Auckland: New Zealand and South Africa meet in the World Cup semifinals in Auckland`s Eden Park on Tuesday, hoping to end years of pain and near misses.
“I don`t think allí` s any luggage with anyone,” he insisted. “It`sa unique game and they`re all desperate to be in the big party and I am sure de` ll both appeared.
Auckland weather is notoriously changeable and unpredictable and forecasts for Tuesday, and the reserve day on Wednesday, have fluctuated in recent days. On Sunday, a chance of rain in the Eden Park was rated at about 20 percent, but on Monday it had grown to 60 percent and the official forecast was for rain isolated on game day.
The forecast for the reserve day is more favorable, with warm temperatures and no mention of rain.
World Cup Regulations specify that every attempt should be made to complete at least 20 overs competition if a match knockout tournament is affected by rain. The regulations allow a game that has begun on a day scheduled to be completed on the day of booking party.
If no play is available in either of the two days, the team that was ranked first after pool play advance to the next round.
“Two sides are playing good cricket and it` s going to be a great show.”
Your only common opponent in the tournament has been the West Indies, which hit South Africa in pool play by 257 runs after batting first and post 408 for five.
New Zealand beat West Indies by 143 runs in the quarterfinals of Wellington on Saturday after scoring 393 for six at the back of Martin World Cup Guptill`s record 237 not out.
South Africa left the quarter-final against Sri Lanka with an overwhelming nine wicket victory as they moved to dispel talk are “chokers”.
After defiantly Proteas captain AB de Villiers said: “I think we like to be called chokers del` ll just keep that label and move on, as long as we keep winning.”.
And the star batsman was adamant that, whatever happened, his team would not break under pressure.
“We are committed to the fact that re not going to show any weakness,” he said.
Proteas leg-spinner Imran Tahir`s four for 26 against Sri Lanka should raise a red flag for New Zealand`s talisman opener and captain Brendon McCullum, whose swashbuckling reputation takes an epilogue that is vulnerable to leggies.When New Zealand and South Africa met in a pre-tournament lashed, Trent Boult took five for 51 in the victory 134 management on a Proteas side without key figures Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn.
South Africa won a one-day international series 2-0 against New Zealand without Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor late last year, and said Hesson result was skewed even more by South Africa being in midair while New Zealand has just preparing for the season.
“In September and October releases are different, we`d out of a winter they`d out of a campaign,” Hesson said. “They hard we hit early and didn`t respond well. We`re more for hard now.”
It was the beginning of a collection that has seen New Zealand so hit at the right time, with wins in their last nine games – that has never won 10 in a row – while South Africa were beaten by Pakistan in the swimming World Cup play .
His confrontation crises takes place at Eden Park, whose fall in pitch and short boundaries should favor the hitters, but where the results show the mark of 300 was improved only six times in ODIs.
Including New Zealand and South Africa provide half of the top 10 players in this tournament.
The history of South Africa in World Cups is one of misfortune, miscalculation and implosions form.
In 1992 he took on India in a rain-affected final: South Africa needed 22 runs from 13 balls when it started raining, but when your goal was recalculated under the system Duckworth-Lewis, with the impossible task faced 22 runs a ball.
In 1996, as one of the favorites, who was eliminated in the quarterfinals. In the semifinal against Australia 1999, South Africa needed just one run in the last four match points to win, but confusion and run-out ended the game as a draw and Australia advanced with a better record in the preceding step.
As host of the tournament in 2003, he got through to the group stage was marred when a run chase in a rain-affected match, leading to the resignation of captain Shaun Pollock. In 2007 crashed in the semifinals after being dismissed by Australia for 149 – his score owest World Cup.
And in 2011, in a game that de Villiers was a key figure, who was beaten by New Zealand in the quarterfinals of a festering. Asked Monday what he remembered of that game, de Villiers simply said “we have lost.”
“It was a great game for us as a team,” he said. “But I knew I could walk off the field knowing that I had given it my best.
“There are no regrets about that game. I felt in great shape. I kicked him well. I have no grudge for what happened in the past.”
South African fans can not feel the same.
