New Zealand continued on its merry way with another win, albeit by only 5 runs, and seem to have booked an early spot for the semi-finals. And the red hot form of South Africa is going to ensure a mouth-watering match at Durban tomorrow. Paul Collingwood won the toss and, as has been the case in the tournament, he decided to field first. The Kiwis did not get off to a good start as the top order collapsed to Anderson, Broad and Flintoff. Lou Vincent was the only top order player to reach double figures, but even that wasn’t a lot - only 13 runs.
The old guard then took charge of the match for New Zealand with Scott Styris and Craig McMillan joining hands together for a match-winning 60 run partnership. Styris dominated this one scoring 42 runs from 32 balls with 4 big hits and 1 boundary.
England started off well and were 62-0 in 7.4 overs when disaster struck as Vikram Solanki holed out to Lou Vincent. Maddy, whose 50 from only 31 balls could have been match-winning, departed soon after followed even sooner by Paul Collingwood. All of a sudden the scoreboard was 87-3. And when Pietersen (24 from 16) and Flintoff (1 from 1) were sent back to the pavilion (so to speak) the English were in deep trouble with the score reading 104-5. Owais Shah and Luke Wright tried to bring them closer to the toal, but a flurry of wickets towards the end ensured that New Zealand remained undefeated in the Super Eights.
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