F du Plessis and AB de Villiers added 103 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 260th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the 38th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the World Cup.

 

F du Plessis and AB de Villiers added 103 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 26^th occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the World Cup.

 

F du Plessis and AB de Villiers added 103 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 12th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup Semi Final. It also provides the fifth occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the World Cup.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	CG Greenidge, AI Kallicharran	2	125	2	Win	NZl	The Oval	18.06.75
2	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	132	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20.06.79
3	Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas	2	166	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20.06.79
4	HA Gomes, IVA Richards	3	132*	2	Win	Pak	The Oval	22.06.83
5	Imran Khan, Javed Miandad	4	112	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04.11.87
6	MW Gatting, GA Gooch	3	117	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05.11.87
7	MD Crowe, KR Rutherford	4	107	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21.03.92
8	MG Bevan, SG Law	5	138	1	Aus	Win	Mohali	14.03.96
9	Saeed Anwar, W Wasti	1	194	2	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16.06.99
10	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	2	103	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
11	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	120	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	29.03.11
12	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	103	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15

 

F du Plessis and AB de Villiers added 103 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide third occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fourth wicket in the World Cup Semi final

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Imran Khan, Javed Miandad	4	112	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04.11.87
2	MD Crowe, KR Rutherford	4	107	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21.03.92
3	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	103	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15

 

AB de  Viiliers {65 not out} and BB McCullum {59} scored fifties in  this  game to provide the tenth and eleventh occasion of captains scoring fifties in the World Cup Semi final.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Tem	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Brearley	53	1	Eng	NZl	Manchester	20 Jun 1979
2	Imran Khan	58	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04 Nov 1987
3	MW Gatting	56	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05 Nov 1987
4	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
5	SR Waugh	56	1	Aus	RSA	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999
6	SC Ganguly	111*	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20 Mar 2003
7	SO Tikolo	56	2	Ken	Ind	Durban	20 Mar 2003
8	M Jayawardene	115*	1	Srl	NZl	Kingston	24 Apr 2007
9	KC Sangakkara	54	2	Srl	NZl	Colombo (RPS)	29 Mar 2011
10	AB de Villiers	65*	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
11	BB McCullum	59	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24 Mar 2015

 

AB de Viiliers {65 not out} and BB McCullum {59} scored fifties in this game to provide the 15th occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in World Cup. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	1	Majid Khan	60	1	Pak	Win	Birmingham	11.06.75
	2	CH Lloyd	53	2	Win	Pak	Birmingham	11.06.75
2	1	CH Lloyd	102	1	Win	Aus	Lord’s	21.06.75
	2	IM Chappell	62	2	Aus	Win	Lord’s	21.06.75
3	1	RB Richardson	56	1	Win	Zim	Brisbane	29.02.92
	2	DL Houghton	55	2	Zim	Win	Brisbane	29.02.92
4	1	KC Wessels	85	1	RSA	Eng	Melbourne	12.03.92
	2	AJ Stewart	77	2	Eng	RSA	Melbourne	12.03.92
5	1	SC Ganguly	111*	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
	2	SO Tikolo	56	2	Ken	Ind	Durban	20.03.03
6	1	SP Fleming	66	1	NZl	Can	Gros Islet	22.03.07
	2	JM Davison	52	2	Can	NZl	Gros Islet	22.03.07
7	1	RT Ponting	91	1	Aus	RSA	Basseterre	24.03.07
	2	GC Smith	74	2	RSA	Aus	Basseterre	24.03.07
8	1	M Jayawardene	72	1	Srl	Aus	St George’s	16.04.07
	2	RT Ponting	66*	2	Aus	Srl	St George’s	16.04.07
9	1	LRPL Taylor	74	1	NZl	Can	Mumbai	13.03.11
	2	A Bagai	84	2	Can	NZl	Mumbai	13.03.11
10	1	PW Borren	84	1	Net	Ire	Kolkata	18.03.11
	2	WTSPorterfield	68	2	Ire	Net	Kolkata	18.03.11
11	1	AB de Villiers	162*	1	RSA	Win	Sydney	27.02.15
	2	JO Holder	56	2	Win	RSA	Sydney	27.02.15
12	1	Misbah-ul-Haq	56	1	Pak	RSA	Auckland	07.03.15
	2	AB de Villiers	77	2	RSA	Pak	Auckland	07.03.15
13	1	AD Matthews	51	1	Srl	Sco	Hobart	11.03.15
	2	PL Mommsen	60	2	Sco	Srl	Hobart	11.03.15
14	1	BRM Taylor	138	1	Zim	Ind	Auckland	14.03.15
	2	MS Dhoni	85*	2	Ind	Zim	Auckland	14.03.15
15	1	AB de Villiers	65*	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15
	2	BB McCullum	59	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

AB de Viiliers {65 not out} scored fifty in this game to provide the 152nd occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in World Cup. It also provides the 14^th occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty in the World Cup

 

BB McCullum {59} scored fifty in this game to provide the 153rd occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in World Cup. It also provides the 22nd occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring a fifty in the World Cup

 

AB de Viiliers {65 not out} and BB McCullum {59} scored fifties in this game to provide the second occasion of captains scoring fifties in the World Cup Semi final.

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Tem	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	SC Ganguly	111*	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20 Mar 2003
2	SO Tikolo	56	2	Ken	Ind	Durban	20 Mar 2003
1	AB de Villiers	65*	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
2	BB McCullum	59	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24 Mar 2015

 

AB de Viiliers’ 65 not out in this game was in a losing cause to provide the 54th occasion of captain’s fifty going in vain in the World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of a South African captain’s fifty in a losing cause in the World Cup

 

GD Eliott and CJ Anderson added 103 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 261st occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the 26th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in the World Cup.

 

GD Eliott and CJ Anderson added 103 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 26^th occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup. It also provides the third occasion of New Zealand batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in the World Cup.

 

F du Plessis and AB de Villiers added 103 runs for the fourth wicket in this game to provide the 13th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the World Cup Semi Final.

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	CG Greenidge, AI Kallicharran	2	125	2	Win	NZl	The Oval	18.06.75
2	CG Greenidge, DL Haynes	1	132	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20.06.79
3	Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas	2	166	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20.06.79
4	HA Gomes, IVA Richards	3	132*	2	Win	Pak	The Oval	22.06.83
5	Imran Khan, Javed Miandad	4	112	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04.11.87
6	MW Gatting, GA Gooch	3	117	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05.11.87
7	MD Crowe, KR Rutherford	4	107	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21.03.92
8	MG Bevan, SG Law	5	138	1	Aus	Win	Mohali	14.03.96
9	Saeed Anwar, W Wasti	1	194	2	Pak	NZl	Manchester	16.06.99
10	SC Ganguly, SR Tendulkar	2	103	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20.03.03
11	TM Dilshan, KC Sangakkara	2	120	2	Srl	NZl	Col-RPS	29.03.11
12	AB de Villiers, F du Plessis	4	103	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24.03.15
13	GD Eliott. CJ Anderson	5	103	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

New Zealand won this game by four wickets with a ball to spare to provide the fifth occasion of a team winning a World Cup game with a ball to spare. All such occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	NZl	2 wkts	1	235	59.5	60.0	Eng	Birmingham	15.06.83
2	Srl	3 wkts	1	196	49.5	50.0	RSA	Wellington	02.03.92
3	Eng	3 wkts	1	226	40.5	41.0	RSA	Melbourne	12.03.92
4	Eng	1 wkt	1	301	49.5	50.0	Win	Bridgetown	21.04.07
5	NZl	4 wkts	1	298	42.5	43.0	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

F du Plessis and AB de Villiers added 103 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide second occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the fifth wicket in the World Cup Semi final

 

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	MG Bevan, SG Law	5	138	1	Aus	Win	Mohali	14.03.96
2	GD Eliott. CJ Anderson	5	103	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

New Zealand won this game by four wickets with a ball to spare to provide the second occasion of New Zealnd winning a World Cup game with a ball to spare. Both the occasions are listed below

 

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	NZl	2 wkts	1	235	59.5	60.0	Eng	Birmingham	15.06.83
2	NZl	4 wkts	1	298	42.5	43.0	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

South Africa lost this game with a ball to spare to provide the third occasion of South Africa losing a World Cup game with a ball to spare. South Africa now holds the record of losing most games in the World Cup with a ball to spare

 

No	Winner	Margin	BR	Target	Overs	Max	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Srl	3 wkts	1	196	49.5	50.0	RSA	Wellington	02.03.92
2	Eng	3 wkts	1	226	40.5	41.0	RSA	Melbourne	12.03.92
3	NZl	4 wkts	1	298	42.5	43.0	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

CJ Anderson captured 3 for 72 and scored 58 in this game to provide the 22nd  occasion of a cricketer scoring a fifty and capturing three or more wickets in a World Cup game. It also provides the first such performance by a New Zealand cricketer in the World Cup.

 

No	Player	Runs	W-R	Team	Oppn	Ground	Date
1	Majid Khan	61	3-53	Pak	Aus	Nottingham	13.06.79
2	Fletcher DAG	69*	4-42	Zim	Aus	Nottingham	09.06.83
3	Curran KM	73	3-65	Zim	Ind	TB Wells	18.06.83
4	Azharuddin M	54*	3-19	Ind	Aus	Delhi	22.10.87
5	Imran Khan	58	3-36	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04.11.87
6	Botham IT	53	4-31	Eng	Aus	Sydney	05.03.92
7	Kirsten PN	62*	3-31	RSA	Zim	Canberra	10.03.92
8	de Silva PA	107*	3-42	Srl	Aus	Lahore	17.03.96
9	Johnson NC	59	4-42	Zim	Ken	Taunton	15.05.99
10	Klusener L	52*	3-21	RSA	Srl	Northampton	19.05.99
11	Moody TM	56*	3-25	Aus	Ban	Ch-le-St	27.05.99
12	Johnson NC	76	3-27	Zim	RSA	Chelmsford	29.05.99
13	Odumbe MO	52*	4-38	Ken	Ken	Johannesburg	01.03.03
14	Kloppenburg JF	121	4-42	Net	Nam	Bloemfontein	03.03.03
15	Davison JM	75	3-61	Can	NZl	Benoni	03.03.03
16	Jayasuriya ST	115	3-38	Srl	Win	Providence	01.04.07
17	Vaughan MP	79	3-39	Eng	Win	Barbadoa	21.04.07
18	Yuvraj Singh	50*	5-31	Ind	Ire	Bengaluru	06.03.11
19	Dilshan, TM	144	4-04	Srl	Zim	Pallekele	10.03.11
20	Wahab Riaz	54*	4-45	Pak	Zim	Brisbane	01.03.15
21	Williams SC	96	3-72	Zim	Ire	Hobart	07.03.15
22	Anderson CJ	58	3-72	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24.03.15

 

New Zealand won this game by chasing the target of 298 runs in this game. It is the highest target ever chased by a team in the World Cup Semi Final. Previous best was 263 runs chased by Pakistan against New Zealand at Auckland on 21.03.92. The following table lists out the targets of 200 plus runs chased by a team in the Semi Final of the World Cup.

 

No	Team	Score	Overs	Inns	Result	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	NZl	299/6	42.5	2	won	RSA	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
2	Pak	264/6	49.0	2	won	NZl	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
3	Pak	242/1	47.3	2	won	NZl	Manchester	16 Jun 1999
4	Srl	220/5	47.5	2	won	NZl	Col-RPS	29 Mar 2011
5	Ind	217/4	54.4	2	won	Eng	Manchester	22 Jun 1983