SA vs NZ Howzat11 Prediction, Semi Final 2, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for Champions Trophy 2025
South Africa won the previous match against England.
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The 2nd Semi Final of the Champions Trophy 2025 will see South Africa locking horns with New Zealand, at the Gadaffi Stadium, on Wednesday, March 4. New Zealand and South Africa have faced each other in 73 matches in ODI. Out of these 73 games, New Zealand have won 26 whereas South Africa have come out victorious on 42 occasions. 5 matches ended without a result. New Zealand suffered a 44 run defeat in the previous match against India. They restricted India to 249 but could not chase down the total. On the other hand, South Africa beat England by seven wickets in the previous match. This promises to be a thrilling match.
Match Expert Tips
The captain and vice-captains have been selected keeping the venue in mind. The Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore is expected to be good for batting. There will be some help for the spinners as well and batting will be good with shorter boundaries and quick outfield especially the chasing team will have a big advantage. We will try to cover as many batters and all-rounders in the fantasy side and focus more on the inform players from both these sides.
Match Information
South Africa vs New Zealand, 2nd Semi-Final
ICC Champions Trophy, 5 Mar 2025, Wed, 2:30 PM IST, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
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Weather Report
Clear
25.7°C
17% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
South Africa
RD Rickelton (wk), H Klaasen, T Bavuma (C), AK Markram, HE van der Dussen, KA Maharaj, DA Miller, M Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, K Rabada, L Ngidi
Bench : T Stubbs, T de Zorzi, T Shamsi, C Bosch
New Zealand
Tom Latham (wk), WA Young, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, DJ Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (C), MJ Henry, William O’Rourke, KA Jamieson
Bench : Devon Conway, MS Chapman, Nathan Smith, JA Duffy
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
50%
Pace Bowling
50%
Spin Bowling
55%
Batting Pitch
291
Average Score
45%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks


Ryan Rickelton SA | WK
Ryan Rickelton scored a pristine 103 runs in the opening match against Afghanistan. He has been in terrific form with the bat.


Kane Williamson NZ | BAT
Kane Williamson scored 81 runs in the previous match and has amassed 7122 runs in 171 ODI matches. He will be a captaincy pick against this opposition
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Tabraiz Shamsi
SA | BOWL


Kyle Jamieson
NZ | BOWL
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