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Malik Ouzia

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 news LIVE: New Zealand beat South Africa by four wickets in Edgbaston thriller

A brilliant unbeaten century from Kane Williamson led New Zealand to victory over South Africa in arguably the game of the tournament so far.

On a slow Edgbaston pitch, South Africa set what looked an underwhelming target of 241 from their reduced allocation of 49 overs.

However, key early wickets got rid of a large chunk of the New Zealand top order, teeing up a nervy finish, before a six and a four in the final over took Williamson to his hundred and the Black Caps to victory.

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Cricket World Cup table as it stands...

Pos Team P W L T/A Net RR Pts
1 New Zealand 5 4 0 1 +1.591 9
2 England 5 4 1 0 +1.862 8
3 Australia 5 4 1 0 +0.812 8
4 India 4 3 0 1 +1.029 7
5 Bangladesh 5 2 2 1 -0.270 5
6 Sri Lanka 5 1 2 2 -1.778 4
7 West Indies 5 1 3 1 +0.272 3
8 South Africa 6 1 4 1 -0.193 3
9 Pakistan 5 1 3 1 -1.933 3
10 Afghanistan 5 0 5 0 -2.089 0
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