and a great catch, and waltzed through to the semi-finals.
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