Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) New Zealand na kan hanya don lashe gasar cin kofin duniya ta farko bayan nasara mai ban sha'awa a kan Afirka ta Kudu, ta tabbatar da kwallon karshe na wasan. Da yake bin makasudin da aka daidaita na 298 a cikin awoyi 43 kawai bayan ruwan sama ya katse wasan a Eden Park, Grant Elliott ya buga shida daidai a mutuwa don tabbatar da nasara kuma ya tura taron Auckland cikin farin ciki. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da New Zealand ta kai wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya, kuma za ta buga ko Australia ko Indiya a ranar Lahadi. Su biyun za su fuskanci juna a Sydney ranar Alhamis. Wannan ba shi ne karo na farko ba a wannan wasan, ruwan sama ya taka rawa. Afirka ta Kudu ta yi amfani da bat kafin jinkirin sa'o'i biyu saboda mummunan yanayi. Kodayake jimillar ta karu ta hanyar hanyar Duckworth / Lewis - wanda aka yi amfani da shi don yin lissafin ƙayyadadden manufa a yayin da aka jinkirta ruwan sama - New Zealand ya kasance mai ƙarfi godiya ga Elliott. Ya 84 ba fitar da goyon baya da innings kuma shi ya dace da cewa ya tsĩrar da karshe buga, smashing Dale Steyn ga shida daga na biyu na karshe ball to walƙiya jubilant al'amuran a Eden Park. "Ba na tsammanin wannan nasarar ta kasance ga kaina ko ƙungiyar, amma ga kowa a nan", in ji Elliott a gabatarwar bayan wasan. "Magoya bayan sun kasance masu ban mamaki. "Ina ganin mun tsara lokacin wasan zuwa cikakke. Ban kasance da kwanciyar hankali kamar yadda nake gani ba. Lokacin da kake da magoya baya 45,000 suna ihu a kowane ball... "Abin farin ciki ne a yi wasa a gaban wannan taron. Mun yi tafiya mai kyau. Wannan shi ne wasan karshe na farko da muka shiga a matsayin New Zealand. "Mu ne sosai matakin tawagar, za mu kusanci shi a matsayin wani wasan. Babu wani abu da ke faruwa a zuciyata lokacin da na buga shida. Ban ma san inda kwallon ta tafi ba". Afirka ta Kudu, wacce ita kanta ba ta taba kaiwa wasan karshe ba, an zarge ta da shan kashi a wasannin da suka gabata na gasar kwana daya. Amma wannan tuhumar ba za a iya daidaita shi ba bayan daya daga cikin wasannin da suka fi ban mamaki a tarihin gasar cin kofin duniya. Ya dawo daga 114-3 a cikin 27th sama zuwa 216-3 bayan 38 overs godiya ga wasu tsananin buga daga kyaftin AB de Villiers da Faf du Plessis, kafin ruwan sama ya zo. Tare da...
New Zealand ta yi nasara a kan Afirka ta Kudu don shiga wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya. Grant Elliott ya buga kwallo shida a wasan karshe don rufe nasarar Kiwi a gaban taron Auckland. Afirka ta Kudu ta buga jimillar wasanni 281 a wasan da ruwan sama ya shafe shi. New Zealand za ta fafata da ko dai Australia ko Indiya a wasan karshe a ranar 29 ga watan Maris.