South Africa vs New Zealand Match Details
Date: March 5, 2025
Time: 2:30 PM (IST)
Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
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South Africa vs New Zealand Match Preview
South Africa (SA) will lock horns with New Zealand (NZ) in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on March 5. Both the teams are looking in great touch in the ongoing tournament with South Africa remaining unbeaten so far. On the other hand, New Zealand have also lost just one out of their three league matches and have entered their third consecutive ICC 50-over semi-final after the 2019 World Cup and the 2023 World Cup.
SA vs NZ Head-to-Head Records in ODI
South Africa and New Zealand have faced each other 73 times in the ODI format so far. Out of these 73 matches, South Africa have won 42 times while New Zealand have defeated them on 26 occasions with five matches ending in no result between both teams in the ODI format.
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Matches played |
South Africa |
New Zealand |
No Result |
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73 |
42 |
26 |
5 |
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Team Analysis
South Africa
The inaugural champions of the Champions Trophy, South Africa are coming after a dominant performance in group B where they finished at the top of the points table with wins over Afghanistan and England. There one game against Australia was washed out due to rain. The Proteas have also shown great form in the ICC events in the last two years, which included reaching the semi-final of the 2023 ODI World Cup, final of the 2024 T20 World Cup and the final of the World Test Championship in 2025. Now, South Africa will look to clear the final hurdles this time and enter the final of the Champions Trophy this year.
New Zealand
New Zealand are also coming after a convincing performance in the group B with wins over the hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh. However, they lost their last league game against India and finished second in the points table. The 2000 champions also have to clear the lsat few hurdles to get their hands on the trophy after 25 years and will look to dominant South Africa in the semi-final.
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