Captain cool Kane Williamson leads from front to help New Zealand edge South Africa in World Cup thriller

[caption id=“attachment_6854191” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Captain Kane Williamson hit a patient 138-ball 106 to help the Kiwis edge South Africa in thriller in Edgbaston. AP[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6854211” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Amidst regular fall of wickets it was Rassie van der Dussen (in pic) and Hashim Amla’s half-centuries that propeled South Africa to a respectable 241 after being put into bat by Kane Williamson. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6854261” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  Chris Morris led South Africa’s fightback with the ball with three wickets in the middle overs to break New Zealand’s back and reduce them to 137/5. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6854221” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  In reply, New Zealand were struggling at 137/5 but then Williamson and Colin de Grandhomme got together and added 91 runs for the 7th wicket to turn it around for the Kiwis. Reuters [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6854301” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The fans had a gala time and witnessed a thriller and there are no prizes for guessing who their favourite player was - Imran Tahir. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_6854321” align=“alignleft” width=“940”]  The match went down the wire and with 7 needed off5 balls, Williamson hit a six to bring up his ton and then a four to finish off the match in style. Reuters[/caption]