Cairns helps the Kiwis to their total (Getty Images).

By Brenden Nel, PA International, Benoni

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming left his side's fate in the hands of "the cricketing gods" after the five-wicket demolition of Canada in their Pool B Game at Willowmoore Park.

New Zealand will have to wait for the outcome of the Sri Lanka v South Africa game to know if they have qualified for the Super Sixes or if they will be on an early flight back home.

The Kiwis took just 22 overs to haul in the Canadian target of 197, but it may not be enough to go through as their run rate is still worse than Sri Lanka's.

Fleming said he was happy with the victory and thought his side did very well to try to get the target to overhaul the Sri Lankans.

"Sixteen overs was our target as that would have given us a pretty good run rate, but we did pretty well in getting the target in 22 overs at the end. We did all we could with the bat but we were probably a little short with the ball," Fleming said.

"Going at 12 an over would have meant someone would have had to bat out of their skin. Eight-and-a-half was pretty good and we had a plan to give the top five carte blanche and then go with a second wave if that didn't work.

"We will be watching the South Africa and Sri Lanka game with interest, but we don't really know which way to go because there are so many permutations at the moment. It's a pretty tough situation."

Fleming once again expressed his disappointment that his side could be on their way home because the ICC refused to move their match against Kenya after the Black Caps refused to travel to Nairobi because of security reasons.

"Our situation hasn't changed, and we are still disappointed that the game against Kenya wasn't moved by the ICC," he added. "We had a pretty strong case that it was dangerous to send the team there and our stance remains the same.

"We have played pretty good cricket in the tournament. Everything that could have gone against us has gone against us and if we don't go through it will be a disappointment."

Canadian captain Joe Harris praised his players for their commitment in taking five of the Kiwi wickets.

"They came out with a plan to chase the net run rate - they even advertised it on television and we had the limitations of the first 15 overs. We could do only so much in the field and we put a lot of pressure on them. In all it wasn't really a bad day of cricket for us."