ICC Cricket World Cup South Africa vs New Zealand Head to Head Record

Let’s take a look at the ICC Cricket World Cup South Africa vs New Zealand Head to Head Record.

In the World Cup so far, New Zealand and South Africa have faced off seven times. Only twice did South Africa triumph over New Zealand, losing five times. They last faced off in the semifinals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup, with New Zealand winning by a margin of four wickets.

When these two teams last faced off in Auckland, New Zealand won and fairly convincingly, to boot. The winning team, South Africa, elected to bat but never really got going. The off-spinner Dipak Patel had a field day on a sluggish pitch, only giving up 13 runs in his first seven overs. 

Before a 79-run partnership for the fourth wicket between David Richardson and Peter Kirsten, who finished with a tenacious 129-ball 90, kept South Africa afloat, it had been reduced to 29 for 3. South Africa scored 190 for 7, but the New Zealand top order didn’t find that to be too difficult. Despite Ian Bell’s dismissal, the base was set by Mark Greatbatch (68) and Rod Latham’s (60) 114-run opening stand.

South Africa enjoyed a memorable 1992 World Cup thanks to its fielding. In this conflict, if anything, it set new benchmarks. When New Zealand decided to bat, they were held to a score of 177 for 9, which included three run-outs. Stephen Fleming led the team in scoring with a 79-ball 33, and Allan Donald, a dangerous paceman, swept through the middle order for a magnificent 3-for-34 in 10 overs.

Although it appeared to be a straightforward pursuit, South Africa had to put in a lot of effort to win. The innings advanced across the finish line and was won by five wickets thanks to Hansie Cronje’s 64-ball 78.

When a top-order batsman scores 143 and the team posts a 306-run total with an attack that includes Allan Donald, Makhaya Ntini, and Jacques Kallis, you anticipate success. Unfortunately, South Africa discovered Stephen Fleming in a tyrannical state. This, together with a power outage and a few rain interruptions, caused them to come out on the wrong side of the Duckworth-Lewis analysis.

South Africa finished on 306 for 6, Herschelle Gibbs’ 141-ball 143 being supported by the other batsmen’s average scores. Fleming was graceful; Gibbs was flashy. The target was changed as a result of the rain’s delay, and New Zealand now required 44 more runs to win in eight and a half overs. Fleming persisted, bringing New Zealand across.

In Grenada, a heart-pounding, nerve-wracking Super Eights match concluded in New Zealand’s advantage, securing it a place in the 2007 World Cup semifinals.

After being sent in, South Africa was reduced to 3 for 2 but came back with Jacques Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs, who combined for 49 runs for the third wicket. When Kallis was dismissed for a 54-ball 22, Gibbs continued with Ashwell Prince by his side and added a crucial 76 for the fourth wicket. 

Then, in relatively rapid succession, Craig McMillan got all of Gibbs, Prince, and Mark Boucher out of the game, lessening the impact on South Africa’s batters, who eventually managed to put up 193 for 7. If New Zealand believed their pursuit would be simple.

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