Catch the highlights of the New Zealand Vs ꧑South Africa, ICC Champions Trophy semi-final from the ♒Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, right here
South Africa Squad: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Corbin Bosch, Tabraiz Shamsi, To𓂃ny de Zorzi
New Zealand Squad: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitch🐻ell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Jacob Duffy, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Nathan Smith
The New Zealand versus South Africa fixture will start with the toss sched⛎uled at 2pm IST at the Dubai International Stadium followed by the first ball at 2:30pm.ღ The match will be telecast on the Star Sports Network and streamed on JioHotstar app and website.
Before the big game between South ꦫAfrica and New Zealand, we will take you through the SWOT analysis of both the teams. To read more, click
Total matches: 73
New Zealand Won: 26
South Africa Won: 42
No Result: 5
The surface in Lahore 𓂃has been a batter-friendly surface and with the pitches very flat and conditions suitable for batting,💯 the team batting first will hope for scores of above 300. However, chasing will be easier under the lights.
There is no chance of rain interfering in the proceedings around the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. However, it will re♊main to be mild during the game with temperature around 23 degree Celsius.
SA Probable XI: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma (capt), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, George Linde, ꦰWiaan Mulder, Kesha♛v Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
NZ Probable XI: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (capt), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke
New Zealand skipp🌊er Mitchel💖l Santner called it right at the all important toss and has opted to bat first on a dry looking Gaddafi Stadium surface.
New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Gleꦐnn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen(w), Dav✃id Miller, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Marco🔯 Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
And we are underway in the second semi-final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Marco Jansen takes the new ball for South Africa, while Will Young and Rachin Ravindra open for Ne☂w Zealand.
The surface looks a beauty with the ball coming on to the bat very nicely and the South African bowlers have not found much swing, and the least in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy for the 🦂games in Lahore. Young and Ravindra are looking very solid.
Lungi 🌌Ngidi got the first wicket of the match when he dismissed the Kiwi opener Will Young in the first powerplay. That was a slower delivery and Young played that at mid-off where Aiden Markram took a fine catch. Kane Williamson has come to bat at number three.
NZ - 51/1 (9)
New Zealand batters have managed to rebuild the inni༺ngs despite losing Will Young's wicket early in the game. Kane Williamson has hit a couple of boundaries to start his inning in a must-win game. Rachin Ravindra is taking his time and pacing the Kiwi inning.
NZ - 77/1 (14)
Rachin Ravindra completed his half-century with a boundary off Wiaa𝓰n Mulder on the first delivery of the 18th over. He hit a couple more boundaries in the over to accelerate the run-making. Kane Williamson, on the other hand, is taking his time to mend his inning. South Africa desperately need a wicket.
NZ - 111/1 (19)
Kane Williamson has managed to play his natural game while Rachin Ravindra has found gaps and hit multiple boundaries ܫafter his half-century. South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said in the pre-match conference that he has a plan for Williamson but that have not came into action so far.
NZ - 143/1 (25)
Kane Williamson completed his half-century in just 61 balls. He reached the milestone with a double off Aiden Markram. Then he scored a boundar🦄y in the over. Rachin Ravindra also went after Maharaj and hit a couple of boundaries against him. He is also approaching his century.
NZ - 175/1 (29)
Rachin Ravindra's all ODI tons has come in ICC events. This is his fifth ODI century and ♔he completed that with a double off Kagiso Rabada's over in the 32nd over. He is second youngest to score five ODI tons after Williamson. The former Kiwi skipper is also looking good and taking his inning to yet anไother century.
NZ - 201/1 (32)
Kagiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚso Rabada got rid of the centurion Rachin Ravindra in the 34th over. That was a slower off-cutter which took a thick edge and Klaasen took a simple catch to end the inning. Daryl Mitchell is the new batter at the crease.
NZ - 216/2 (35)
The 34-year-old 🌼former Kiwi skipper took just 91 balls to reach the feat. He hit 10 fours and a couple of sixes in his 102-run knock. He completed his century with a boundary off the first delivery of the 40th over. Wiaan Mulder dismissed him in the same over when Lungi Ngidi took a fine catch at short fine-leg.
NZ - 252/3 (40)
After Kane Williamson's dismissal, Tom Latham joined Daryl Mitchell but could not stay for long a🌸s Kagiso Rabada bowled him in the next over. Glenn Phillips has joined Mitchell and taking his time to set his inning. Mitchell, on the other hand, has managed to hit a few boundaries and taking his 𝕴team's score past 300 runs.
NZ - 296/4 (45)
Glenn Phillips targeted Marco Jansen and hit him four consecutive boundaries in the over. Daryl Mitchell lost his wicket in the next over an🐻d left one run short of his half-century. Michael Bracewell joined Phillips for the death overs and the duo is eyeing 350 on the board.
NZ - 324/5 (47)
Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell helped New Zealand post the highest total in ICC Champions Trophy history. Phillips remained unbeaten on 49 and Bracewell lost his wicket on the second-last delivery of the ♏match when Ryan Rickelton took a fine catch at the covers. Now, South Africa need to make 3✅63 runs off 300 balls to win this match and enter final.
NZ - 362/6 (50)
Brief Score: NZ - 362/6 (50)
Rachin Ravindra - 10🌟8 (101), K🙈ane Williamson - 102 (94) | Lungi Ngidi: (10-0-72-3)
South Africa started the chase with captain Temba Bavuma and Ryan Rick🍬elton opening the inning. Matt Henry ope🤡ned the bowling attack and conceded two boundaries in the first over. Kyle Jamieson bowled a maiden over after that.
RSA - 8/0 (2)
Matt Henry dismissed the opened batter Ryan𒈔 Rickelton in the fifth over of the match. Michael Bracwell took a fine catch to complete the dismissal. Rassie van der Dussen opened his inning with a boundary in the first ball.
RSA - 30/1 (6)
Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen rebuilt Protean innings after the early dismissal of Ryan Rickelton. The duo has added more tha✱n 50 runs for the second wicket and still going strong. The Kiwi bowlers have managed to keep them at bay but the South African batters have found boundaries in between.
RSA - 72/1 (12)
Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen have taken 🦩South African innings past 100 runs. They have maintained six runs per over but the required run raജte in more than that. They need to accelerate the run rate now.
RSA - 105/1 (18)
Temba Bavuma completed his half-century with a single in the 20th over. This is is seventh ODI fifty. Rassie van der Dussen is also reaching towards his half-cen🐲tury. The bigger task is to maintain the required run rate and take the inning forward now. New Zeal🐼and are still in search of their second wicket in the match.
RSA - 118/1 (21)
Captain of New Zealand Mitchell Santner dismissed the skipper of South Africa Temba Bavuma in the 23rd over. He made 56 runs. Rassie van der Dussen completed his half-centജury after that. Aiden Markram replaced Bavuꦰma at the crease and the duo is taking the South African inning forward.
RSA - 143/2 (25)
Mitchell Santner dismissed the set batter Rassie van der Dussen when he bowled him in the 27th over. Heinrich Klaasen replaced him at the crease and he got rid of the destructive batter in his next over. David Miller has joined Aiden Markram with South Af🧔rica still needing 196 runs in 21 overs.
RSA - 167/4 (29)
Rachin Ravindra came to bowl his second over and got the wicket of Aiden Markram with a caught & bowled.⛎ He made 31 runs off 29 balls. Wiaan Mulder is the❀ new batter at the crease. David Miller need to accelerate the run rate and take the steering from here.
RSA - 191/5 (34)
Michael Bracewell got rid of the all-rounder Wiaan Mulder. Marco Jansen is the new batter at the crease. This partnership is very crucial for South Africa. They need to pull ou💝t a miracle in Lahore to win this match now.
RSA - 202/6 (37)
Glenn Phi🐻llips was introduced into the attack very later and he got rid of Marco Jansen with his first over of the spell. He dismissed Keshav Maharaj in his second over. Now, the onus is on David Miller. He can take South Africa near the finishing line.
RSA - 237/8 (42)
David Miller kept holding the gate from one end and wickets kept falling from the other. Kagiso Rabada also lost his wicket to Matt Henry. Lungi Ngidi is the last wicket for South Africa. Miller completed his half-century and is no🦹w trying to delay the inevitౠable.
RSA - 264/9 (47)
New Zealand won the match by 50 runs! They will face India in ꧙the final of the tournament. David Miller started to attack in the last few overs and also completed his century on the last delivery of the match. But the Kiwis have won this match and they won't mind with that!
NZ - 312/9 (50)
It's always great to contribute to the team, an emphatic victory at the semi-final stage and it's very pleasing. I didn't start as well as I wanted, Marco (Jansen) and Lungi (Ngidi) bowled well, once I got going, partnerships with Young and Kane, it started working for me, partnerships with those two, going with the ebbs and flows of the game, the two helped me get going. We were thinking about 300, then Kane started accelerating, then GP, Daryl Mitchell, and the rest kicked on to take us past 350. It's important to think about what next, but it's all about celebrating the win today, Kane with another classy hundred. Once we go to Dubai, we'll switch back and thi🐼nk about the final.
(On the target) I do🔯 think it was above-par. Probably if it was 350, we would have backed ourselves to chase the score. We had one or two partnerships today 💝but we needed me or Rassie to go on and emulate what two of their batters did. They really put us under pressure from the word go, the way they were able to pierce the off-side at the start and the way they played in the middle overs. Kudos to them, credit to their batters, Rachin and Williamson and even the batters who came in, Mitchell and Phillips. We were 125/1 and me and Rassie were still batting. Unfortunately, we weren't able to set that foundation for them. A bit of a soft dismissal for me and a better dismissal for Rassie and we left too much for them in the end. Like I said in the beginning, like I mentioned that we were 125/1, we had to be more decisive, not give an opportunity for the opposition to come back and being ruthless. We needed to take care of the key moments in the game.
It's a pretty good feeling, today we were challenged by a good side, we will head to Dubai where we already faced India earlier. We will rest and will go again. It was holding a bit in the first innings but Rachin and WIlliiamson set the stage and the guys finishing it put the icing on the cake. We took wickets in the middle overs and made it tough for the opposition. What we speak as a group is to apply pressure and take wickets in the middle. Michael Bracewell bowled really well in the last game to take a 4-fer. It was really pleasing for me to take three scalps today. It makes my job easier, we have four all-rounders who can bowl spin and they can bat as well. Rachin's five overs were great, have to wait and see how Matt H🎉enry's shoulder is. It's a bit sore, we have to wait for a couple of days and see. (On Williamson) He keeps doing it, that partnership was massive for us, he was able to keep going in the middle phase, South Africa challenged us but we were able to cash in and score 360. We felt 320 might not be enough. (On their loss against India in Dubai) Being there and being put under pressure was good. I think the bowlers bowled well to chip wickets at the top. I think winning the toss will be nice as well.
67 - David Miller (SA) vs NZ, Lahore, 2025 SF
77 - Virender Sehwag (IND) vs ENG, Colombo RPS 2002
77 - Josh Inglis (AUS) vs ENG, Lahore, 2025
80 - Shikhar Dhawan (IND) vs SA, Cardiff, 2013
87 - Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) vs SA, C🐭enturion, 2009
David Miller scored the fastest hundred in the ICC Champions Trophy history but that was not enough to chase down the mammoth target of 363 runs. Now, New Zealand will move to Dubai to play the final of the tournament against India. Join us🌼 on Sunday for the final. Until then, goodbye and take care!