New Zealand v Pakistan: NZ win the toss, bat and see Lou Vincent and Brendan McCullum put on 50 for the first wicket Vincent's run-a-ball score of 28 ends after he is caught and bowled by Fawad Alam late in the eighth over McCullum safely makes his ground but falls to Shahid Afridi in the 11th over to leave the Black Caps on 74-2 Scott Styris and Peter Fulton both fail to get going as Umar Gul picks up two wickets in three balls three overs later Craig McMillan becomes Alam's second victim in the 15th over as Daniel Vettori's side stutter to 104-5 Ross Taylor's 37 not out is the only other innings of note as New Zealand total 143-8 off their 20 overs Pakistan begin their reply strongly and score 60 before Mohammad Hafeez is trapped lbw by Styris Imran Nazir's entertaining innings of 59 off 41 balls leaves Pakistan on 96-2, to put them in sight of victory Younis Khan and Afridi fall before Shoaib Malik and Misbah-ul-Haq guide Pakistan to a six-wicket win and a place in the final India v Australia: Mahendra Dhoni wins the toss, opts to bat and sees his openers score 30 before Virender Sehwag falls Gautam Gambhir goes 11 runs later following a smart catch by Brad Hodge at the midwicket boundary off Mitchell Johnson His departure brings Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa together and their partnership of 84 bolsters India's position Yuvraj enjoys another fine innings that sees him score 70 off 30 balls before Michael Clarke unseats him in the 18th over Dhoni adds a useful 36 ahead of being run out as India go on to post a challenging total of 188-5 Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden add 36 for the first wicket before Gilchrist is bowled by Sree Santh The Indian team are cheered on by their passionate supporters in Kingsmead Hayden blasts four sixes and four fours on his way to 62 from 47 balls for Australia Sree Santh bowls a marvellous first spell, and finishes with economical figures of 4-1-12-2 Irfan Pathan claims the crucial wicket of Andrew Symonds to leave the Aussies 155-4 in the 17th over India celebrate after wrapping up a 15-run victory to book a place against rivals Pakistan in Monday's final
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