SA vs NZ, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: India to meet New Zealand in final

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: A fine pull shot there from Ravindra and that takes him to exactly 50 in just 47 balls. Not the best of deliveries from Mulder, short and down leg, rising to Ravindra's hip. He sends it fine with a pull shot for four.

New Zealand 98/1 in 17.1 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: And Keshav Maharaj will now bowl the first over of spin in the 17th over. Ravindra is on strike. He has got to 44 in 43 balls, this has been a very, very good innings thus far. Williamson is slowly catching up on his strike rate as well, he is on 24 off 30 balls. This partnership has produced 43 off 49 balls now and Ravindra especially seems to be seeing it as big as a football at the moment.

New Zealand 91/1 in 16 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Fourth ball of the 14th by Mulder is short and Ravindra gets on top of the bounce and slaps it through midwicket for the first boundary in three overs. This is a brilliant contest at the moment. South Africa doing everything they can to keep the pressure up but they are dealing with two highly accomplished technicians here in Ravindra and Williamson.

Ravindra on 40 off 38 at the end of that over, Williamson on 14 off 23.

New Zealand 77/1 in 14 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: No boundaries in the 12th over by Wiaan Mulder, his first of the match, and then a maiden by Rabada in his third over in the 13th.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Ngidi with four consecutive dots last over of the first powerplay. Then Williamson opens the face of the bat last ball of the over and somehow sends the ball between cover point and point. That was a ridiculous shot from the New Zealand great. He is on five off eight balls. Ravindra on 29 off as many.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Oh he skies a big one and there is the breakthrough for Ngidi and South Africa. Slow ball fifth ball of the eighth, Young was a bit too quick with his shot. He knew he is gone the moment it left his bat, Markram makes no mistake with the catch.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Two things on display here. First, a combination of the absolute higway that is this pitch in Lahore and the lightning fast outfield. And then the brilliance of Ravindra. Third ball of that over from Jansen that sits up nicely for Ravindra, he stands tall and drives it through cover for four. The fourth is a dot, punched to the covers. Then he plays a checked drive through midwicket, timed to perfection and it goes past the fielder there for another four. Then he gets on top of the bounce last ball and sends it through the covers for four more.

Ravindra has raced to 25 off 23 balls, Young on 18 off 19 balls.

New Zealand 44/0 in 7 overs

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Well this is now a very good start for New Zealand. Ravindra ends the third over from Jansen with a shot through midwicket for four. Ngidi's first ball next over is is square driven for four by Young. He gets off strike third ball and then Ravindra clips the last through midwicket for four more.

Ravindra has gone to 10 off 13 balls, Young on 10 off 11 balls.

New Zealand 21/0 in 4 overs

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Fourth ball of the second over is at a length, a little wide outside off. Young has a go, it takes a top edge and flies over Jansen at first slip to the boundary. He is on five off seven balls at the end of that over, Ravindra yet to get off the mark after facingg five balls.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Young gets off the mark first ball with a single. Wide down the leg side fifth ball for the second run in that over. No movement so far for Jansen, despite bowling into the breeze. Lungi Ngidi from the other end now.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Will Young facing up to Marco Jansen first ball of the match with Rachin Ravoindra at the other end. A slight delay in proceedings though, with the black sheets behind the sightscreens not being secured and flapping away in the wind, revealing the white advertising boards beneath. Quite surprising the umpires didn't think of sorting that out earlier considering they were literally facing that side during the national anthems. It is Glenn Phillips who comes across and spreads out the blacks to hide the white and here we go!

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: The two captains have led their sides out. First comes New Zealand's anthem and then South Africa's. The stadium is relatively empty, it is a hot day and a weekday. Moreover, Pakistan are not playing. And yet, it won't be a surprise if it packs up to the rafters in the latter half of the day.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Well, something different today. It is not an ex-cricketer but a Pakistan sporting legend, who very much still has an active career, who brings out the Champions Trophy. Javelin Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem walks out today with the trophy in his hands before the teams at the Gaddafi Stadium.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: It is a 75 metre boundary downtown from the Iqbal end, shorter boundary other side. Dale Steyn says it's a beautiful wicket, flat and hard. There's some live grass but not enough for sideways movement. Three of the tallest fast bowlers, they could get extra bounce. There could be swing too, which coupled with high release points, will be a challenge. There can be extra bounce but getting swing would help. No 'nose and toes,' keeping it on a good length should do the trick.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: And it is an obvious one. Captain Temba Bavuma has recovered from his illness and he was at the toss so obviously, he is playing today.

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Santner says that New Zealand are much more familiar with the conditions in Lahore than what was the case in the last match against India in Dubai.

New Zealand XI: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: All right then, Mitchell Santner has won the toss and New Zealand are batting first. Temba Bavuma just politely asks him what he has chosen to do once again after he has said his piece.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: There is a lot of talk about South Africa's future as a cricketing team with top billing being in jeopardy but their performances say otherwise. They very much deserved the spot in the final they got in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Let's face it, they deserved to win that as well until they failed to chase down 30 runs in 30 balls, although India's brilliance takes a majority of the credit for that. They have shown that they are still among the best teams in the world in Test cricket by reaching the WTC Final. A victory in the Champions Trophy before that big match would be a huge boost for them mentally.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: We are just under 10 minutes away from the toss and Mitchell Santner could be seen addressing the New Zealand team huddle about 10 minutes ago. He seems as calm as ever, although he can be seen using some snappy hand movements. The Kiwis have looked a positive bunch in the warm-ups. All smiles and laughter. A little more intensity about the South Africans though.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: South Africa have chosen to operate with just one specialist spinner in the form of Keshav Maharaj. New Zealand, however, have captain Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell in their regular XI. And among the latter two, Santner has been quite exceptional in this tournament.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Both New Zealand and South Africa are rather well known for their inability to win ICC tournaments, the latter more than the other, despite the quality their sides have possessed over the years. NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Both New Zealand and South Africa are rather well known for their inability to win ICC tournaments, the latter more than the other, despite the quality their sides have possessed over the years. And so it is quite unique that a match between these two in a tournament is a game between two former winners of that trophy, albeit when it had a different name and an entirely different format and even philosophy. South Africa won the ICC Knockout in 1998 and New Zealand won it in 2000.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Kane Williamson has scored centuries the last two time he faced South Africa in ODIs. It has to be noted, though, that those were scored six years apart. The first came in the 2019 World Cup and the next came in the tri-series that was played in Pakistan going into this Champions Trophy.He has looked in very, very good touch this year in this format.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: NZ Probable XI: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (C), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke

SA Probable XI: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma (C), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Ricky Ponting has backed South Africa for the big-ticket clash today as he feels that the Proteas have a "bit more class and power" in their lineup, which makes them favourites.

"If I look at both the sides, I think there's that little bit more class in the South African line-up. They bat deep. I think they might have a little bit too much power for New Zealand," Pointing opined on ICC Review on Tuesday.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: The toss will play a crucial role, as the momentum will shift towards the team that gets the flip of the coin right. New Zealand are coming into the knockouts on the back of a big defeat against India in Dubai, while South Africa are on a roll following their massive seven-wicket win against England in the group stage.