Stadium: Eden Park, Auckland
Time: 05:00 Live on OSN Sports cricket HD (Tuesday)
Form Guide:
New Zealand – W W W W W
South Africa – W L W W W
Pitch:
Batsmen have found runs hard to come by in the recent games on this slow surface despite the short straight boundaries on offer.
Weather:
Light showers are expected in the morning but it is unlikely to affect the day-night game as clear skies have been forecast for the later part of the day.
South Africa batsman David Miller believes his side are ready for a journey into the “unknown” when they face New Zealand in a World Cup semi-final in Auckland tomorrow.
Since being allowed into cricket’s showpiece event in 1992 ahead of the collapse of apartheid, South Africa have failed to get past the semi-final stage on three occasions and are still awaiting a maiden World Cup final appearance.
New Zealand’s record is even worse, with the Black Caps having lost all six of their previous World Cup semi-finals.
Yet it is the Proteas who carry the unwanted tag of ‘chokers’, a label they went some way to removing with a thumping nine-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the quarter-finals – South Africa’s first victory in the knockout phase of any World Cup.
“It’s something that’s the unknown,” said Miller yesterday of the prospect of playing either Australia or defending champions India, who meet in the second semi in Sydney on Thursday, in the March 29 final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Cricket World Cup preview: New Zealand v South Africa
