Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E kī ana a Brendon McCullum kei te pārekareka ia rāua ko tōna kapa o Aotearoa ki 'te wā tino nui o tō rāua oranga' i muri i te wikitōria e whā ngā poitūkohu ki Āwherika ki te Tonga i Auckland i kite ai rātau i tō rātau wā tuatahi ki te whiringa toa o te Ipu o te Ao. Grant Elliott (84 not out) hit he ono i runga i te pōro penultimate o te kēmu i Eden Park ki te takahi i te wikitoria mo te Black Caps, kua whakaturia 298 ki te riro mā te tikanga Duckworth-Lewis i muri i South Africa kohikohi 281 mo te rima i roto i to ratou 43 overs whai i te rua-haora waipuke ua. Ka tūtaki a Aotearoa ki a Ahitereiria, ki te toa o te whakataetae, ki a Inia rānei i te whiringa toa o te Rātapu i Melbourne, engari, ahakoa te wikitōria, te whiwhinga rānei, e ai ki a McCullum, he nui te pārekareka ki a ia me ōna kaitākaro i ngā wiki e ono kua hipa. E whakaatu ana a New Zealand i te mauruuru ki ngā kaiwhaiwhai kāinga i kīia e te rangatira o Brendan McCullum he'tino nui'McCullum e peke ana i te pōro i a ia e whakaoho ana i a New Zealand ki te tīmatanga o te whai i a rātou. 'Kua korerotia e au i nga wa katoa koinei te wa nui rawa atu o o maatau oranga hei kaitakaro,' i kii a McCullum, i eke ki te 59 mai i nga poi 26 noa iho ki te tuku i nga Kiwi ki te tiimata pai, i runga i te Sky Sports World Cup. 'Kei te pai mātou ki te wheako. He haerenga whakamiharo tēnei. 'Ko te tini o ngā tāngata i tae mai ki Aotearoa, e tautoko ana i tēnei kapa, ā, ko te momo kirikiti e ngana ana mātou ki te tākaro, he mea whakamiharo, nō reira e tūmanako ana au kei te moemoeā katoa rātau, pēnei i a mātou. 'Kei a mātou he hui nui i roto i ngā rā torutoru.' E, he pai ki te wikitoria.' I te wā i whara ai a Aotearoa i te 149 mō te whā i te wā i whakatūria ai e Elliott rāua ko Corey Anderson (58) te kaipuke ki te 103 mō te rima o ngā poaka mai i te 16.2 ouri hei pupuri i a rāua i te kēmu. I hiahia a McCullum ki te whakanui i tana toa-toa, me te taapiri: 'He tino pai te mahi a Grant Elliott. He mea whakamiharo. Ko te whakakotahitanga o te whakatakoto pupuhi mohio a McCullum me te mana pupuhi i whakaturia ai a Aotearoa hei wikitoria. E whakanui ana a Grant Elliott i muri i tana whiwhinga i te wikitoria i te wā i eke ai a Aotearoa ki tā rātau whiringa toa tuatahi. Kei te whakanui a Aotearoa i muri i tana whiwhinga i te tukinga tuatahi o tana whiringa toa ki...
I whiua e Aotearoa a Awherika ki te Tonga kia eke ki te whiringa toa o te Ipu o te Ao tuatahi. E whakamoemiti ana a Brendan McCullum ki te tautoko'tino nui'i te kāinga i muri i te wikitoria. Ka mihi atu hoki a McCullum ki te toa o te whakataetae a Grant Elliott.