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World Cup
New Zealand won with 27 overs to spare as Scott Styris, 54 not out off 38 balls, and Chris Harris, 38 not out off 29 balls, guided the Kiwis out of trouble. This was after John Davison had followed up his 62-ball 75 runs with 3-61. He opened the bowling and his breakthroughs had New Zealand struggling at 114 for five. Then Styris and Harris figured in a match-winning stand of 82 runs in less than 10 overs to clinch four important points for the team. Having hit the fastest ever World Cup century, his 67-ball hundred against the West Indies, Davison smashed the Kiwis for four sixes and nine boundaries after the Canadians had started by losing opener Ishwar Maraj in the fifth over. Davison, 32, hit Andre Adams out of the attack, taking 31 runs off the medium paceman's opening three overs. He clubbed 23 runs off Jacob Oram's first two overs. Davison started by hitting Adams for two fours and a six in the first over that cost 16 runs, and followed it up with 11 in the next. Oram, who dismissed Nicholas Ifill in his first over, watched helplessly as the South Australia-based Davison hit three sixes in the second over — the last one clearing the venue. Davison reached his half century off just 25 balls — the third fastest in the World Cup — before he skied a catch to Chris Cairns at long on as Canada slid to 98 for four in the 23rd over. Joe Harris then held the middle-order together with a typical captain's innings — 26 runs off 39 balls — before a vicious Shane Bond bouncer had him caught behind. Harris played the ball above his head as he tried to avoid the ball and gloved it to wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum, who completed an outstanding catch. No.10 Ashish Patel then chipped in with 25 runs off 29 balls as he lifted the innings from 173 for nine, in the company of No.11 Barry Seebaran. Oram returned the best figures of 4-52 while fast bowler Shane Bond had the respectable figures of 3-29 from 10 overs. SCOREBOARD
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