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Featured players
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Chris
Cairns
• Vice Captain
• Right hand bat
• Right arm fast-medium
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The Black Caps' World Cup campaign, 2003
New Zealand has made the cricket World Cup semi-final several times,
last in 1999, when the Fleming-led team was defeated by Pakistan.
This time round, Fleming and his men will be aiming to better that
achievement. Despite the number of young faces in the team, many
commentators have rated New Zealand a real chance to challenge top
contenders Australia and South Africa. This special World Cup news
page is shared by the Stephen
Fleming, Chris
Cairns and Kyle
Mills websites, and will focus on those players' progress.
New
Zealand's Pool B Schedule and Results:
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10 February: NZ v Sri Lanka @ Bloemfontein
Sri Lanka won by 47 runs. Fleming 1; Cairns 32. Mills did
not play.
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13 February: NZ v West Indies @ Port Elizabeth
NZ won by 20 runs. Fleming 25; Cairns 37, 1/0/21/0 (1wd, 1nb).
Mills did not play.
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16 February: NZ v South Africa @ Johannesburg
NZ won by 9 wickets. Fleming 134*; Cairns DNB. Mills was 12th
man.
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21 February: NZ v Kenya @ Nairobi
NZ forfeited due to security concerns; Kenya was awarded the
4 points.
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26 February: NZ v Bangladesh @ Kimberley
NZ won by 7 wickets. Fleming 32; Cairns 3/0/17/0 (1nb, 1w),
33*; Mills 6/0/32/0 (2nb), DNB.
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3 March: New Zealand v Canada @ Benoni
NZ won by 5 wickets. Fleming 5; Cairns 31. Mills did not play.
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NEW ZEALAND HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE SUPER-SIXES.
New
Zealand's Super Six Schedule and Results:
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8 March: NZ v Zimbabwe @ Bloemfontein
NZ won by 6 wickets. Fleming 46; Cairns 4/0/16/2 (1w), 54.
Mills did not play.
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11 March: NZ v Australia @ Port Elizabeth
NZ lost by 96 runs. Fleming 48; Cairns 16. Mills did not play.
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14 March: NZ v India @ Centurion
NZ lost by 7 wickets. Fleming 30; Cairns 20. Mills did not
play.
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NEW ZEALAND FAILED TO QUALIFY FOR THE SEMI-FINALS.
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World Cup facts
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New Zealand has reached the World Cup
semi-finals four times, in 1975, 1979, 1992 and 1999.
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Retired Black Cap Geoff Alllott holds
the current record (20) for most wickets in a World
Cup.
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Fleming captained New Zealand in their
last World Cup campaign in 1999. Veterans Chris Cairns
and Chris Harris also played in 1992 and 1996.
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