By Kaif - Mar 05, 2025 12:43 PM
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The 2nd Semi-Final match of the CT 2025 league is going to be played between South Africa vs New Zealand. This match will start on 5th March 2025 at 02:30 PM
| Match | South Africa vs New Zealand (SA vs NZ) |
| League | ICC Champions Trophy |
| Date | Wednesday, 5th March 2025 |
| Time | 02:30 PM (IST) - 09:00 AM (GMT) |
The second semi-final match of the ICC Champion Trophy will be played between South Africa and New Zealand. South Africa team has finished first in Group-B by defeating England by 7 wickets. In this match, Heinrich Klaasen, who is struggling with poor form for South Africa, scored a half-century which is good news for the team. On the other hand, New Zealand team played its last match of the group stage against India in which it lost by 44 runs. In this match, Matt Henry has taken 5 wickets for New Zealand and Kane Williamson has scored 81 runs. 2 matches have been played between these two teams in the last 5 years in which both have won 1-1 match.
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Who will win today 1st Semi Final match?: 73 ODI matches have been played between South Africa and New Zealand. Out of these 73 matches, South Africa has won 42 while New Zealand has won 26 matches. Looking at the records, South Africa is clearly ahead. And South Africa is also looking in good form in recent matches, SA is a strong contender to win the match.
South Africa (SA) Possible Playing 11: 1. Ryan Rickelton(WK), 2. Temba Bavuma(C), 3. Rassie van der-Dussen, 4. Aiden Markram, 5. Heinrich Klaasen(WK), 6. David Miller, 7. Wiaan Mulder, 8. Marco Jansen, 9. Keshav Maharaj, 10. Kagiso Rabada, 11. Lungi Ngidi
New Zealand (NZ) Possible Playing 11: 1. Will Young, 2. Rachin Ravindra, 3. Kane Williamson, 4. Daryl Mitchell, 5. Tom Latham(WK), 6. Glenn Phillips, 7. Michael Bracewell, 8. Mitchell Santner(C), 9. Kyle Jamieson, 10. Matt Henry, 11. William O Rourke
Gaddafi Stadium Pitch Report: The pitch of Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium has been favorable for the batsmen. So far in the Champions Trophy, batsmen have dominated in Lahore. Bowlers do not get much help here. Spinners are likely to get some help in the middle overs, while in the beginning the fast bowlers will try their best to take advantage of the pitch. Overall, the pitch here has been good for the batsmen. We may get to see a high scoring match in the semi-finals. Earlier, batsmen have also got help in some of the Champions Trophy matches held here. A total of 76 ODI matches have been played at the Gaddafi Stadium so far, out of which the team batting first has won 38 matches and the team bowling first has won 36 matches. The average score of the first innings here is 256 and the average score of the second innings is 220 runs. The highest score of ODI at the Gaddafi Stadium is in the name of Pakistan. It scored 375 runs for 3 wickets against Zimbabwe. Australia has made the highest score on this ground in this Champions Trophy. Australia achieved the target of 356 runs against England in 47.3 overs.
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