New Zealand have not found their rhythm in this world cup 2011 so far but they certainly have done enough to keep their quarterfinal spot fixed, specially after beating Canada today by a comfortable margin on 97 runs..
It was an obvious decision by Canadian captain who invited seniors Kiwis to bat first on this first match of world cup 2011 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai although it took them almost 10 overs to draw first blood. After Martin Guptill's stratchy innings, Jesse Ryder joined Brendon McCullum who was striking the ball nicely and put together a brisk partnership of 96 runs from less than 20 overs to set the platform. Ross Taylor later took over and smashed 5 sixes in his attacking half century and pushed New Zealand's total past 350 run mark with some assistance coming from James Franklin and Scott Styris.
Canada weren't expected to and neither were in hunt for their target specially after first two wickets inside first five overs. In-form Jimmy Hansra and captain Ashish Bagai added 125 fluent runs for the 4th wicket but as soon as that partnership was broken apart, Kiwis wrapped up the innings to book their spot in the quarterfinals.
The scorecard :-
| New Zealand innings (invited in to bat) |
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Martin Guptill |
c Bagai |
b Baidwan |
17 |
29 |
3 |
0 |
| Brendon McCullum |
c Gunasekara |
b Baidwan |
101 |
109 |
12 |
2 |
| Jesse Ryder |
c Osinde |
b Davison |
38 |
56 |
3 |
0 |
| Ross Taylor |
c Hansra |
b Rao |
74 |
44 |
6 |
5 |
| Nathan McCullum |
c & b |
b Rao |
10 |
9 |
2 |
0 |
| Kane Williamson |
not out |
|
34 |
27 |
4 |
0 |
| Scott Styris |
c Davison |
b Baidwan |
35 |
20 |
3 |
2 |
| James Franklin |
not out |
|
31 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
| Jacob Oram |
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| Kyle Mills |
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| Tim Southee |
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| Extras (18) |
byes=2, lbyes=3, wides=11, noballs=2 |
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| Total = 358 for 6 wickets from 50 overs. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdns |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Khurram Chohan |
7 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
3 wides |
| Henry Osinde |
7 |
0 |
52 |
0 |
2 wides |
| Harvir Baidwan |
9.1 |
0 |
84 |
3 |
1 wide |
| Rizwan Cheema |
4.5 |
0 |
64 |
0 |
2 no balls |
| Balaji Rao |
10 |
0 |
62 |
2 |
1 wide |
| John Davison |
10 |
1 |
30 |
1 |
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| Jimmy Hansra |
2 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
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| Canada innings (target = 359 from 50 overs) |
| Batsman |
Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
| Ruvindu Gunasekara |
c Taylor |
b Mills |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Hiral Patel |
c B McCullum |
b Oram |
31 |
35 |
5 |
1 |
| Zubin Surkari |
c Taylor |
b Mills |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
| Ashish Bagai |
c B McCullum |
b N McCullum |
84 |
87 |
10 |
0 |
| Jimmy Hansra |
not out |
|
70 |
105 |
4 |
1 |
| Rizwan Cheema |
c B McCullum |
b Oram |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| John Davison |
run out |
(B McCullum) |
15 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
| Balaji Rao |
c N McCullum |
b Oram |
9 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
| Harvir Baidwan |
c Franklin |
b Southee |
8 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
| Khurram Chohan |
c Taylor |
b Ryder |
22 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
| Henry Osinde |
not out |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Extras (17) |
byes=5, lbyes=2, wides=9, noballs=1 |
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| Total = 261 for 9 wickets from 50 overs.. lost by 97 runs. |
| Bowlers :- |
Overs |
Mdns |
Runs |
Wickets |
Extras |
| Kyle Mills |
2.4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
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| Tim Southee |
10 |
1 |
36 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Jesse Ryder |
1.2 |
0 |
15 |
1 |
1 wide |
| Jacob Oram |
10 |
1 |
47 |
3 |
1 wide |
| James Franklin |
4 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
1 no ball |
| Nathan McCullum |
8 |
0 |
56 |
1 |
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| Scott Styris |
10 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Kane Williamson |
4 |
0 |
26 |
0 |
1 wide |
