2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Canada

New Zealand beat Canada by 114 runs in Group C of the World Cup at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

This match saw Brendon McCullum of New Zealand hit the fastest ever Cricket World Cup half century off just 20 balls. In reply, Canada achieved the highest total in their World Cup history.

Toss: Canada won, and elected to field first.

Fall of wickets: 1-142 (Fleming, 21.3 ov), 2-222 (Fulton, 35.2 ov), 3-253 (Styris, 38.5 ov), 4-266 (McMillan, 40.4 ov), 5-278 (Vincent, 42.6 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Davison, 9.4 ov), 2-110 (Barnett, 20.4 ov), 3-188 (Bagai, 34.6 ov), 4-201 (Billcliff, 37.5 ov), 5-206 (Mulla, 38.6 ov), 6-207 (Samad, 39.2 ov), 6-226* (Dhaniram, retired not out), 7-245 (Bhatti, 47.4 ov), 8-249 (Sandher, 49.1 ov), 9-249 (Osinde, 49.2 ov)

New Zealand: S P Fleming (capt), L Vincent, S B Styris, P G Fulton, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, D R Tuffey, J S Patel, M J Mason

Canada: J M Davison (capt), G E F Barnett, A Bagai (wkt), I S Billcliff, A M Samad, A A Mulla, S Dhaniram, U Bhatti, A C Cummins, H Osinde, K T Sandher

Player of the match: L Vincent (New Zealand)

Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)

TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)

Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)

Reserve umpire: P D Parker (Australia)