The second semifinal match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between South Africa and New Zealand today. The match will start at Gaddafi Cricket Stadium at 2:30 pm.
Both teams will be in the ICC Champions Trophy for the third time. In the previous match, the two won in 1-1 matches. In ODIs, the two teams faced each other during the triangular series in February, while New Zealand won by 6 wickets.
Details of Match, Second Semifinal Sa Vs NZ Date: 5 March Stadium: Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore Time: Toss – 2:00 pm, Match starts – 2:30 pm
South Africa's hand over one-day South Africa and New Zealand have so far played 73 ODIs. South Africa won 42 and New Zealand won the 26th. Both teams are coming to Lahore for the second time. Prior to this, they faced each other in the triangular series in February.
Latham Team's Top Scorer Tom Latham is the top scorer of the team in this tournament. He has scored 187 runs in 3 matches. He scored 55 runs against Bangladesh and 118 not out in the first match against Pakistan. Matt Henry is at the top of the bowling. He has taken 8 wickets in 3 matches.
Recelton scored the highest run for the team in the tournament Ryan Rickelt has scored the highest runs for South Africa in this Champions Trophy. In bowling, Vian Mulder tops with 5 wickets.
Pitch report Gaddafi stadium pitch is convenient for batting and this is why high-scoring matches are played here. So far 72 ODIs have been played here. The batting team has won 36 matches and the first bowling team has won 33 matches. At the same time, the result of two matches could not be determined. While a match was also tie. The highest score here is 375/3, which Pakistan scored against Zimbabwe in 2015.
Weather report There is no possibility of rain in Lahore on Wednesday. On this day there will be sunshine all day and the weather will be cold. The temperature is expected to be around 10 to 24 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at 17 km / h.
Possible playing -11 of both teams
South Africa (SA): Tamba Bawuma (captain), Eden Markerum, Ryan Ricelton, Rasi van der Dusen, Henrick Classen (wicketkeeper), David Miller, Vian Mulder, Marco Yansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Lungi Angidi.
New Zealand (nz): Mitchell Sentner (Captain), Will Young, Chacin Ravindra, Ken Williamson, Daryal Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Philips, Michael Bracelwell, Matt Henry, Kyle Jemison and William O'Rork.
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