Match Thread: ICC Cricket World Cup, 3rd Quarter-Final: New Zealand v South Africa at Dhaka, Mar 25, 2011

[Ganesh]

Originally Posted by Shehwar
Cannot believe a side that we whitewashed 4-0 a couple of months back will play the world cup semifinal!!!

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Well, they have raised the level of their game a few(rather several) notches. The way Taylor and co beat up Pakistan or today's comfortable win against SA is no fluke. May be they didn't care to play so well a 2/3 months back when they played Bangladesh and India. Now the stakes are higher. They are just playing really good cricket during this tournament. Good for them.

[Neel Here]

the change in management worked for them. they did a thorough re-alignment after the sub-continent tour. people like wright have had a big impact.

[Sovik]

Did New Zealand cricketers thanked crowd at Mirpur?

[ammark]

Originally Posted by sovik
Did New Zealand cricketers thanked crowd at Mirpur?

Yes. I think it was Nathan MacCullum who did in the brief Q&A just before the presentation ceremony.

[Dilscoop]

I expect a NO-SHOW NZ in the Semis. Trust me, they haven't changed a bit. You can't just turn things around in few weeks. This is was just on the card. NZ has to make the Semis, and SA has to chock. Now, a typical NZ Semi Final show is on the card. They will be very poor. Even when they had a strong side, they just couldn't make the final.

[Ajfar]

^ You never know dude anything can happen. I wouldn't be surprised if we end up seeing Pak Vs. Eng/NZ final.

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[Banglatiger84]

Thi sis how NZ had been the last few world cups:

Play above their ability
Upset a supposedly bigger team
End up in the semis
Get trashed by either Pakistan or Australia

They are the classic tournament team.

[parvez]

WI and SF both hammered Bangladesh in Dhaka
And both WI and SF kicked out from the tournament in Dhaka