5 Reasons why New Zealand will make it to their first final in the World Cup history

5 Reasons why New Zealand will make it to their first final in the World Cup history: New Zealand has made it to the semi-finals of the World Cup again. This time they face off against another contender for a first time final hope, South Africa. Both the teams have been in good form and showed wonderful class and played great cricket to reach the semi-finals. Here are 5 reasons why Kiwis are ahead in the battle. 5. Form – batsmen and bowlers are fit and raring to go New Zealand have played like a well oiled machinery.(Photo Source: Getty Images) Kiwis have won all the matches in the group stage. 7 out of 7 win including the Quarterfinal against West Indies. The only tough game they got was against Australia and they came out on the top in that encounter. So yes, they are in a habit of winning and would like to continue it. 4. Batting is in top gear Martin Guptill hit 237*, highest score in World Cups(© Getty Images) McCullum, Williamson, Guptill, Taylor and Anderson all of them have contributed to New Zealand’s campaign so far. Guptill has scored the 2 centuries hit by New Zealand including the 237*. They can easily take on the African bowling which has been a bit shaky, despite wonderful performance against Sri Lanka. 3. Bowlers are making life difficult for everyone Tim Southee the New Zealand seam bowler achieved his best bowling figures of 7-33 bowling against England in their second game against England at Wellington. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Southee, Boult, Vettori have all being in greatest of forms especially Boult. He has bowled with pace and swing picking wickets as and when needed. He has destroyed top order batsmen as well as middle and lower order. Tim Southee has given a master class on swing bowling and McCullum has used him as a strike and wicket taker, bringing him on whenever he needed a wicket. Their only threat is the combo of Amla and De Villiers, the only 2 players in this World Cup from South Africa, who can do serious damage to Kiwi bowling. 2. Home advantage New Zealand have the home advantage.(© Getty Images) It is not a secret but New Zealand will enjoy the advantage of playing on the home ground in Auckland. They know the ground and the pitch like the back of their palm and have all the strategies to counter the Proteas batsmen, their bowlers and everything. McCullum will need everything to go right in order for New Zealand to enter the finals for the first time. 1. Brendon McCullum The Kiwi Captain has taken the World Cup by storm with his blitzkrieg like innings at the starts.(© Getty Images) Despite the Guptill 237 and other batsmen doing their stuff, the biggest Kiwi asset is Brendon McCullum, not just as an opener, but as a captain also. His daredevil ways of captaincy, in which he never backs down from any situation and always stays aggressive has given New Zealand the confidence that they can win the World Cup this time. His aggressive batting has given New Zealand the starts they need in order to make a big score or chase down a target. McCullum has looked confident in his decisions and has proved the correct by taking Kiwis to semi-finals once again.

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