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NEW DELHI: New Zealand captain Tom Latham won the toss and elected to field in their World Cup match against South Africa at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Wednesday.
Both the teams made one change each from their last match playing XI.
New Zealand replaced the injured Lockie Ferguson with Tim Southee.
South Africa brought in Kagiso Rabada in place of Tabraiz Shamsi.
After winning the toss, Tom Latham said, “We are going to bowl, reasonably good surface. Potential dew later on. One change, Tim Southee comes in for Lockie Ferguson. Guys are confident around the group. They have been playing fantastic cricket, going to be a good game today.”
After losing the toss, Temba Bavuma said, “We were looking to bowl first as well. Pitch looks a bit dry, could skid on later under lights. Kagiso Rabada comes in for Shamsi. We want to run with the momentum. Was not our clinical display last game but it was important to get those key moments to cross the line.”
Former cricketers Ricky Ponting and Shaun Pollock reckoned the Pune surface as a good wicket, nice and hard. They noticed a is a little bit of grass cover and some cracks. They observed that the pitch might be a bit two paced and slow down as the game progresses. There was some seam movement and carry in the second part previously. They reckoned there has been good pace and carry in the previous games, so teams will expect that today too.
This is the first time that these two teams are playing each other in an ODI since 2019.
New Zealand XI: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
South Africa XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Both the teams made one change each from their last match playing XI.
New Zealand replaced the injured Lockie Ferguson with Tim Southee.
South Africa brought in Kagiso Rabada in place of Tabraiz Shamsi.
After winning the toss, Tom Latham said, “We are going to bowl, reasonably good surface. Potential dew later on. One change, Tim Southee comes in for Lockie Ferguson. Guys are confident around the group. They have been playing fantastic cricket, going to be a good game today.”
After losing the toss, Temba Bavuma said, “We were looking to bowl first as well. Pitch looks a bit dry, could skid on later under lights. Kagiso Rabada comes in for Shamsi. We want to run with the momentum. Was not our clinical display last game but it was important to get those key moments to cross the line.”
Former cricketers Ricky Ponting and Shaun Pollock reckoned the Pune surface as a good wicket, nice and hard. They noticed a is a little bit of grass cover and some cracks. They observed that the pitch might be a bit two paced and slow down as the game progresses. There was some seam movement and carry in the second part previously. They reckoned there has been good pace and carry in the previous games, so teams will expect that today too.
This is the first time that these two teams are playing each other in an ODI since 2019.
New Zealand XI: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w/c), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
South Africa XI: Quinton de Kock(w), Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
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