Oh my goodness...New Zealand played South Africa last night in a
semi-final of the World Cup of Cricket. It was an AMAZING game!! Either could
have won it in the final moments of the game...but NZ prevailed...just!!! This
is our first time in the final of the Cricket World Cup...and what a way to
make it! For those of you who have never seen cricket...or think it is a boring
game...watch these highlights:
Mike Selvey:
The Black Caps dream lives on after they
won what must rate as one of the most memorable of all World Cup games by four
wickets. Grant Elliott, perceived by some to be the weak link in the New
Zealand batting, ended a wonderful, pulsating semi-final by hitting the
penultimate ball of the match from the finest fast bowler on the planet high
over wide long-on and into the heaving stands to send 40,000 people into
raptures.
As the ball sailed over the boundary,
Elliott raised his arms aloft. It was, said the South Africa captain, AB de
Villiers, afterwards, scarcely holding back the tears, the shot of his life.
Dale Steyn, who had been treated harshly in previous overs, sank to his
haunches in utter despair. Yet again South Africa have fallen at a hurdle they
found insurmountable. We said there was nothing between the sides but this was
astonishing. Perhaps the magnificent crowd and the support of the entire nation
made the crucial difference.
