Friday, March 23, 2007

Canada v New Zealand - Game 18

New Zealand vs Canada (Group C) at St. Lucia

New Zealand 363/5 in 50 overs (L Vincent 101, Fleming 66, Fulton 47) beat Canada 249/10 in 49.2 overs (Davidson 52, Billcliff 50, J Patel 25/3) by 114 runs

Match home

Having already booked their place in the Super 8's, NZ showed why they are such serious contenders for this world cup by thumping Canada. Vincent followed his 2 ducks in the first 2 games with a fluent century, Fleming continued his good form, Styris and Oram batted well again and McCullum slammed a 50 of 22 balls at the end. Davidson showed glimpses of his form from the 2003 WC by flaying 52 glorious runs but Canada were never really in the hunt.

Good job by the Kiwis. They should be really confident going into the next stage.

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