March 22, 2007
New Zealand beat Canada by 114 runs in Group C of the World Cup at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
This match saw Brendon McCullum of New Zealand hit the fastest ever Cricket World Cup half century off just 20 balls. In reply, Canada achieved the highest total in their World Cup history.
Toss: Canada won, and elected to field first.
 New Zealand innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Lou Vincent | c & b Davison | 101 | 117 | 9 | 1 | 86.32 | |
| Stephen Fleming | c Billcliff b Sandher | 66 | 67 | 8 | 1 | 98.50 | |
| Peter Fulton | lbw b Sandher | 47 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Scott Styris | c Bagai b Samad | 28 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 164.70 | |
| Craig McMillan | c Samad b Davison | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 | |
| Jacob Oram | not out | 35 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 129.62 | |
| Brendon McCullum | not out | 52 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 247.61 | |
| Extras | (b 1; lb 5; w 17; nb 1) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (5 Wickets; 50 overs) | 363 | 29 | 11 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-142 (Fleming, 21.3 ov), 2-222 (Fulton, 35.2 ov), 3-253 (Styris, 38.5 ov), 4-266 (McMillan, 40.4 ov), 5-278 (Vincent, 42.6 ov)
 Canada bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Anderson Cummins | 10 | 1 | 59 | 0 | 5.90 | |
| Umar Bhatti | 5.3 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 4.54 | |
| Abdool Samad | 2.3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 12.40 | |
| Henry Osinde | 4 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 11.25 | |
| Kevin Sandher | 10 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 5.80 | |
| John Davison | 10 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 6.70 | |
| Sunil Dhaniram | 8 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| Canada innings (Target: 364 runs from 50 overs) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| John Davison | c & b Mason | 53 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 170.96 | |
| Geoff Barnett | c McCullum b Vettori | 40 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Ashish Bagai | b Vettori | 37 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 56.92 | |
| Ian Billcliff | b Styris | 50 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 90.90 | |
| Abdool Samad | run out (Vincent) | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| Asif Mulla | lbw b Vettori | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Sunil Dhaniram | retired hurt | 17 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 89.47 | |
| Umar Bhatti | b Patel | 10 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| Anderson Cummins | not out | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| Kevin Sandher | b Patel | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Henry Osinde | b Patel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4; lb 5; w 5; nb 9) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 49.2 overs) | 249 | 25 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Davison, 9.4 ov), 2-110 (Barnett, 20.4 ov), 3-188 (Bagai, 34.6 ov), 4-201 (Billcliff, 37.5 ov), 5-206 (Mulla, 38.6 ov), 6-207 (Samad, 39.2 ov), 6-226* (Dhaniram, retired not out), 7-245 (Bhatti, 47.4 ov), 8-249 (Sandher, 49.1 ov), 9-249 (Osinde, 49.2 ov)
| New Zealand bowling | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wicket(s) | Econ | |
| Daryl Tuffey | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Michael Mason | 8 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 7.50 | |
| Jacob Oram | 7 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 2.28 | |
| Jeetan Patel | 9.2 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2.67 | |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 57 | 3 | 5.70 | |
| Scott Styris | 6 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Craig McMillan | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7.00 | |
New Zealand: S P Fleming (capt), L Vincent, S B Styris, P G Fulton, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, D R Tuffey, J S Patel, M J Mason
Canada: J M Davison (capt), G E F Barnett, A Bagai (wkt), I S Billcliff, A M Samad, A A Mulla, S Dhaniram, U Bhatti, A C Cummins, H Osinde, K T Sandher
Player of the match: L Vincent (New Zealand)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: P D Parker (Australia)
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