NZ Vs Can : New Zealand crush Canada to enter quarters

New Zealand booked a quarterfinal berth with? 97-run thrashing of Canada in their World Cup Group A match at the redevelped Wankhede Stadium here on Sunday.

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Brendon McCullum struck 101 for the Black Caps while acting-captain Ross Taylor was at his destructive best once more, bludgeoning 74 from 44 balls as New Zealand made 358 made it four wins from five World Cup outings.

McCullum enroute to his chanceless ton, passing 4,000 ODI runs on 95 before reaching three figures off 107 deliveries. He hit 12 fours and two sixes.

With Jesse Ryder (38), McCullum added 94 runs after he lost fellow opener Martin Guptill in the 10th over.

McCullum’s partnership with Taylor was only 36 when he perished trying to raise the tempo, caught by Ruvindu Gunasekera off Baidwan.

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But Taylor continued to savage the Canadian attack, smashing six fours and five sixes including 28 off one over from the hapless Baidwan.

The Canadians surely didn’t have any hope of knocking off the runs, but captain Ashish Bagai (84) and Jimmy Hansra (70 not out) hit half-centuries as the associate Test nation struggled to 281-9 in their 50 overs.

Jacob Oram was the pick of the New Zealand bowling with 3-47, while Mills had 2-2 before being forced to leave the field with a thigh strain in his third over.

While chasing, Hiral Patel (31) got the scoreboard moving after openers Ruvindu Gunasekera (2) and Zubin Surkari (1) fell to Mills.

Bagai and Hansra were the only other batsmen able to make any impression on the largely all-seam Kiwi attack, before both were bedevilled by cramp.

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