New Zealand and South Africa are all set to make it to the finals for the first time in a World Cup. Both semi- finalists- New Zealand and South Africa - will meet at the Eden Park in Auckland on Tuesday. New Zealand are one of only two teams in the tournament, along with defending champions India, to have won all seven matches they have player. New Zealand opener Guptill's record shattering double hundred came at the right time especially ahead of the semi- final .
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Guptill will be the key man in the semis. Two more runs will see Guptill become the first Kiwi to score 500+ runs in a single World Cup. Tahir has without question become a big match player. His brilliant spell of 4 for 16 against Sri Lanka is a best example before us. After Tim Southee's mind boggling 7 for 33 against England, the Black Caps must be expecting a similar kind of show from the 26-year old .McCullum has been reminded that his team has played all its seven matches in this World Cup at home, and should it make the final, something it has never done before, it will be rank outsiders, not having played an ODI in Australia in nearly six years.
South Africa has only played New Zealand in a World Cup match here once at Eden Park, it was well beaten, the home team getting across the line with seven wickets and 93 balls to spare . South Africa player, in conversation with someone who had played a fair bit of cricket himself, said: “In the past we were perhaps not ready, as a team, or as a country, to win the World Cup. But, this is our time. From batsmen to bowlers to coaching staff, the message that has come out of the South Africa camp has been a simple one: go out there and get the job done, this is what we have been preparing for, for all our lives.
South Africa will use Morne Morkel's pace to get rid of the openers early. Morkel, who has 14 wickets in seven matches so far, has the ability to extract bounce and bowl fast and can intimidate the batsmen if given the new ball .with 10 wickets in 7 matches, South African pace spearhead Dale Steyn must have planned something for the devastating opener . De Villiers has made 417 runs across six games at a strike rate of 144 runs per 100 balls at a solid average of 83.40.
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