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New Zealand came from behind to upset South Africa by 49 runs in Friday’s quarter-final at the Shere Bangla stadium, their fourth win over the fancied rivals in six World Cup encounters.“I look at it as an achievement for a country so small that we make so many semi-finals,” he said. “That’s a better way to look at it for a country of four million people. People may put negative stamps on it but I think it’s an achievement for a country like ours.”
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It will be New Zealand’s sixth appearance in the semi-finals, where they will take on Sri Lanka who beat England in the last quarter- final, in Colombo.“I think the reputation we have is that we can beat any team on a given day. But consistency has avoided us a lot of the time, so it’s our big chance in the semi-finals to go one or two better.”
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Mills limps out of World Cup.New Zealand seamer Kyle Mills was ruled out of the World Cup through injury, just hours after being heavily fined for an angry bust-up in the quarter-final win.
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Paceman Andy McKay has been called up as a replacement who is due to arrive in Sri Lanka today, two days before New Zealand’s semi-final.Vettori, Mills, du Plessis fined for bust-up.Vettori and Mills along with South Africa’s Faf du Plessis were slapped with heavy fines for their ugly bust-up during the quarter-final.
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The fines followed a stormy clash at the end of the 28th over of the South Africa innings when du Plessis and the Kiwis exchanged angry words following the fall of AB de Villiers. Mills, who was not part of the playing eleven, was on the field at the time, carrying drinks for his teammates.“Mills has been fined 60 per cent of his match fee for an offence relating to inappropriate and deliberate physical contact between players,” said the International Cricket Council.“He has also been fined a further 60 per cent of his fee for an offence which relates to conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game or brings the game into disrepute.”
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Vettori was fined 50 per cent of his match fee for a similar offence and another 40 per cent for bringing the game into disrepute. Du Plessis was fined 50 per cent of his match fee.
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‘South Africa will rise from ashes’South Africa’s outgoing one-day captain Graeme Smith, devastated by his side’s sudden World Cup exit at the hands of New Zealand, has predicted the national team will quickly overcome their latest debacle.South Africa, often regarded as the best team never to have won the World Cup, have now lost in three semi-finals, two quarter-finals and once in the first round. But Smith, who will stand down as one-day captain but remain the leader in Test cricket, was confident the team will taste success again.“This is an exciting period for South African cricket,” he said after his side’s exit in Bangladesh. “We have the players and the talent. Hopefully in the future we will go all the way and win. We had the opportunity to close out the game but we let ourselves down, we let our fans down.”