Who will win New Zealand vs South Africa 5th ODI?
New Zealand and South Africa head to Eden Park, Auckland, for the decisive fifth one day international, with the series poised at 2-2. Scheduled to start on March 4, the live action begins at 14:00 local time.
NZ vs SA 5th ODI: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: SkySports 5, SuperSport Two
Live streaming: Bet365
Toss Prediction
There is a tendency for teams winning the toss to bat second at Eden Park, just as New Zealand did when the two teams met in a T20 international last month. The hosts lost on that occasion, however.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for 5th ODI of NZ vs SA Series.
New Zealand Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Martin Guptill timed his return from injury to perfection, stepping in to replace out-of-form Tom Latham and fire New Zealand to victory in the fourth ODI. Luke Ronchi replaced Latham behind the stumps for that match and is likely to retain his place. Spinner Jeetan Patel was brought in for that match on a slow, turning pitch and picked up two wickets leaving the New Zealand selectors with a decision to make about the composition of their bowling line-up in Auckland.
Key Players
Martin Guptill underlined his importance to New Zealand’s limited-overs batting line-up with a stunning, match-winning 180* in the fourth ODI. If the opening batsman continues where he left out, New Zealand will be difficult to stop. Ross Taylor hit 66 in that match, adding to his match-winning 102* in the second ODI. With the ball, Trent Boult picked up 2-8 from four overs when the side’s met in last month’s T20 international.
Recent Form
New Zealand are bidding for a third consecutive ODI series win, having beaten Australia and Bangladesh in their previous two home series. Big-hitting Martin Guptill’s return is a timely boost to the batting line-up, however, with the Black Caps having only passed 300 in an ODI on one occasion in the last 12 months.
New Zealand Predicted Playing 11
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Martin Guptill, Dean Brownlie, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Luke Ronchi, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Jeetan Patel, Trent Boult
South Africa Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Andile Phehlukwayo missed the fourth ODI with injury, with Chris Morris returning to the side in his place. AB de Villiers defended the decision to play just one spinner in that match, and that’s unlikely to change with a faster wicket expected at Eden Park.
Key Players
While he has struggled to make an impact in this one day international series, Imran Tahir remains number one in the world rankings for ODI bowling and the leg-spinner is likely to get more reward from the Eden Park wicket. His figures of 5/24 in last month’s T20 match highlight his danger. With the bat, South Africa boast arguably one of the finest one-day batting line-ups in world cricket. Quinton de Kock and captain AB de Villiers have scored five half centuries between them so far in this series, while Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis should never be written off.
Recent Form
South Africa arrived in New Zealand on the back of consecutive 5-0 ODI series wins, against Sri Lanka and Australia respectively, but have found their momentum halted after defeats in Christchurch and Hamilton – results which have seen them drop back down to second in the ICC ODI Championship.
South Africa Predicted Playing 11
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Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock, Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, AB de Villiers, David Miller, Dwaine Pretorius, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
New Zealand: W L W L W
South Africa: L W L W W
New Zealand vs South Africa Head to Head
Victory for South Africa would be the tourists’ third consecutive one day international series win in New Zealand. New Zealand’s victories in Christchurch and Hamilton were actually their first at home to South Africa in this format since March 2004. The last time the two met in a one day international at Eden Park, however, was the semi-final of the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup where the hosts a rain-affected by four wickets with one ball to spare.
New Zealand vs South Africa 5th ODI Betting Odds
Martin Guptill’s match-winning knock in the fourth ODI has not been enough to tip the betting odds in New Zealand’s favour for the decisive fifth match in the series. South Africa are 1.62 with both bet365 and betway, while New Zealand are priced at 2.30 with both.
New Zealand vs South Africa 5th ODI Prediction
South Africa do not have happy memories of crucial one day internationals at Eden Park, after their World Cup semi-final defeat to the hosts in 2015. This is their chance to banish those bad memories, however, and if Imran Tahir can recapture his form with the ball they should snatch a series win. South Africa to claim series victory and banish bad memories of Eden Park
Final Verdict: Back South Africa to beat New Zealand in the fifth and final ODI at 1.62 with bet365 and betway
Mar 04, 2017
06:30 IST / 1:00 GMT
Eden Park - Auckland, New Zealand
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