Auckland: New Zealand's Grant Elliott realised a childhood dream when he belted South African speedster Dale Steyn into the stand for six at Eden Park yesterday to get his adopted homeland into the World Cup final.


New Zealand's Grant Elliott picks up Dale Steyn of South Africa after helping his side win their semi-final encounter at Auckland's Eden Park yesterday. Pic/Getty Images 

South African-born Elliott gave a brief celebratory wave as the ball sailed into the crowd before running to comfort a distraught Steyn, who lay sprawled on the ground. The winning runs came on the penultimate ball of the rain-affected match where New Zealand were set a revised target of 298 under the Duckworth/Lewis method after South Africa had made 281 for five.