Who Will Win New Zealand vs South Africa 4th ODI?
The 4th ODI between New Zealand and South Africa will be played on March 1, 2017. The match will be played at the Seddon Park in Hamilton and the live action will begin at 14:00 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction of the New Zealand vs South Africa 4th ODI.
Toss Prediction
The team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first, as the ground will be favourable, and the chase can be made a little easier by wrapping up the opponent batsmen fast.
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Martin Guptill will be making a comeback after recovering from a hamstring injury.
Key Players
Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor and Dean Brownlie are the best hopes for New Zealand to put up a big score against South Africa. They’ve been scoring well and can lead the team to a win. In the bowling department, the players have been bowling fairly decently with everyone pitching in. Tim Southee, Trent Boult and Mitchell Santner have been taking most of the wickets, and will be expected to wrap up the South African batsmen soon in the game.
Recent Form
New Zealand have won just one out of the three ODIs played in this series, and it is important for them to win this match, as the team has not lost a home ODI series in over two years.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
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Dean Brownlie, Tom Latham (c), Kane Williamson (wk), Martin Guptill, James Neesham, Ross Taylor, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
The team has not reported any injuries and the players are all set to take on the New Zealand team with full confidence.
Key Players
Quinton de Kock has been the top batsmen in this series, who is likely to continue his form in this match as well. Along with him, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis and Hashim Amla are expected to score good runs. Kagiso Rabada, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell and Dwaine Pretorius have been bowling very well and are expected to give a smashing performance against the New Zealand batsmen.
Recent Form
South Africa have played 3 ODIs against New Zealand in this series, and have won two of them. The team is in good form and the players will be working hard to put New Zealand to rest in their own home.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
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Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, AB de Villiers (c), JP Duminy, Dwaine Pretorius, David Miller, AL Phehlukwayo, Wayne Parnell, Imran Tahir, Kagiso Rabada.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
New Zealand: L W L W W
South Africa: W L W W W
New Zealand vs South Africa Head to Head
Out of the three ODIs played in the five-match series, South Africa have won two matches against New Zealand. And out of the 22 matches the teams have played against each other in the last 10 years, South Africa have won 13 of them.
New Zealand vs South Africa Betting Odds
New Zealand have been playing well but not as strong as needed against South Africa, and their odds to win this match are 2.72 with betfair and 2.50 with bet365 & betway. South Africa have been performing well against New Zealand in both batting and bowling departments, their odds to win being 1.58 with 1xbet and 1.53 with bet365 & betway.
New Zealand vs South Africa Prediction
New Zealand will be working hard to win this match in order to keep up their ODI series winning streak at home, and will need to push their bowlers to give a tough competition to South Africa. South Africa, on the other hand, are doing good in terms of both batting and bowling, and are likely to overpower New Zealand in this match.
Final Verdict: With a strong team and a better bowling side, we predict South Africa to win this match, with their odds being 1.58 with 1xbet and 1.53 with bet365 & betway
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