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| New Zealand and South Africa players shake hands after the match |
The semi-final game between New Zealand and South Africa produced some new records and milestones. Let us look at some of the achievements,
471 - South Africa captain AB de Villiers ended the tournament with 471 runs, the second most by a South African in any WC. Jacques Kallis scored 485 runs in the 2007 WC.
0 - Number of semi-final games won by the two teams together in the WC's before this one. They have played 9 games (NZ-6, SA-3) before this game and now New Zealand will play the finals for the very first time.
21 - Trent Boult has picked 21 wickets in this WC, the most by a New Zealand man in any WC's. Previously Geoff Allot took 20 in the 1999 WC.
71 - The runs scored by NZ in the first five overs. The second most by any team in the first five overs in WC's.
298 - Today's chase by New Zealand is the highest chase by any team in the semi-finals and finals of WC's.
200+ - Corey Anderson has scored 200+ runs and picked 10+ wickets in this WC, the first ever Kiwi player to do this.
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