The only T20 match scheduled to be played between New Zealand and South Africa will be played on February 17, 2017. The match will be played at the Eden Park in Auckland and the live action will begin at 19:00 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction for the T20 match between New Zealand and South Africa on February 17, 2017.
Toss Prediction
The team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first, as the ground will be supportive. A high score is not expected on the pitch so the team bowling first will be at an advantage.
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Martin Guptill will be sitting out for the T20 due to a hamstring injury, and Glenn Phillips will be replacing him. Luke Ronchi has returned to the squad after recovering from his groin injury.
Key Players
Kane Williamson and Corey Anderson have batted well in their previous T20 matches and are in a good form. The batsmen are expected to take the lead and score a big innings. Quite a few players are playing after a long T20 experience from the recent Super Smash tournament and will be in a good flow. Mitchell Santner and Trent Boult have been bowling in very good form and are expected to grab the most wickets against South Africa.
Recent Form
New Zealand are in a good form, and are coming into this series after an ODI series win against Australia. New Zealand also made an impressive clean sweep against Bangladesh in all the formats in the series before Australia.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
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Kane Williamson (c), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Tom Bruce, Colin de Grandhomme, Colin Munro, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ben Wheeler.
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Lungi Ngidi is out due to a hip injury, while David Miller has been added to the squad. Dane Paterson will be travelling with the team to New Zealand as a cover batsmen for Dwaine Pretorius as he’s awaiting the birth of his child.
Key Players
AB de Villiers has been the go-to batsman for the South African team for a long time now in all formats, and is likely to score well in this game as well. Along with him, David Miller, Farhaan Behardien, and Faf du Plessis have been playing in a commendable form as well and will hopefully repeat their recent performances. Wayne Parnell and Imran Tahir will be expected to take charge of the bowling side and take wickets like they have in their previous matches.
Recent Form
South African players are coming from a good series against Sri Lanka, where they thrashed the Lankans in almost every match. South Africa made a clean sweep against Sri Lanka in the test and ODI series and are in a brilliant form currently.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
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AB de Villiers (c), Faf du Plessis, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Dane Paterson.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
New Zealand: W W W L W
South Africa: L L W W L
New Zealand vs South Africa Head to Head
New Zealand have played a total of 14 T20 matches against South Africa in the last 10 years, and have won only 4 of them. South Africa, having won 10 matches seem to have an upper hand in this clash.
New Zealand vs South Africa Betting Odds
New Zealand have a good mix of players who have a good T20 experience from their recent domestic season, and their odds to win against South Africa are 2.28 with betfair and 2.20 with bet365. South Africa have a good winning record against New Zealand and a good batting side, their odds to win this match are 1.76 with 1xbet and 1.66 with bet365.
New Zealand vs South Africa Prediction
Both teams are starting this tour after winning their previous series with a stunning performance, and will be fully pumped up to take on their opponents. New Zealand has picked a good mix of players for the T20 match and will hopefully give a tough competition to the visitors. South Africa, on the other hand, have a very strong team as well, and have a good record against New Zealand.
Final Verdict: South Africa have a strong batting side and we predict them to win this match against New Zealand with the odds at 1.76 with 1xbet and 1.66 with bet365.
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