ICC WC 2015 First Semifinal : After Early 3 Wicket Loss de Villiers ,Plessis Put S.Africa In Strong Postiion Agaisnt New Zealand

24 March, Auckland

Co- hosts New Zealand are taking on South Africa in the high intensity semi final fixture of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, at Auckland’s Eden Park .

New Zealand Pacers were successful in taking three important wickets within 30 overs putting South Africa under pressure. However the attacking batting by Capitan De Villiers and Plessis put South Africa in strong position.

AB de Villiers hit 46th ODI fifty .

Batting first South Africa was pushed back as both of its openers Hasim Amla 10 and Quinton De Kock 14 were removed by Kiwi spearhead Trent Boult. While Faf de Plessis and Rilee Rossouw on their job to rebuild the innings , Rossouw was out scoring 39 runs off Corey Anderson.

Hasim Amla was out when the Team score was 21 , de Kock fell at 31 and Rossouw was out when the score was 114.

However, when reported a short while ago the South African innings was stable and they were batting at 216 for 3 in 38 overs.

Both the teams have never moved to finals of World Cup despite numerous semi final outings. New Zealand having played six semi final matches prior to this encounter have not cleared this hurdle, South Africa on the other side have been involved in three semi final matches but has lost all of them infamously.