1st Semifinal NZ vs. SAF 24 Mar 2015

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36 runs required from 24 balls

ABdV helping NZ with his 1 half-tracker per over :smack:

Actually NZ need only 35 to tie as this’ll make them go to the Final

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NZ 6 down and Dan Vettori is in with 29 needed (28 will do)

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23 in 13 balls . 2 big shots n done, 2 big wickets n gone

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Look how amla saved 3 runs

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Goodness me what kind of energy levels these two teams are putting on display

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SA choking under pressure . They dropped the catch

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Black Caps rock

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NZ reach the CWC Final for the 1st Time ever

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What a finish by a six

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Look at the Steyn face :rotfl:

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wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

kiwis did it

massive

and that is how you do it...that is how you chase!

deep sigh as a Pak fan

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U c NZ won although i opened the thread :D

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just wasn't SA's day. they missed so many chances.

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NZ got their miandad. only better.

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Nah .... i just think NZ went one step further and have shown why they are in the Final

SAF have fought well but i think the 5th Bowler-Problem has come back to haunt them as it did against Pakistan ..... Duminy and de Villiers are surely not 1st choice bowlers by any stretch of the imagination

Tahir and Morkel bowled their hearts out ..... Steyn flopped big time

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This WC deserves a winner from this match. What an unbelievable finish. SA didn't choke but fought blow by blow. Feel for em. They let up a few run outs which might have caused them but an amazing game of cricket.

Seeing AB, Steyn & Morkel cry was an emotional moment. Wish Selfie boy did not have to hug Afridi with a grin after the QF. It meant so much for Wahab, Sarfaraz and Misbah

Surely NZL won't choke in the final?

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So the first part of my prediction has been proven correct. NZ finally reach a WC Final in their 7th attempt (SF)!

But I won't call this a choke because SA played very well.

It was a hard-fought game, a nail-biter

This is what you want to see in a SF

I have always maintained that Steyn is a better test bowler (cf. Malcolm Marshall who was a test great but not so good in ODIs. Marshall failed to step up in the World Cups of 1987 and 1992)

In the end an off-colour Steyn was the difference between the two sides. He was the real mismatch today

Got a real 'phenti' by all the NZ batsmen in particular McCullum. SA bowling apart from Tahir and Morkel is not that special in ODIs. Not sure why Abbott didn't play today

And after looking at the batting of the 4 semi-finalists, you realise how inferior and substandard Pak batting is in comparison. Despite losing 4 wickets for 149, NZ were still in the game and fighting. That shows quality and depth in their batting

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Dono teams kay players ka blood test liya ja’ay

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/m109.gif

… this kind of intensity for such a prolonged period is not human like

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/229.gif

Teams like BD, ENG, PAK and WI look like 2nd to 3rd level in comparison to what is being put on display especially in regards to batting (power hiting)

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/worship.gif

http://www.pic4ever.com/images/sigh.gif

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Wow

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ApnooN Pah Zulam GhairooN Pah Karam :emmy: