Canada v New Zealand ICC World Cup full Highlights Video, Match Report, Scorecard

ICC World Cup 2011, 30th Match, Group A: Canada v New Zealand Played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai 13th March 2011 (D/N) full Highlights Video, Match Report and Scorecard.

In a match that didn’t do much to help the case for the future inclusion of associate nations in World Cups, New Zealand beat Canada by 97 runs in Mumbai on Sunday.

Canada v New Zealand Cricket WC Match Report
Despite a classy innings of 84 off 87 from captain Ashish Bagai, the North Americans were never a threat to New Zealand, focusing rather on not being utterly embarrassed than making an effort to chase down a mammoth target of 358.

The toss seemed an important one to win with conditions clearly favouring swing bowling. Bagai called correctly and stuck New Zealand in, no doubt hoping that the Henry Osinde, destroyer of Kenya, could get the ball to move about as he did against the African team.

Brendon McCullum celebrates his ton.

As it turned out, he could, but getting the ball to swing and picking up wickets against a team that includes batsmen like Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder and Martin Guptill are two significantly different propositions. While Guptill struggled for fluency, eventually falling to Harvir Baidwan, McCullum looked without a care in the world, thrashing his way to a flawless 101 off 109 balls.

As he did so famously against Pakistan earlier this week, Ross Taylor waited for the batting powerplay before unleashing his trademark blasts over midwicket - the source of the majority of his 74 runs. He was particularly brutal in one Baidwan over, smacking the unfortunate seamer for four sixes and a four .

Scott Styris and James Franklin took the New Zealand score to unreachable proportions with some spectacular late-order hitting, the latter being especially aggressive in the final over of the match, smacking three sixes and two fours off Rizwan Cheema.

The Canadian innings got off to the kind of start one would expect in this kind of mismatch; losing two quick wickets to the swing of Kyle Mills. There was some unfortunate relief for the North Americans though, as Kyle Mills hobbled off after 2.4 overs with what seemed to be a minor knee injury. Youngster Hiral Patel made a brisk 31, including a number of exceptional strikes over extra cover off James Franklin.

Bagai came to the wicket with two wickets down and, despite looking somewhat out of touch for his first dozen or so deliveries, he soon settled and was, in fairness, the only Canadian who looked likely to create a problem for the Black Cap bowlers.

He was ably assisted by Jimmy Hansra, who made a somewhat scratchy 50 off 83 balls and never seemed focused on chasing a result. He and his captain put on 125 runs before an outside edge from Nathan McCullum’s bowling put an end to Bagai’s innings. Hansra departed soon after, retired hurt from excessive cramping – only to return later for another burst – but his efforts were for naught, with the Black Caps easing home.

Canada v New Zealand Cricket World Cup Scores

New Zealand won by 97 runs

	New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Guptill	c †Bagai b Baidwan	17	45	29	3	0	58.62
	9.5 126.3 kph, Wonderful Ashish Bagai! What a keeper! He was standing up to the stumps and takes a loverly catch. Guptill got the edge on the defensive prod and Bagai moved his hands quickly to cover the deviation. Good delivery too; it landed on a good length and just about cut away a bit 53/1
	BB McCullum†	c Gunasekera b Baidwan	101	163	109	12	2	92.66
	36.4 120.8 kph, Batting Powerplay has taken its first wicket. Full in length and outside off, Baz slams it straight to extra cover. Fine innings, but its over now 185/3
	JD Ryder	c Osinde b Davison	38	80	56	3	0	67.85
	29.2 86.7 kph, Ryder has seen the suicide button, and pressed it with glee. A 100 for the taking against this dawdle of a Canadian attack, and he's let the opportunity go after doing the hard work. Ryder tosses it up on the off stump, Ryder gets under it and then is not sure just how hard to hit it. He plays a half-hearted chip in the end, and sends it straight to long on. He is livid, and smashes his pads on the way back. That wasn't a long boundary either. 149/2
	LRPL Taylor*	c Hansra b Balaji Rao	74	60	44	6	5	168.18
	40.5 88.8 kph, Bala strikes with a lovely delivery. It was a flighted leg break on a good length around off and middle. Brave delivery. Correct delivery. Rosco goes for the big hit down the ground but the ball turns and he gets the edge. Hansra moved forward from backward point and dived forward to take a good catch. The Rosco show is over. 254/4
	NL McCullum	c & b Balaji Rao	10	30	9	2	0	111.11
	42.1 74.6 kph, Balaji gives us another lovely dismissal. A flighted loopy dipping leg break that drifted towards leg, luring Nathan to try playing it to the leg and the turn forces him to get a leading edge. Balaji lunges to his right to pouch that. A classic leggie's wicket. Lovely drift there 259/5
	KS Williamson	not out	34	38	27	4	0	125.92
	SB Styris	c Davison b Baidwan	35	21	20	3	2	175.00
	47.6 126.6 kph, Styris falls to a full toss. He swings it towards long-on where Davison moves in to take a good low catch, lunging forward 318/6
	JEC Franklin	not out	31	12	8	2	3	387.50
	Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 11, nb 2)	18
	Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs; 226 mins)	358	(7.16 runs per over)

Did not bat JDP Oram, KD Mills, TG Southee

Fall of wickets1-53 (Guptill, 9.5 ov), 2-149 (Ryder, 29.2 ov), 3-185 (BB McCullum, 36.4 ov), 4-254 (Taylor, 40.5 ov), 5-259 (NL McCullum, 42.1 ov), 6-318 (Styris, 47.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	Khurram Chohan	7	0	40	0	5.71	(3w)
	H Osinde	7	0	52	0	7.42	(2w)
	HS Baidwan	9.1	0	84	3	9.16	(1w)
	9.5 to Guptill, 126.3 kph, Wonderful Ashish Bagai! What a keeper! He was standing up to the stumps and takes a loverly catch. Guptill got the edge on the defensive prod and Bagai moved his hands quickly to cover the deviation. Good delivery too; it landed on a good length and just about cut away a bit 53/1 36.4 to BB McCullum, 120.8 kph, Batting Powerplay has taken its first wicket. Full in length and outside off, Baz slams it straight to extra cover. Fine innings, but its over now 185/3 47.6 to Styris, 126.6 kph, Styris falls to a full toss. He swings it towards long-on where Davison moves in to take a good low catch, lunging forward 318/6
	Rizwan Cheema	4.5	0	64	0	13.24	(2nb)
	WD Balaji Rao	10	0	62	2	6.20	(1w)
	40.5 to Taylor, 88.8 kph, Bala strikes with a lovely delivery. It was a flighted leg break on a good length around off and middle. Brave delivery. Correct delivery. Rosco goes for the big hit down the ground but the ball turns and he gets the edge. Hansra moved forward from backward point and dived forward to take a good catch. The Rosco show is over. 254/4 42.1 to NL McCullum, 74.6 kph, Balaji gives us another lovely dismissal. A flighted loopy dipping leg break that drifted towards leg, luring Nathan to try playing it to the leg and the turn forces him to get a leading edge. Balaji lunges to his right to pouch that. A classic leggie's wicket. Lovely drift there 259/5
	JM Davison	10	1	30	1	3.00
	29.2 to Ryder, 86.7 kph, Ryder has seen the suicide button, and pressed it with glee. A 100 for the taking against this dawdle of a Canadian attack, and he's let the opportunity go after doing the hard work. Ryder tosses it up on the off stump, Ryder gets under it and then is not sure just how hard to hit it. He plays a half-hearted chip in the end, and sends it straight to long on. He is livid, and smashes his pads on the way back. That wasn't a long boundary either. 149/2
	AS Hansra	2	0	21	0	10.50

	Canada innings (target: 359 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	R Gunasekera	c Taylor b Mills	2	9	7	0	0	28.57
	2.1 132.7 kph, Ross Taylor is here, Ross Taylor is there, Ross Taylor is almost everywhere. Full delivery, angled across looking for the outside edge that will keep the slips interested, but not this kind of an edge. Ruvindu flashes at it with furious anger and gets the healthiest of outside edges that seems set to take it over the slips and through to third man. Someone forgot to tell Rossco, jumping up with his right hand stretched up. He plucked it at it's peak as if he were reaping mango harvest. Delicious. The timing of the jump was outstanding. 2/1
	H Patel	c †BB McCullum b Oram	31	61	35	5	1	88.57
	12.3 123.9 kph, Has he edged it this time? NZ review an appeal for caught behind that's been turned down. Another short one from Oram, this one just outside off and Patel again goes for a vicious pull, despite not having the room. There was a sure noise as the ball passed the bat. No other technology to aid in this review. It's eventually been given out. 50/3
	ZE Surkari	c Taylor b Mills	1	10	11	0	0	9.09
	4.3 128.7 kph, Mills has another. Catching practice this time for Rossco. Not the first time Surkari has gone fishing outside off stump with an angled bat after getting half across, and that too very late. This angler hooks no salmon, no trout, no sardines, no nothing. Instead he gets Taylor. Easy catch at waist height, taken without any fuss. 4/2
	A Bagai*†	c †BB McCullum b NL McCullum	84	145	87	10	0	96.55
	36.6 91.7 kph, that's the end of a fine innings from Bagai. He's succumbed to the conditions as much as the bowling. He's barely able to stand, and wanted to get to his 100 with big shots. He again backs away to the leg side, looking to whack over the off side. Thin outside edge. Bagai c McCullum b McCullum. 175/4
	AS Hansra	not out	70	140	105	4	1	66.66
	Rizwan Cheema	c †BB McCullum b Oram	2	5	4	0	0	50.00
	38.1 120.5 kph, another one bites the dust. No fireworks from Cheema as he looks to guide a short ball on off stump to third man, and ends up guiding it too fine. Baz dives away to his right and pouches it. Very good catch, that. 179/5
	JM Davison	run out (†BB McCullum)	15	37	21	2	0	71.42
	44.1 from Oram, Davison has run himself out in clumsy fashion as the Royal Canadian Air Farce carries on. He gets a yorker on the pads, glances to the leg side and then trots half the way, before deciding to walk down the pitch. The throw came in from McCullum, on the sly, and broke the stumps before he reached his crease. Sleeping tortoises would have made it. Even if they were walking backwards. Davison keeps walking to the pavilion. 213/7
	WD Balaji Rao	c NL McCullum b Oram	9	13	9	1	0	100.00
	42.5 118.3 kph, Rao's holed out. Slow offcutter banged in short, he looks to biff it over midwicket and ends up playing straight to long on 205/6
	HS Baidwan	c Franklin b Southee	8	14	6	1	0	133.33
	45.2 131.0 kph, Southee finally has a wicket. Rejoice if he's in your Fantasy team. Full toss on off stump, driven cleanly, but straight into mid off's hands 222/8
	Khurram Chohan	c Taylor b Ryder	22	23	16	2	1	137.50
	49.4 100.9 kph, Chohan's merry ways come to an end as Ryder keeps it slightly short of driving length and Chohan holes out to cover. 261/9
	H Osinde	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(b 5, lb 2, w 9, nb 1)	17
	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs; 237 mins)	261	(5.22 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Gunasekera, 2.1 ov), 2-4 (Surkari, 4.3 ov), 3-50 (Patel, 12.3 ov), 4-175 (Bagai, 36.6 ov), 5-179 (Rizwan Cheema, 38.1 ov), 5-185* (Hansra, retired not out, 40.1 ov), 6-205 (Balaji Rao, 42.5 ov), 7-213 (Davison, 44.1 ov), 8-222 (Baidwan, 45.2 ov), 9-261 (Khurram Chohan, 49.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KD Mills	2.4	1	2	2	0.75
	2.1 to Gunasekera, 132.7 kph, Ross Taylor is here, Ross Taylor is there, Ross Taylor is almost everywhere. Full delivery, angled across looking for the outside edge that will keep the slips interested, but not this kind of an edge. Ruvindu flashes at it with furious anger and gets the healthiest of outside edges that seems set to take it over the slips and through to third man. Someone forgot to tell Rossco, jumping up with his right hand stretched up. He plucked it at it's peak as if he were reaping mango harvest. Delicious. The timing of the jump was outstanding. 2/1 4.3 to Surkari, 128.7 kph, Mills has another. Catching practice this time for Rossco. Not the first time Surkari has gone fishing outside off stump with an angled bat after getting half across, and that too very late. This angler hooks no salmon, no trout, no sardines, no nothing. Instead he gets Taylor. Easy catch at waist height, taken without any fuss. 4/2
	TG Southee	10	1	36	1	3.60	(1w)
	45.2 to Baidwan, 131.0 kph, Southee finally has a wicket. Rejoice if he's in your Fantasy team. Full toss on off stump, driven cleanly, but straight into mid off's hands 222/8
	JD Ryder	1.2	0	15	1	11.25	(1w)
	49.4 to Khurram Chohan, 100.9 kph, Chohan's merry ways come to an end as Ryder keeps it slightly short of driving length and Chohan holes out to cover. 261/9
	JDP Oram	10	1	47	3	4.70	(1w)
	12.3 to Patel, 123.9 kph, Has he edged it this time? NZ review an appeal for caught behind that's been turned down. Another short one from Oram, this one just outside off and Patel again goes for a vicious pull, despite not having the room. There was a sure noise as the ball passed the bat. No other technology to aid in this review. It's eventually been given out. 50/3 38.1 to Rizwan Cheema, 120.5 kph, another one bites the dust. No fireworks from Cheema as he looks to guide a short ball on off stump to third man, and ends up guiding it too fine. Baz dives away to his right and pouches it. Very good catch, that. 179/5 42.5 to Balaji Rao, 118.3 kph, Rao's holed out. Slow offcutter banged in short, he looks to biff it over midwicket and ends up playing straight to long on 205/6
	JEC Franklin	4	0	31	0	7.75	(1nb)
	NL McCullum	8	0	56	1	7.00
	36.6 to Bagai, 91.7 kph, that's the end of a fine innings from Bagai. He's succumbed to the conditions as much as the bowling. He's barely able to stand, and wanted to get to his 100 with big shots. He again backs away to the leg side, looking to whack over the off side. Thin outside edge. Bagai c McCullum b McCullum. 175/4
	SB Styris	10	0	41	0	4.10	(1w)
	KS Williamson	4	0	26	0	6.50	(1w)

Toss Canada, who chose to field

Points New Zealand 2, Canada 0
Player of the match BB McCullum (New Zealand)

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