
South Africa's Marco Jansen walks back to the pavilion after losing his wicket, LBW off the bowling of New Zealand's Glenn Phillips during ICC Champions Trophy semi-final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, March 5, 2025. — Reuters
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New Zealand acquired their nerves for the past of South Africa in the semifinals and booked their place in the ICC Champions Trophy final against India, which was scheduled for March 9 in Dubai.
While providing a multi -dimensional performance, Qiyes kept his nerves to control the proteins in a passionate semi -final collision, and ensured their shot on the title of the most prevalent.
Pursuing a difficult target of 363 runs, South Africa’s batting unit submitted 312/9 in its allotted overs despite being under the back of David Miller’s bullets.
The Proteas started shaking in their innings as Better Ryan Recillton (17) was dismissed by the opening Matt Henry in just the fifth over with 20 runs on the board.
After the initial hiccup, the form Van Der Dawson joined Boma in the middle and started recovery.
They both shared an important partnership of 105 for the second wicket, in which they both saw a half -century scoring until New Zealand captain Mitchell Sentner removed his South African counterpart in the 23rd over.
Baima scored 57 runs on 71 delivery with four fours and a six.
Then Rasi Van Dare Dawson was also involved in a short 36 -run partnership with Eden Markram, before he too fell victim to a centurion.
He broke four fours and two sixes along the way to 66 ball 69.
After its dismissal, South Africa started losing wickets to a dangerous extent, and as a result, the experienced David Miller firm in the crease slipped up to 218/8.
The veteran batsman offered a remarkable fightback with an unbeaten century, but his efforts were not enough to seal the South African agreement.
It broke 10 fours and four sixes, providing an unbeaten 100 in supply of 67.
Sentner was a standout bowler for New Zealand, he took three wickets for 43 runs in his 10 overs, followed by Glenn Philips and Matt Henry with two of the two, while Michael Breswell and Ravindra entered with a skull.
Earlier, New Zealand had set a massive target of 363 runs against Rechen Ravindra and Ken Williamson against South Africa for centuries.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Sentner’s decision to bat first brought Fortune as his batting unit won 362/6 in 50 overs.
The Black Caps arrived at the start of a good start in their innings as openers Will Young and Ravindra shared a sharp partnership of 48 runs until the last 23 runs were suffered in the eighth over after providing 23 runs.
After the initial hiccup, Williamson joined the middle of Ravindra and put New Zealand in a commanding position with a marathon partnership, which scored 154 runs.
The second wicket partnership eventually ended with the dismissal of the opener in the 34th over and returned after top scoring with 108 off delivery, with 13 fours and a six.
Williamson was then in a short partnership of 39 for the third wicket with Daryl Mitchell and brought his 15th one -day century in the process.
The right -handed batsman, however, was killed soon after collecting this historic mark. He scored 102 runs, with 10 fours and two sixes.
After his dismissal, Mitchell and Glenn Philips pushed New Zealand late yesterday with a sharp knock.
Mitchell and Philips scored 49 off 37 and 27 balls respectively, while Michael Breswell scored 12 balls.
Nagi was a standout bowler for South Africa, he took three wickets for 72 runs in his 10 overs, while Robda got two.
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South Africa: Ryan Recilton, Tamba Bumoma (C), Rope Van Der Dawson, Herrich Classin (W), David Miller, Eden Markram, Wyan Molder, Marco Johnson, Keshao Maharaj, Kagisu Robda, Lingi Nagi
New Zealand: Will Young, Rechen Ravindra, Ken Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (W), Glenn Philips, Michael Breswell, Mitchell Sentner (C), Matt Henry, Kyle Jameson, William ORRAC