Guptill has finished it off in style. The Kiwis have tamed the Eagles today in Ahmedabad. Emphatically. Tinashe delivers a friendly length ball on the pads and Guptill gets under it and bashes on the up, almost all the way. Lands a foot inside the long on fence and runs over the ropes. All over.
Zimbabwe vs New Zealand, 18th Match, Group A at Ahmedabad, Mar 04 2011 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
18th Match, Group A, Ahmedabad, March 04, 2011, ICC Cricket World Cup
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(33.3/50 ov, T:163) 166/0
New Zealand won by 10 wickets (with 99 balls remaining)
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Right, Zimbabwe have been thumped unceremoniously here, and New Zealand will take a lot of confidence from this win. Here's hoping the Kiwi flies high and far. They always do well in World Cups, and this time may not been any different.
Guptill is Man of the Match and I am not complaining since he is my Fantasy captain. "It was just about keeping to our game plan today," he said. "Brendon and I did not want to push too hard and we kept going."
Vettori: "This is the performance we were looking for. Need to replicate it against the bigger nations. We thought long and hard about batting long. Brendon and Martin stood up and gave no one else an opportunity to bat, that was great."
Elton: "Very disappointing from ball one to the end. There are somethings we are doing wrong, and we need to go back and work on them. The batting was so disappointing, everytime we lose 3-4 wickets in the first 15 overs."
Right, WI 1 for 0 as the presentations begin.
Kamal: "Irony with Kiwis is they win by huge margin against associates and they lose by huge margin against stronger teams.. So it balances their NRR..."
Brendon McCullum: "Good partnership today, definitely made easier by the way we bowled. This win is really good for the confidence. We won't dwell too much on the games that did not go our way."
Vikas: "So two day matches today eh? This must be the most bizzare world cup ever!!"
The West Indies openers march out. What say, they finish that game before these presentations are done?
33.3
4
Panyangara to Guptill, FOUR runs
33.2
•
Panyangara to Guptill, no run
Tinashe bowls a bouncer. A little late in the piece, I should say. Guptill ducks.
33.1
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Panyangara to Guptill, no run
back of a length outside off, he opens the face and steers to the off side softly
end of over 337 runs
NZ: 162/0CRR: 4.90 • RRR: 0.05
Martin Guptill82 (105b 6x4 2x6)
Brendon McCullum76 (95b 6x4 2x6)
Greg Lamb 5-0-18-0
Tinashe Panyangara 5-0-38-0
32.6
1
Lamb to Guptill, 1 run
Guptill does a perfect over gaaji [taking a single to retain strike off the last ball]. Stays back and dinks a single down the ground. One to win.
32.5
•
Lamb to Guptill, no run
and again, hangs back and nudges with the spin to midwicket
32.4
•
Lamb to Guptill, no run
works this one off the pads to midwicket. Can't get the single
Bangladesh are bowled out before the end of this game. Surreal.
32.3
4
Lamb to Guptill, FOUR runs
short ball outside off stump, and Guptill opens up a small lead in the top-scoring stakes, cutting nicely behind point and in front of short third man for a single.
32.2
1
Lamb to McCullum, 1 run
short ball, turning into the pads, Brendon clips it square for a single to square leg.
32.1
1
Lamb to Guptill, 1 run
flighted on leg stump, drilled down to long on for a single
end of over 328 runs
NZ: 155/0CRR: 4.84 • RRR: 0.44
Brendon McCullum75 (94b 6x4 2x6)
Martin Guptill76 (100b 5x4 2x6)
Tinashe Panyangara 5-0-38-0
Graeme Cremer 7-0-38-0
31.6
•
Panyangara to McCullum, no run
ends with a dot ball, Brendon defends. For a change.
31.5
1
Panyangara to Guptill, 1 run
Guptill gets under a length ball and thumps it on the bounce to long on for a single
31.4
•
Panyangara to Guptill, no run
inducker, traps Guptill on the pads as he tries to whip it square. Stifled appeal, seemed closer than that appeal merited.
31.3
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Panyangara to Guptill, no run
Guptill tries to steer him from back of a length through the off side and finds the fielder
31.2
1
Panyangara to McCullum, 1 run
fuller ball on off stump, punched down to long on for one
31.1
6
Panyangara to McCullum, SIX runs
the Amdavadi vendors sitting outside the stadium, watch out. A projectile may be headed your way. Length ball from Tinashe on off stump, certainly not the worst he's bowled today. Brendon flexes those tattooed biceps as he whacks the leather off the ball and sends it almost into orbit. It lands in the midwicket stands. Soon one may land beyond the stands.
end of over 315 runs
NZ: 147/0CRR: 4.74 • RRR: 0.84
Brendon McCullum68 (91b 6x4 1x6)
Martin Guptill75 (97b 5x4 2x6)
Graeme Cremer 7-0-38-0
Tinashe Panyangara 4-0-30-0
30.6
1
Cremer to McCullum, 1 run
tossed up on the pads, swept without a problem to the deep for a single
30.5
1
Cremer to Guptill, 1 run
short all outside off, sits up like a dolly and is cut away fiercely to the deep for a single.
30.4
1
Cremer to McCullum, 1 run
flighted on the pads, Brendon goes for the sweep and gets it away to deep backward square leg
30.3
1
Cremer to Guptill, 1 run
flatter on Guptill's pads, worked to the leg side for one
30.2
1
Cremer to McCullum, 1 run
Brendon skates out of the crease again, gets to the pitch and looks to whack over long off. Can't quite loft this one well enough, gets a single to the deep
30.1
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Cremer to McCullum, no run
flighted on leg stump, driven back to the bowler
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