The match between South Africa versus New Zealand was a paradise for batsmen as it was a high scoring game and New Zealand registered a comfortable victory over South Africa to advance to the final round of the tournament. So without making any further delay let’s get into the article to look back to the game between South Africa versus New Zealand.
A look back to the game between South Africa versus New Zealand
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first in the match and the team started to dominate over the bowling unit of South Africa from the initial stage. Will Young contributed 21 while Rachin Ravindra presented a beautiful innings by smashing 108 along with Kane Williamson who smashed 102 from just 94 balls.
Daryl Mitchell contributed 49 and missed a deserving half century while Tom Latham contributed 4 and Glenn Phillips was not out after scoring 49 from 27 and Michael Bracewell added 16 to the total. The captain of the side Mitchell Santner was not out after scoring 2 and New Zealand finished the innings at 362 with the loss of 6 wickets after 50 overs,
In the reply, South Africa lost Ryan Rickelton after scoring 17 but the captain of the side Temba Bavuma contributed 56 along with Rassie van der Dussen, who smashed 69. Aiden Markram contributed 31 to the total and Heinrich Klaasen disappointed as he went back to the pavilion after scoring just 3.
David Miller performed really well and smashed 100 from 67 balls and remained not out while Wiaan Mulder and Marco Jansen contributed 8 and 3 respectively. Keshav Maharaj added 1 while Kagiso Rabada contributed 16 and Lungi Ngidi added 1. Unfortunately, that was not enough for South Africa as they lost the game by 50 runs. So New Zealand will face India in the final match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on March 9.
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