New Zealand batsman Corey Anderson on TMS: "It feels unbelievable. The best feeling I've ever had. We haven't achieved what we want yet. We want to win the whole thing.

"That was a big score to chase in 43 overs, but to do it with one ball to spare... Everyone chipped in when they needed top. Brendon put us on the front foot and that made it easier for the guys coming in.

"To stay calm like that and hit a six off the best bowler of the world. Its unbelievable."

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So, after four wins and two defeats in the group stage, and a cruise past Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals, it's all over for South Africa again.

Proteas reserve Wayne Parnell tries to console the tearful Morkel, while even AB de Villiers - a Superman of the modern game - seems to be welling up too. Maybe he's human after all.

Coney's right - cricket can be a cruel game. For on an occasion like this, there has to be a winner and a loser.

New Zealand are finally into a World Cup final at the seventh time of asking (in terms of semi-final appearances), and South Africa have a fourth unsuccessful appearance in the last four.

BLACKCAPS: Six! We're in the final! Fair play to @OfficialCSA, that was a hell of a match

Cricket South Africa: 6 and New Zealand win by 4 wickets. It's all over for the Proteas. Hard luck boys. We always stand behind the #ProteaFire

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Marvellous scenes. You should see 40,000 people starting the party. I'm so sorry for South Africa.

"Sport becomes cruel in these circumstances. Don't talk to me about choking. They have given everything they could and they tried hard. The rain cruelly prevented South Africa going any further in their innings.

"What a fantastic game of cricket. It has captivated people, not just in the stadium, but around the world. It is a very good example of cricket."

New Zealand 299-6 (42.5 overs) - target 298 from 43 overs (D/L adjusted)

Batsmen: Elliott 84, Vettori 7

Fall of wickets: 71-1 (McCullum 59), 81-2 (Williamson 6), 128-3 (Guptill 34), 149-4 (Taylor 30), 5-252 (Anderson 58), 269-6 (Ronchi 8)

Bowling figures: Steyn 9-0-76-1, Philander 8-0-52-0, Morkel 9-0-59-3, Tahir 9-1-40-0, Duminy 5-0-43-1, De Villiers 3-0-21-0

South Africa 281-5 (43 overs); Du Plessis 82, De Villiers 65*, Anderson 3-72

South Africa won toss

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The fireworks are set off around Eden Park, amid scenes of jubilation rarely seen there except at a packed rugby international. An astonishing game of cricket, players console each other, and Morne Morkel has even started shedding a few tears.

Simon Mann
BBC Test Match Special

"He's put Dale Steyn, the world's premier fast bowler, into the stand, and South Africa have been denied again."

Unbelievable! Steyn delivers and Elliott launches the ball high into the stands. Eden Park erupts. Elliott, the South African-born player has sent New Zealand through to their first World Cup final at the expense of his home country. What a game of cricket!

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Six to win outright. Five to go through with a tie. Swing, miss, they run a bye, keeper's throw misses the stumps, then Steyn's throw misses the other stumps. Five to win the match, but four to go through.

Maddy Raman: Duminy what are you doing? Never your catch. Sheer panic descending into both teams.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It ran quickly to wide third man. You just run whatever now."

Vettori has been a hero for NZ so often through the years. Can he be again here? Steyn bowls a wide full toss and Vettori stabs at it and sends the ball spinning down to the boundary where it beats a diving fielder. And just like that, the game is the co-hosts to win again.

Physio on. If Steyn can't finish the over... Morkel and Tahir have bowled their allocation. Three bowlers can bowl nine and two can bowl no more than eight. Philander has bowled eight. So if Steyn can't bowl, it would have to be Duminy or De Villiers.

But it looks like the old warhorse is up on his feet. 10 from four balls needed.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"It looks like cramp. Dale Steyn was off the field earlier as well. So far, it is advantage South Africa. Vettori is on strike and he can't afford to miss the ball. New Zealand need a four."

And now Steyn looks like he has cramp... it's all happening!

Elliott facing. Field shuffled - mid-off and mid-on up. A low full toss is punched to extra cover, they can only run one. 10 from four balls.

The last over. It is Steyn to deliver it. Six balls to decide this gripping semi-final. Vettori swings and misses from the first ball but they run and claim a bye. 11 needed off 5.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Auckland

"Excellent from Neil Manthorp. 'Berhardien and Duminy have played with each other from under-11 level. They grew up in the same part of Cape Town. When the needed to communicate, they couldn't.'"

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"I don't know whether it was the screaming crowd. Duminy must have known Behardien was there. It was a mistake, a chance lost, but South Africa are still in the game."

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