Who will win New Zealand vs South Africa 3rd Test?
South Africa wrapped up the second test at Wellington on the third day itself, thrashing New Zealand by eight wickets to acquire an unassailable 1-0 lead in the three-match series. In order to avert a series loss, the hosts are now left with no choice but to win the third test which starts from March 25 at the Seddon Park, Hamilton. Live action is scheduled to begin at 11 AM local time.
NZ vs SA 3rd Test: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Supersport, Sky Sport 1, Fox Sports 2
Live streaming: Bet365, Sky Go, Foxtel Go
Toss Prediction
The side batting second has won four of the last five test matches at the Seddon Park. Even both the games of the recently concluded ODI series here saw the team batting second emerge winners. So toss will be crucial and whoever wins it is almost certain to bowl first. South Africa have been very fortunate with the toss on this tour, winning 7 times in their 8 fixtures so far. We therefore predict the tourists to win the toss in this match.
Read on for team previews, latest odds, betting tips and match prediction for NZ vs SA 3rd Test....
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Trent Boult and Ross Taylor rejoined the squad ahead of the third test but it has been confirmed that the duo will not be a part of the playing 11. So New Zealand will go into this match with the same combination that lost to South Africa in the second test.
Key Players
Jeet Raval has had good knocks in both the tests - a 52 in the first and an 80 in the second. The opening batsman therefore will have a lot of hopes pinned on him for this game. Another key batsman in the side is Kane Williamson. The skipper scored a hundred in the first test and has one hundred and four fifties from five tests at the Seddon Park. Neil Wagner has been the standout bowler with nine wickets so far in the series. Tim Southee with 34 wickets from 6 matches is the second-highest Kiwi wicket-taker at this ground.
Recent Form
New Zealand have four wins in their last six test matches at home. Two of these wins were secured against Pakistan last year in November and the other two came against Bangladesh at the start of this year. While their bowling has been alright, their batting has not been up to the mark in this series.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
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JA Raval, TWM Latham, KS Williamson (c), NT Broom, HM Nicholls, JDS Neesham, BJ Watling (wk), C de Grandhomme, TG Southee, JS Patel, N Wagner.
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Dane Piedt has been added to the squad in order to bolster the team's spin stocks but it remains to be seen whether the offspinner will be given a game or not. The South African selectors however look keen on retaining the winning combination from the second test.
Key Players
While Dean Elgar and Faf du Plessis starred for South Africa with the bat in the first test, it was Temba Bavuma and Quinton de Kock in the second who ensured the team attained a healthy lead of 91 runs. Hashim Amla looked good in his previous innings and he will be desperate to score big in this match. Vernon Philander has a 10-wicket haul in his only test match at the Seddon Park and the Kiwi batters will be wary of him. Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj claimed a six-fer in the last game and has taken 13 wickets in the series and he is likely to pick up more wickets on this slow Hamilton surface.
Recent Form
South Africa have just one defeat in their past 11 test matches which came at the hands of Australia at Adelaide last year in November. They have won 8 of the remaining 10 matches which just goes to show how good they have been in the longest version of the game in recent times.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
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SC Cook, D Elgar, HM Amla, JP Duminy, F du Plessis (c), T Bavuma, Q de Kock (wk), VD Philander, KA Maharaj, M Morkel, K Rabada.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
New Zealand: L D W W W
South Africa: W D W W W
New Zealand vs South Africa Head to Head
New Zealand last won a test match against South Africa 13 years ago at Auckland. The two teams have since played 15 tests of which the Proteas have won 10. The hosts have never beaten the tourists at the Seddon Park. Out of the two encounters here, one was won by South Africa while the other was drawn.
New Zealand vs South Africa 3rd Test Betting Odds
New Zealand have found it hard to stop the South African juggernaut right since the one-off T20. And the embarrassing defeat in the second test means that the hosts remain outsiders for the third test as well. While bet365 and betway both have them at 5, betfair has them slightly higher at 5.2. South Africa, unsurprisingly, are favorites to win at 2.37 with betway, 2.54 with betfair and best odds of 2.62 with bet365. A draw is at 2.36 with 1xbet and 2.10 with both bet365 and betway.
New Zealand vs South Africa 3rd Test Prediction
South Africa clearly have been the better side on this tour, be it the solitary T20 international, the ODI series and now the test series. They won the limited-overs series and are now on the verge of winning the series in whites as well. The last time South Africa played New Zealand in a test match at this ground was five years back in March 2012 when they beat the hosts convincingly by nine wickets. The Proteas have dominated the Kiwis in the longest format more often than not, which is one of the many reasons why we predict them to win this match and take the series 2-0.
Final Verdict: Back South Africa to beat New Zealand in the third test at 2.54 with 1xbet, 2.62 with bet365 and 2.37 with betway.
Mar 25, 2017
03:00 IST / 2:30 GMT
Seddon Park - Hamilton, New Zealand
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