13 साल बाद टूट गया गांगुली का रिकॉर्ड

साउथ अफ्रीका के स्टार खिलाड़ी

एबी डिविलियर्स ने वनडे क्रिकेट का एक कीर्तिमान अपने नाम कर लिया है। वो न्यूजीलैंड के खिलाफ 19 रन बनाते ही वनडे में सबसे जल्दी आठ हजार रन बनाने वाले खिलाड़ी बन गए हैं। उन्होंने मैच में 64 रन बनाए। इसके साथ ही डिविलियर्स ने पूर्व भारतीय कप्तान सौरव गांगुली का 13 साल पुराना रिकॉर्ड भी तोड़ दिया।

Elliott's winning six, off injured South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn, took New Zealand into the World Cup final for the first time and they will play the winner of Thursday's second semi, between Australia and India in Sydney, in Sunday's showpiece match in Melbourne.
New Zealand faced a revised target of 298 under the Duckworth/Lewis method after South Africa made 281 for five in 43 overs.

Johannesburg-born Grant Elliott's 84 not out, capped with a stunning six off the penultimate ball, New Zealand to a four-wicket win over South Africa in a cliffhanger World Cup semi-final at Auckland's Eden Park on Tuesday. Then came a valuable 103-run partnership between Elliott and Corey Anderson and New Zealand appeared to have the game in hand with six overs to go.

Morne Morkel regained the initiative for South Africa by taking a wicket and conceding only one run in the 38th over and by the start of the 43rd - and final - over New Zealand required 12 to win. They started with a bye, a single, a four to Daniel Vettori, another bye and then Elliott smacked Steyn high into the stands as New Zealand, after losing all six of their previous World Cup semi-finals, completed a thrilling win.

CANBERRA: South Africa buried a hapless Ireland under a mountain of runs as Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis smashed centuries in Proteas' comprehensive 201 run win in a Pool B match of the cricket World Cup on Tuesday.

Amla's attacking 128-ball 159 and du Plessis' 109 off as many balls powered South Africa to a mammoth 411 for four, the second highest score in the World Cup.

India's 413 for five against Bermuda in the 2007 edition remains the highest score.

The two batsmen put up an impressive 247-run partnership for the second wicket as Amla hit 16 fours and four sixes, while du Plessis struck 10 boundaries and a six. David Miller and Rilee Rossouw went hammer and tongs as South Africa scored 230 in the last 20 overs, leaving the Irish bowlers bruised and battered. The last 8.3 overs fetched 110 runs.

South Africa made 408 for five against the West Indies on Friday, the second-highest World Cup total of all time.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers smashed the second-fastest World Cup century off 52 balls in the Pool B game at the Sydney Cricket Ground before finishing on 162 not out.

South Africa had won the toss and had chosen to bat first against the West Indies at Sydney, as they looked resurect their World Cup campaign after a defeat against India.

The vast, empty and silent terraces of the Melbourne Cricket Ground lay in anticipation on Saturday for Sunday's ICC Cricket World Cup Group B game between India and South Africa to electrify the vast hordes of fans enjoying a battle royale on what looks like a bald, hard pitch.

Any optimism around Sunday's match being a competitive battle would have been looked at with disdain. But the emphatic manner in which India secured victory over Pakistan in Adelaide as well as South Africa's less than convincing show against Zimbabwe in Hamilton last week have combined to heighten expectations of a keen battle. Some amazing friendships struck on the international circuit and in the much-maligned IPL notably MS Dhoni's association with Faf du Plessis and Virat Kohli's bonding with AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn will be set aside on Sunday when the teams step on the field, wearing their respective colours and singing their own national anthems.There can be no doubt that South Africa are the better side on paper, with a series of explosive batsmen like de Villiers, du Plessis, David Miller, JP Duminy and Quinton de Kock to make the most of Hashim Amla's anchoring approach, a quality bowling line-up that can test the best of teams and an eagerness to make this World Cup their own.