Player of the Match
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Best performances - Batsmen

CD McMillan
CD McMillan
75(83) 9x4 - 2x6
Control %85%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 27 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
5 4 5 18 11 7 16 9
Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful
56(82) 6x4 - 1x6
Control %86%
  • Productive Shot
  • off side drive on front foot
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
10 13 6 8 9 5 1 4

Best performances - Bowlers

JDP Oram
JDP Oram
O10
M1
R32
W3
Eco3.2
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
SE Bond
SE Bond
O10
M1
R33
W3
Eco3.3
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

A very handy 61-run partnership in just 41 balls from Styris and Cairns to finish things off, a pretty comprehensive win for New Zealand, though they won't be entirely satisfied with their all- round performance today they will no doubt believe they gave Bangladesh 30-50 runs more than they should've in the end, lengthening their chase considerably, which was done pretty safely throughout, but there were stuttery periods where runs didn't exactly flow off the bat all five batsmen used got starts and made contributions, McMillan leading the way, 'born again' as an opening batsman to fill a role in South Africa, smacking 75 off 83 balls in typical belligerent fashion, being rather inventive at times, though ultimately it also caused his downfall in less-than-glamorous style Fleming looked very classy again, following on from his epic ton against South Africa, but attempted an inexplicable stroke, and though replays show it is hard to tell whether he was caught directly off the knee or there was a little underedge first, he paid the price and had to depart, Adams came in and played a handy little cameo before Styris and Cairns came together to do the final damage not much to talk about in terms of the Bangladesh bowling, except for Khaled Mahmud, who bowled his 10 overs straight, being very hard to get away, mixing up his pace and taking all three wickets to fall, an impressive performance given his side and fellow bowlers were on a hiding to nothing once New Zealand made a safe start and an upset wasn't really on the cards any more time for the presentations, and it should be a toss-up for Man of the Match between Shane Bond and Craig McMillan today and for his punishing knock of 75 from 83 deliveries, match referee Mike Procter awards it to Craig McMillan that concludes our coverage of today's match at the De Beers Diamond Oval in Kimberley, we hope you enjoyed it please join us again for continuing ball-by-ball coverage of the World Cup, as Pool B (and Pool A!) comes to a thrilling conclusion in the next week any comments about today's coverage can be sent to comms@cricinfo.com - all feedback is greatly appreciated

33.3
1
Mohammad Ashraful to Styris, 1 run, flighted up full and straight, quietly driven down wide of mid on, down to wide long on for an easy single, an anti-climactic finish after a string of big hitting, but it gets the job done, New Zealand victorious by seven wickets with 99 balls to spare
33.2
1
Mohammad Ashraful to Cairns, 1 run, flighted up full and straight, Cairns just leans on it, nudging it away towards wide mid on, running with the stroke, scores now level
33.1
1
Mohammad Ashraful to Styris, 1 run, flighted up full on off stump, comes well forward, driving off the toes out to deep

Mohammad Ashraful on to bowl for Alok at the South End

END OF OVER:
33 | 14 Runs | NZ: 196/3 (3 runs required from 17 overs, RR: 5.93, RRR: 0.17)

  • Chris Cairns32 (20b)
  • Scott Styris35 (34b)
  • Manjurul Islam7-1-37-0
  • Alok Kapali6-0-38-0
32.6
0
Manjural Islam to Cairns, no run, good sharp short lifting straight ball, Cairns is a little surprised by it, fending it down at his feet in defence
32.5
2
Manjural Islam to Cairns, 2 runs, very full and straying down the leg side, gets a little tickle fine, Mashud dives to his left, just slowing its progress down enough to save a boundary, chased down just inside the rope by short fine leg, three to win
32.4
1
Manjural Islam to Styris, 1 run, full outside off stump, smashed along the ground down to wide long off, New Zealand just one big hit away from finishing it off now

World Cup

Super Sixes
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS550241.854
IND541200.886
KENYA532140.354
SL52311.5-0.844
NZ5148-0.896
ZIM5053.5-1.254
Pool A
TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS660242.045
IND651201.108
ZIM632140.504
ENG633120.821
PAK623100.227
NED6154-1.454
NAM6060-2.955
Pool B
TeamMWLPTNRR
SL641181.204
KENYA64216-0.691
NZ642160.99
WI632141.103
SA632141.73
CAN6154-1.989
BAN6052-2.046