NZ vs SA Live Score, New Zealand vs South Africa Live Score, NZ vs SA Live Score Updates, NZ vs SA Playing XI’s

Date:                              25th February,  2021

Time:                              3:30 AM IST

Venue:                           Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Match Preview

New Zealand will host South Africa in the 2-match Test series which will get underway from Thursday. It will be a new challenge for the Kiwis as they are playing without Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor and that will open up the spot for an extra all-rounder. They had drawn the previous Test series against Bangladesh 1-1 last month. Trent Boult is on Paternity leave and Matt Henry will replace him in the squad.

South Africa on the other hand had a great home Test series against mighty Indians where they won by 2-1. Keegan Peterson who played a vital role will miss the New Zealand tour. Sarel Erwee and Zubayr Hamza are in the line to replace him at the No.3 spot. They have an excellent record against New Zealand in the longest format where they have won 13 series. Not many players have played earlier in New Zealand, and it will be a testing time for them.

NZ vs SA Team Squad

New Zealand Squad:

Tom Latham(C), Will Young, Devon Conway, Tom Blundell(WK), Henry Nicholls, Colin de Grandhomme, Daryl-Mitchell, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Hamish Rutherford, Rachin Ravindra, Blair Tickner, Cam Fletcher(WK)

South Africa Squad:

Dean Elgar(C), Sarel Erwee, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der-Dussen, Temba Bavuma, Kyle Verreynne(WK), Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi, Simon Harmer, Ryan Rickelton(WK), Glenton Stuurman, Keegan Petersen, Wiaan Mulder, Lutho Sipamla

NZ vs SA Predicted XIs

Weather Report & Pitch Condition

The temperature is expected to hover around 22°C on the matchday with 55-60 % humidity and 12-13 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.

The surface provides a good wicket where both the departments are expected to receive reasonable and almost proportional amounts of help from the surface in the early half of the tournament. Spinners can come useful in the middle overs on this track.

NZ vs SA Lineup

Keeper – Junaid Shamzu  (C), Muhammad Imran (VC)

Batsmen –Rizwan Amanat  Ali, Ali Imran Zaidi, Hamid Nawaz

All-rounders – Wajid Khan , Aqeel Siddiqui, Muhammad Yasir Maharvi

Bowlers – Shamim Ali, Farhan Ahmad, Muhammad Jamshaid