It was another heartbreak for South Africa in an ICC event as it lost to New Zealand in the semifinal of the Champions Trophy at the Gaddafi Stadium. Despite David Miller scoring an unbeaten century, South Africa failed to live up to the expectations and suffered a 50-run defeat. While New Zealand rode on centuries … Read more
Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson made optimum use of the conditions that have been quite familiar to them in the recent times, and scored effortless centuries as New Zealand stormed into the final of the Champions Trophy, defeating South Africa by 50 runs. At the Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday, an unchanged New Zealand opted to … Read more
New Zealand set South Africa a 363-run target in their Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal clash in Lahore on Wednesday. Only twice have a total bigger than this been chased down in ODIs. Interestingly, South Africa was the winning team on the both of those occasions. What is the highest successful chase in ODIs? In 2006, … Read more
New Zealand recorded its highest team score in the Champions Trophy during the last-four clash of the 2025 edition against South Africa in Lahore on Wednesday. The team’s previous total in the 50-over event was during the 2004 edition when the side posted 347 for four against USA. The Kiwis were powered to the record … Read more
South Africa and New Zealand will face-off in the second semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Wednesday. South Africa and New Zealand have shared a competitive rivalry in ICC tournaments. New Zealand has had the upper hand in crucial knockout games, winning the iconic 2015 ODI World … Read more
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma did not mince his words as he said that logistically, things could have been handled better in the ongoing Champions Trophy. With India playing all its league games and the semifinal in Dubai, South Africa and New Zealand have had to shuttle between the two venues. While New Zealand flew … Read more
Two weeks, thousands of kilometres travelled, and it comes down to the clash between two teams, who for all their history, have never lifted the World Cup. Though both South Africa and New Zealand won the ICC Knockouts, as the Champions Trophy was known earlier, it has been twenty-five years since either of them have … Read more
South Africa will take on New Zealand in the second semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Lahore on Wednesday. The BlackCaps finished their group stage games with two wins and a loss to finish second in Group A with four points. They will now face the Proteas, who topped Group B with five points. SA vs NZ, ICC … Read more
Follow Sportstar’s Live Updates of South Africa’s match against New Zealand at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Monday, the second fixture of the Tri-Nation Series in Pakistan. LIVE UPDATES PLAYING XIs South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Matthew Breetzke, Jason Smith, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Mihlali Mpongwana, Senuran Muthusamy, Eathan Bosch, Junior Dala, Lungi … Read more