South Africa lost to New Zealand in the first semifinal on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. They batted well, bowled their heart out and threw themselves on the field but in the end Grant Elliot denied them. In a match that went to the very edges of pure thrill and kept spectators guessing until the last over, South Africa had to yield to the passionate New Zealanders. The two teams entered the tournament with tags of favorites but the fact that they had to face each other in semifinal meant that only one would go to Melbourne for the final scheduled for March 29, 2015. Auckland’s Eden Park was a sea of humanity, most of them die-hard New Zealand fans but all of them had to keep biting their nails because it could not be known as to which side would finally emerge victorious.