Sunday, March 13, 2011

New Zealand beat Canada by 97 runs

New Zealand beat Canada by 97 runs in their Group A match of the cricket World Cup here today. Brief Scores: New Zealand: 358 for six in 50 overs (Brendon McCullum 101, Ross Taylor 74; Hairvir Baidwan 3/54, Balaji Rao 2/62) Canada: 261 for nine in 50 overs (Ashish Bagai 84, Jimmy Hansra 70 not out, Jacob Oram 3/47, Kyle Mills 2/2).

Earlier, New Zealand made 358 for 6 against Canada in their World Cup Group A match at the Wankhede stadium on Sunday where a win will guarantee them a quarter-final place.
Earlier, Canada captain Ashish Bagai won the toss and elected to field first in the Group A World Cup tie against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday.
New Zealand were without their captain Daniel Vettori who is injured and the team id being led by vice captain Ross Taylor. Vettori was replaced by middle order batsman and part time spinner Kane Williamson.
Canada omitted Parth Desai, Tyson Gordon, Nitish Kumar and Karl Whatham from their playing eleven.
Teams: New Zealand: Ross Taylor (capt), Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum, James Franklin, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Scott Styris, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee and Kane Williamson.
Canada: Ashish Bagai (capt), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Amarbir Hansra, W Balaji Rao, John Davison, Ruvindu Gunasekara,  Khurram Chohan, Henry Osinde, Hiral Patel and Zubin Sarkari.

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