New Zealand cruise into Super Eights
Gros Islet: New Zealand booked their place in the World Cup Super Eights with a 148-run win over Kenya here Tuesday.
Victory left New Zealand with two wins from its first two matches, assuring the Black Caps of one of the two qualifying spots out of Group C.
Kenya and England, the only other teams that can win two games in this group, play each other on Saturday.
New Zealand's total of 331 for seven was a record score in the 12 one-day internationals played at the Beausejour Cricket Ground.
In reply Kenya, who collapsed to 29 for four, were bowled out for 183 although they took the match to the last over.
Ross Taylor's 85 led the way for the Black Caps while Craig McMillan hammered 71 off just 48 balls with five sixes and three fours to take the team past the 300 mark.
There were fifties too from Scott Styris (63) and skipper Stephen Fleming (60).
Inzamam ready for final curtain

Kingston: Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq faces his last one-day international on Wednesday in a mood of deep despondency over Bob Woolmer's death but optimistic for the team's future.
Inzamam has been a central figure in the Pakistan side ever since he starred with a blistering 60 from 37 balls in the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup against New Zealand at Auckland.
Since then, he has played 377 matches, scoring 11,702 runs at 39.53, including 10 hundreds.
"Every player has to go some day, and I've had my innings, but you can't really choose the way you leave," said Inzamam ahead of Pakistan's final World Cup outing against Zimbabwe.
"In my view, my resignation won't affect things much. There are senior players who might be even better than me at doing this job. With God's grace, they'll be even more successful."
Pakistan have endured a miserable World Cup.
A shock defeat to Ireland on Saturday, which condemned them to an early exit, was followed on Sunday by the death of Woolmer.
"We'll do our best for Bob, but whatever we do, it won't be enough," said Inzamam.
"He was a good man. Whenever any of the boys had a problem, he'd sit with them, and we were very attached to him.
"After the game (on Saturday), he went to all the boys and cheered them up. He told them that these things happen in life. That was his greatest quality. Even in the bad times, he would think positive."

Kingston: Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq faces his last one-day international on Wednesday in a mood of deep despondency over Bob Woolmer's death but optimistic for the team's future.
Inzamam has been a central figure in the Pakistan side ever since he starred with a blistering 60 from 37 balls in the semi-finals of the 1992 World Cup against New Zealand at Auckland.
Since then, he has played 377 matches, scoring 11,702 runs at 39.53, including 10 hundreds.
"Every player has to go some day, and I've had my innings, but you can't really choose the way you leave," said Inzamam ahead of Pakistan's final World Cup outing against Zimbabwe.
"In my view, my resignation won't affect things much. There are senior players who might be even better than me at doing this job. With God's grace, they'll be even more successful."
Pakistan have endured a miserable World Cup.
A shock defeat to Ireland on Saturday, which condemned them to an early exit, was followed on Sunday by the death of Woolmer.
"We'll do our best for Bob, but whatever we do, it won't be enough," said Inzamam.
"He was a good man. Whenever any of the boys had a problem, he'd sit with them, and we were very attached to him.
"After the game (on Saturday), he went to all the boys and cheered them up. He told them that these things happen in life. That was his greatest quality. Even in the bad times, he would think positive."
Post mortem "inconclusive" on Woolmer's death

Kingston: A post mortem into the sudden death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was inconclusive, Jamaica police said Tuesday.
Deputy commissioner Mark Shields said the preliminary autopsy was inconclusive and authorities were waiting for a comprehensive report from doctors.
Woolmer, 58, was found unconscious in his hotel room on Sunday, hours after Pakistan's upset loss to Ireland. He was pronounced dead at University Hospital of the West Indies soon after.
The Pakistan team's media manager, Pervez Jamil Mir, said the squad would remain in Kingston until Saturday and then make a decision about when to leave.
Pakistan plays Zimbabwe on Thursday in its last World Cup match. After two losses, Pakistan has no chance of reaching the second round.
At a news conference in Kingston, Mir pleaded with media not to ''try and spread rumors'' about Pakistani players being forced to stay in Jamaica as part of police investigations.
''It's painful for Mrs. Woolmer and the players too,'' he said.
Gill Woolmer has asked two trusted colleagues of her husband to make arrangements to transport his body to Cape Town, South Africa.
Labels: 20th Mar 2007
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