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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 news LIVE: New Zealand beat South Africa by four wickets in Edgbaston thriller

A brilliant unbeaten century from Kane Williamson led New Zealand to victory over South Africa in arguably the game of the tournament so far.

On a slow Edgbaston pitch, South Africa set what looked an underwhelming target of 241 from their reduced allocation of 49 overs.

However, key early wickets got rid of a large chunk of the New Zealand top order, teeing up a nervy finish, before a six and a four in the final over took Williamson to his hundred and the Black Caps to victory.

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Cricket World Cup table as it stands...

Pos

Team

P

W

L

T/A

Net RR

Pts

1

New Zealand

5

4

0

1

+1.591

9

2

England

5

4

1

0

+1.862

8

3

Australia

5

4

1

0

+0.812

8

4

India

4

3

0

1

+1.029

7

5

Bangladesh

5

2

2

1

-0.270

5

6

Sri Lanka

5

1

2

2

-1.778

4

7

West Indies

5

1

3

1

+0.272

3

8

South Africa

6

1

4

1

-0.193

3

9

Pakistan

5

1

3

1

-1.933

3

10

Afghanistan

5

0

5

0

-2.089

0