South Africa collapse as New Zealand book semis spot

Mar 25, 2011

South Africa started brightly, with Robin Peterson taking a diving return catch to dismiss Brendon McCullum cheaply •Getty Images

Jesse Ryder steadied the innings with a solid knock of 83•Getty Images

Kane Williamson scraped together 38 to get New Zealand to 221•Getty Images

But the match turned when Kallis was caught superbly by Jacob Oram at deep midwicket•Getty Images

New Zealand sensed an opening and immediately started to give the South Africa batsmen some lip •Associated Press

Faf du Plessis kept South Africa alive with a few boundaries•Getty Images

Martin Guptill was dismissed soon after, as he miscued a Dale Steyn slower ball•Associated Press

But Imran Tahir struck a double blow, getting Ryder and Ross Taylor •Associated Press

New Zealand got a lucky break early, as Hashim Amla bottom-edged a cut onto Brendon McCullum's boot and the ball ballooned up to first slip •Getty Images

The score wad 108 for 3 then, but JP Duminy fell for 3 ...•Associated Press

Then, the Oram show began; he dismissed Johan Botha and Robin Peterson in quick succession ...•Associated Press

But Oram got him too, as South Africa sunk towards defeat•Associated Press

Morne Morkel then sparked a collapse, taking three wickets•Getty Images

Jacques Kallis, though, seemed to have put South Africa on course with a solid 47•Associated Press

... and AB de Villiers was run out as South Africa started to succumb to nerves •AFP

... and then took his second catch of the innings to send Dale Steyn back•Associated Press

The winning moment came when Imran Tahir holed out, handing New Zealand a 49-run win and a place in the semi-finals•Getty Images