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New Zealand vs South Africa Scorecard, Semi Final 2, ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Result · Mar 05 2025, Wed - 02:30 PM (IST)
NEW ZEALAND362/6
SOUTH AFRICA312/9
New Zealand won by 50 runs
CRR:6.24
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | ICC Champions Trophy |
| Date: | Mar 05 2025, Wed - 02:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| City: | Lahore |
| Venue: | Gaddafi Stadium |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Temba Bavuma (c), Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Will O'Rourke |
- This will be the first encounter between New Zealand and South Africa in the semi-final or final of an ICC Champions Trophy; New Zealand have won two of their three semi-finals in this competition while South Africa have lost their last four semi-finals in this competition since winning the trophy in 1998.
- New Zealand and South Africa have alternated wins in their last eight men’s ODIs with New Zealand winning their most recent meeting (10 February 2025); in fact, the Blackcaps have won three of their last four matches against the Proteas in Asia (L1).
- South Africa have won 11 of their last 14 matches at ICC ODI events (L3) including a 190-run win over New Zealand in that span (1 November 2023); the Blackcaps have lost six of their last nine such matches (W3) after being unbeaten in six matches prior (W5 T1).
- New Zealand have won their last two men’s ODIs at Gaddafi Stadium after losing their first five matches; South Africa have lost two of their last three matches at the venue (W1), but their 55% overall winning rate is equal highest of any non-Asian team (Australia – also 55%).
- New Zealand (22.1%) and South Africa (22.7%) have the second and third lowest batting false shot connection rates in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (India – 18.7%); in addition, only Australia (19.3%) have a higher strong connection rate than South Africa (13.3%).
- New Zealand (96% of 25 catches) and South Africa (93.8% of 16 catches) have the best catching percentage of all teams in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, with both the teams having only dropped one catch in the tournament; in addition, the Blackcaps have saved 26 runs in the field, the most of any team.
- New Zealand trio Will O’Rourke (3.3), Kyle Jamieson (3.9) and Matt Henry (4.0) have the lowest economy rates of all bowlers in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in the powerplay overs (overs 1-10, *min. 5 overs bowled).
- South Africa trio Marco Jansen (65.6%), Kagiso Rabada (64.5%) and Wiaan Mulder (63.3%) have the second, third and fourth best dot-ball rates of all bowlers in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (Taskin Ahmed – 66.7%).
- Kane Williamson (432) needs 10 more runs to become the leading scorer for New Zealand in ICC Champions Trophy history (Stephen Fleming – 441); he has recorded five 50+ scores in his last seven innings at the tournament including 81 in his most recent match against India (2 March 2025).
- Temba Bavuma (South Africa) has played and missed only 1.3% of his 76 deliveries faced in the Champions Trophy 2025, the second-best rate among players to have faced at least 20 balls in the tournament (Lokesh Rahul – 0%).