One of the distinctive characteristics of West Indies batting efforts so far in the Super Eights phase of this World Cup has been the almost indecent haste to push the score along, regardless of the quality of the bowling

Stephen Fleming believes New Zealand have one foot in the semi-finals after overwhelming a lacklustre West Indies by seven wickets

This could well have been the match in which West Indies pulled the plug on their own party

New Zealand's new-ball bowlers were awesome, while Oram broke a spell which had fetched him just one wicket in his last eight ODIs