1st Semi Final - New Zealand v South Africa (24th March)

[viriya]

Some thoughts:

- Steyn was never a good death bowler
- SA lost cos of the 2 missed run-outs and the Abbott non-selection
- This is the best game I've ever watched

 

[Grasshopper]

What a fantastic game!

That'll do...for now

 

[Athlai]

No ones stopping us now.

 

[Daemon]

the sheer effort that was put in with fielders flying everywhere just goes to show how much this meant to these players. ****ing amazing game. so much heart. one of the greatest.

 

[Valer]

Steyn lost this for SA though. That was a terrible last over. But bdjbvejhfbshfbknfksjndfkjsjmkljsdfnl;faKNVKJ

Sa made enough errors that neither steyn's final over nor DL can really be blamed for this.

 

[Quaggas]

Steyn lost this for SA though. That was a terrible last over. But bdjbvejhfbshfbknfksjndfkjsjmkljsdfnl;faKNVKJ

Nah, McCullum won it

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Absolutely wrapped for NZ but also gutted for SA.........anyone that uses the C word for this is just a dead set ****.

Cracker or Corker?

 

[Cabinet96]

Morkel crying broke me tbh, such a likeable guy

Yeah, by all accounts he's a great friendly bloke. Rough as ****.

 

[viriya]

No ones stopping us now.

I really hope so..

Please
Please
Please
win
this
****
for
every
neutral
cricket
fan
everywhere.

Cos **** Aus & Ind.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Definitely the best game I've watched as a neutral.

Tough to measure it against ones involving Australia (for me). Although I was supporting Dan Vettori #brotherhood

 

[OverratedSanity]

It's a bit ironic that SA' incredible fiedling effort in the end wasn't enough because of those two absolutely terrible missed runouts.

 

[SuperMurali]

This will be considered NZ's greatest ever side

BMac will be considered NZ's greatest ever captain

Sad to see AB miss out on the final

Steyn's hamstring reminded me of Crowe's injury in '92

Elliott was awesome!

 

[Greenlite]

Elliot I love u muah muah muah

 

[viriya]

This will be considered NZ's greatest ever side

BMac will be considered NZ's greatest ever captain

One more match for all that to happen.

 

[ankitj]

I feel so bad for South Africa. But then i would have felt bad for New Zealand if they had lost too. What a game. Congrats New Zealand

 

[vic_orthdox]

One terrible missed run-out, the last one was a tough take and well fielded really considering how quickly he got rid of the ball.

 

[Oduodu]

sa head an easy runout de kock messed up and at least one dropped catch that they should have gotten.

uh .no
seee the rain came and we would have gotten 310 if wasnt for that. that where we lost the match...........

 

[Scaly piscine]

SA could well have got 350+, but they could also have gotten 310-320 because they have little batting depth. They had 7 extra pre-death overs, one of the most volatile periods of batting - plays can run riot knowing they can just wait for their balls to hit, or lose a wicket and go into their shell, wait for the death.

Ultimately South Africa decided to bat first knowing D/L generally favours the chasing team, although again that's countered by South Africa's lack of batting depth - which didn't get the chance to be a factor.

South Africa had their chances. New Zealand did what was expected, kept coming and took advantage.



.

 

[Pratters]

Feel sad for SA but NZ didn't do much wrong. Nerve wracking game.

 

[Athlai]

That Anderson Elliott partnership must be one of the greatest ever in knockout cricket. Scoreboard pressure. A couple quick wickets. The Yarpies getting a little movement. And they just kept calm and batted on.

Morkel definitely came back to almost take it from us.