ICC World Cup 2015: South Africa vs New Zealand

Chasing a D/L revised target of 298 in 43 overs, New Zealand pulled off an incredible victory in their World Cup semi-final clash against South Africa at Eden Park, Auckland, today. Grant Elliott produced a Man-of-the-Match performance with an unbeaten 84 off 73. Brendon McCullum and Corey Anderson scored half-centuries too.Earlier in the day, Trent Boult picked up 2 early wickets to jolt the Proteas top order, but Faf du Plessis and Rilee Rossouw got their team through the difficult passage – setting it up for AB de Villiers and David Miller to provide the finishing touch. Here are the numbers that matter from the game:

#1 Most runs ever off a Dale Steyn over

Dale Steyn conceded 25 runs in his thirdover, 24 of which came off Brendon McCullums bat. This is the highest number of runs conceded by Steyn in a single over in an ODI, beating the 24 runs he gave away in an over against Australia at Melbourne in 2006.

Steyn had a forgettable day today on a wicket that assisted pace bowling, conceding 76 runs in 8.5 overs. He managed to pick up only wicket.

#2 22-ball 50 for Brendon McCullum

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum got off to an absolutely insane start, reaching his 50 off just 22 balls. This is the fourth time he has scored a half-century in World Cups in 22 balls or less. He was dismissed for 59 off the bowling of Morne Morkel.

Player	Country	Opposition	Balls
B McCullum	New Zealand	England	18
B McCullum	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	19
B McCullum	New Zealand	Canada	20
A Mathews	Sri Lanka	Scotland	20
M Boucher	South Africa	Netherlands	21
B McCullum	New Zealand	Australia	21
G Maxwell	Australia	Afghanistan	21
M Boucher	South Africa	West Indies	22
L Chandimal	Sri Lanka	Australia	22
B McCullum	New Zealand	South Africa	22

#3 Most wickets by a Kiwi in a single World Cup

With 2 wickets today, Kiwi pacer Trent Boult took his wickets tally in the World Cup to 21 the highest number of wickets taken by a New Zealand bowler in a single edition of the World Cup. He went past left-arm pacer Geoff Allott who took 20 wickets in the 1999 edition of the World Cupheld in England.

Player	Edition	Wickets
T Boult	2015	21
G Allott	1999	20
T Southee	2011	18
S Bond	2003	17
C Harris	1992	16
D Vettori	2007	16

#4 3rd most runs as captain in a World Cup

South African captain AB de Villiers has ended the tournament with 482 runs, the third most number of runs scored by a captain in a single edition of a World Cup.

Player	Country	Edition	Runs
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	2007	548
Ricky Ponting	Australia	2007	539
AB de Villiers	South Africa	2015	482
Sourav Ganguly	India	2003	465
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	2011	465

#5 Most destructive batsman in the history of ODI World Cups

Brendon McCullum’s strike-rate of 191.81 in the ongoing tournament is the highest for any batsman who has played at least 5 matches in a single edition of a World Cup.

Player	Country	Matches	Edition	SR
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	8	2015	191.81
Andre Russell	West Indies	7	2015	185.71
Glenn Maxwell	Australia	6	2015	183.53
Shane Watson	Australia	8	2007	170.58
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	8	2015	164.00