The 25th match of the ICC cricket World Cup took place between south AFRICA'>south africa and new zealand at Birmingham. A wet outfield delayed the start and it became a 49-over match. new zealand won the toss and opted to field first.
Q De Kock went for a low score against Boult and Amla played slow innings. south AFRICA'>south africa's snail-paced innings hurt them a lot. Du Plessis and Markram failed to convert their scores to big ones. But it is van der Dussen who played vital innings and took the team to a decent total of 241/6.
new zealand also faced a shock as Munro failed with the bat as he departed for just 9. Then Williamson and Guptill took the team to safety. But as Guptill departed for 35, Taylor and Latham fell to Morris and new zealand struggled at 80/4. But captain Williamson played patient innings. In the end, he scored an unbeaten century and ensured a victory
