SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Well a match that seemed set to become a thriller at around the 20-over mark of the South African innings has eventually fizzled out, with Miller providing some fireworks in the end. New Zealand face India again in an ICC final, the two sides had met in the WTC final in 2019, remember. At the time, New Zealand had been playing red-ball cricket in England before that match, unlike India, and were generally better at playing those conditions. The result reflected all that. This time, the shoes are on the other feet. India are much more suited to the conditions in Dubai and have played there more than New Zealand in the recent past. Could the result be reversed? After no ICC trophies for 11 years could it be two in the space of 10 months for India? All we can do is wait and find out on Sunday. Good night from us for now, do join us for that humdinger coming up in Dubai.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Wow he smashes 18 runs in the last over and finishes unbeaten on 100 off 67 balls. That has to be among the more bizarre endings to the match. Lungi Ngidi was willing and cheering Miller on as he went about his business in the last over, the crowd was getting behind him as well and when he finishes off with a six, he celebrates by cradling his bat like a baby in a very very subdued manner. But at the end of it all, it is New Zealand who are going through. What is for sure, though, is questions need to be asked of their death bowling. Miller has creamed a total of 48 runs off those last three overs and ensured that South Africa's margin of defeat is 50, as opposed to something close to 150.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: What happens when you let an ace hitter swing away with absolutely no pressure? Well he blasts 30 runs in 2 overs is what happens. He smashes fours off the first two balls of the 49th over from Will O'Rourke. Two runs off the next ball and well, some dozy cricket from O'Rourke keeps this game going. Long fired the throw to the bowler, who for some reason lobs the ball at the stumps instead of just breaking them with the cherry in his hands. Miller pulls the last ball fine to the boundary and then runs a single off the last ball to keep strike. Miller on 82 off 61 balls.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Some clean hits and some bling swings. Miller just making sure that South Africa go down swinging here.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: He gets there with a four off the third ball of the 47th over. No celebrations at all, he just raises his bat once unenthusiastically and then shakes Lungi Ngidi's hands. He has got there in 46 balls. Just a single off the last ball of the over and Miller on 52 off 49 balls.

South Africa 264/9 in 47 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Rabada had got a couple of fours under his belt the previous over but he now perishes. Pulls the third ball of the 46th which is a slower one and gets caught at the cow corner boundary.

Rabada c Phillips b Henry 16 (22)

South Africa 256/9 in 45.3 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: That is how precarious this situation is. Matt Henry returns to bowl the 44th over, he seems to be ok after that knock he took while taking Heinrich Klaasen's catch, which is important for New Zealand.

South Africa 245/8 in 44 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Phillips sends in the third ball of that over wide and full, Miller slashes it as hard as anyone can and sends it to the cover boundary. Just a single after that in that over though and so well below the 15.75 South Africa need every over.

South Africa 237/8, need 126 to win from 48.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: First ball of the 42nd from Phillips is short, Miller gets back in his crease and smashes it over midwicket for a six. Well, Glenn Maxwell did win a match for Australia against Afghanistan in the 2023 World Cup on one leg, sometimes none, from a similarish position. But that innings is remembered as the greatest ever played in the history of ODI cricket. If Miller is to do this for South Africa, he basically needs to play an all-timer here. He has done that before so, who knows?

For now, South Africa need 131 to win from 53 balls, a required rate of nearly 16 runs an over

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: South Africa down to their last two wickets now and David Miller can only helplessly watch all those wickets falling at the other end. This was a very good catch there from Latham though. He was visualising that blind take down the leg side earlier today before the toss. Shortish delivery down the leg side third ball of the 40th from Phillips. Latham had moved with the delivery and so even though the ball didn't get exactly go off the edge of Maharaj's bat and took a big deflection, Latham's gloves were in position to take it.

Maharaj c Latham b Phillips 1 (4)

South Africa 218/8 in 39.3 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Marco Jansen tries a reverse sweep, Phillips is deliery is straight as a rod. He misses and the Kiwis appeal quite confidently, the umpire is unmoved though. Santner takes the review and forces the umpire to change his call.

Jansen lbw b Phillips 3 (7)

South Africa 212/7 in 38 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Wiaan Mulder tries to go big and perishes. Flighted delivery last ball of the 36th, Mulder gets down on a knee and takes a big sweep at it. However, the it didn't come off the middle of the bat and Ravindra takes the catch at deep square leg. South Africa unravelling now.

Mulder c Ravindra b Bracewell 8 (13)

South Africa 200/6 in 36 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: And he has dismissed the dangerous Aiden Markram, no less. Very soft dismissal there as Markram loses the battle of the part-timers. It was short from Ravindra, Markram just hits back to the bowler. Almost just plays the ball back to him like it was a practice session.

South Africa's required rate has now gone above 10. Surely India now know who they are facing in the final.

Markram c & b Ravindra 31 (29)

South Africa 189/5 in 33 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Well the game's not over yet because in David Miller and Markram, South Africa do have two highly accomplished run scorers. However, there is only one way for South Africa to win this now and that is if these two have a truly massive partnership. Rachin Ravindra brought on for the first time in the 31st over, Miller launches the third ball effortlessly over mid-off for four. Miller on six off seven at the end of that over, Markram on 27 off 23.

South Africa 181/4 in 31 overs, need 182 to win from 114 balls.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Oh the New Zealand captain may have turned it around in his side's favour in this utterly spellbinding period of spin bowling. Santner with two huge wickets in consecutive overs, with this one potentially deciding the match. Length delivery for the fourth ball of the 29th which sits up for Klaasen, he smashes it down the ground but it doesn't have the distance at all. Matt Henry comes charging in from long on, dives forward and takes a brilliant catch. But he seems to have hurt himself in the process. He crouches down clutching his left shoulder, seemingly in agonising pain. Be leaves the field and Nathan Smith comes on in his place.

Klaasen c Henry b Santner 3 (7)

South Africa 167/4 in 28.4 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: The New Zealand captain can do no wrong in this tournament. That is an absolute beauty from Santner. Quck and angling into middle and leg, Van der Dussen tries to work it leg side but the ball straightens and goes right past his willow. The stumps are rattled, New Zealand's captain fantastic gets another.

van der Dussen b Santner 69 (66)

SA 161/3 26.5 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: There was some pressure being built there with Markram taking his time to settle in. Bracewell bowls his seventh consecutive over in the 24th, Two singles off the first two balls, then Van der Dussen runs two off the fourth. The fifth is a quick delivery, around 94kph, Van der Dussen takes a big strike forward and sends it over midwicket for a six. He keeps strike with a single next ball, Rassie is on 61 off 57, Markram on two off four.

Santner to continue.

South Africa 139/2 in 24 overs, need 225 to win from 156 balls

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Kane Williamson's hands were still probably ringing after he stopped a pile drive from Bavuma in Santner's last over at midwicket. He was moved to backward point and the ball comes right to him.

Bavuma c Williamson b Santner 56 (71)

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Single off the fifth ball of the 22nd by Bracewell and that takes Van der Dussen to 50 in 51 balls. So far so good for South Africa but, as was the case with Bavuma, Van der Dussen would also know that he needs to stay out there as long as possible for South Africa to pull this off. Bavuma takes a single next ball to stay on strike for Mitchell Santner, who will bowl his fourth over in the 23rd.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Fifty in 64 deliveries from the South African captain. He will need to be there right till the end if South Africa are to pull this off. He gets there with a single off the third ball of the 20th from Bracewell. No runs for Van der Dussen after that.

South Africa 107/1 in 20 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Four singles and a wide in that 16th over. Now one has to remember that this is somewhat how Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson were going about their business between the 10th and 20th overs. For now, Bavuma and van der Dussen are giving SA exactly what they need. They are scoring at a good clip without taking too much of a risk.

Bavuma on 40 off 48, Van der Dussen on 32 off 36.

South Africa need 237 to win from 204 balls

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: South Africa's run rate had got to 6.27 at the end of that over from O'Rourke. But Santner's ploy to take pace off at one end seems to have worked. Bracewell has completed two overs and SA's run rate at the end of the 14th has dropped to 5.64.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: That's more like it! Will O'Rourke replaces Henry in the 11th over and Van der Dussen welcomes him with a four past cover first ball. Three singles after that and then Bavuma gets an edge on the fifth ball. No slips though and the ball races away to the boundary. Two runs off the last ball and Bavuma moves to 32 off 36, Van der Dussen on 20 off 18.

SA 69/1 in 11 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Henry returns for his fifth over in the ninth, Rassie van der Dussen gets off strike second ball and then Bavuma launches the third ball over mid-off for four. Single fifth ball and Van der Dussen punches Henry off a length for another four. Bavuma on 15 off 27, van der Dussen on 14 off 15.

South Africa 46/1 in 9 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: The South African captain is going nowhere at the moment. Henry just bowled his fourth over, Jamieson to now bowl his fifth and Bavuma is in a rut. Just three runs off that seventh over and Bavuma is on eight off 23 balls. Bavuma has played a few shots, the only problem is that they have either gone straight to a fielder or else not quite but the Kiwis are so good they stop that anyhow.

SA 33/1 in 7 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Rickleton was the man who was getting the boundaries, with Bavuma in a hole at the other end. And it is Rickleton who falls. Length ball from Henry on fifth stump, Rickleton shapes up to punch it but it flies off the outer half of the bat, Bracewell takes a low catch at cover.

Rickelton c Bracewell b Henry 17 (12b)

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Well that is NOT something you want when chasing 363. He keeps switching between length and full and the bounce he is generating thanks to his extraordinary height has kept the vertically challenged Bavuma pinned. South Africa's required rate already creeping towards 4.50.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Well if you are to chase down 363, that is exactly what South Africa need. Henry's second delivery moves into Rickleton a bit, the batter was leg side of the ball and he gets a thick edge which took the ball over leg stump and to the boundary. Henry then overpitches the fifth ball, Rickleton punches it down the ground for another four. Now Temba Bavuma to face Kyle Jamieson from the other end.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: The players take the field and we are ready for the chase to begin! South African captain Temba Bavuma opens the batting alongside Ryan Rickelton

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: South Africa will have to do what Australia did a few days ago, when they chased down England's 352-run target in their Champions Trophy opener. It won’t be easy, but with a formidable batting lineup, the Proteas have the firepower to pull it off. Is this the night they rise to the occasion?

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Here is a gist of what New Zealand's little GOATling said: I guess it was the partnerships, Young and Kane helped me get through the ebbs and flows, at times my timing isn't so great, but KW helped me get through that phase. At times, the ball held a bit and the bowlers also bowled good lines and lengths. Hopefully, the ball will continue to hold onto the surface a bit more under lights. He's a classy player (on Kane Williamson), fun to watch him bat from the other end. The pitch held up at times, looked a bit crumbly, so the key will be to bowl into the surface, use the cutters and variations (on the bowling plans).

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: South Africa need to chase down a cool 363 runs to make it to the final of the 2025 Champions Trophy. Only thrice in the history of ODI cricket has a score higher than this been chased down successfully. Encouragingly for South Africa, they have been on the winning side two of those times. In the second of those matches, David Miller had smashed an unbeaten 118 in 79 balls. He and Kagiso Rabada are the only two players in this team who had played in that match. Can South Africa do the improbable again? It is Lahore after all, and Australia have shown that a score like this can be chased down.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Phillips smashes the first ball down the ground for six. The next ball is wide down the leg side and then two runs taken. Then Phillips hits the third ball through extra cover for four. A single next ball and then the fifth ball goes off Michael Bracewell's thigh pads for four leg byes! A single after that.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Mitchell is caught at deep midwicket first ball of the 47th by Ngidi. A welcome reprieve for South Africa, New Zealand are looking well set for 350 the way they are going at the moment.

Mitchell c Rabada b Ngidi 49 (37)

New Zealand 314/4 in 46 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Wowza! Singles for Phillips and Mitchell off the first two balls of the 46th by Marco Jansen. Then Phillips works the third ball down the leg side for a four. Then he smashes the next one into the fine leg area for a one-bounce four. The fifth ball is driven down the ground with disdain to make it a hat-trick of fours. The last ball is sent between deep square and deep midwicket for yet another boundary.

Phillips on 26 off 17, Mitchell on 49 off 36.

New Zealand 314/4 in 46 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: There are the big hits!

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Or rather a late squeeze from Rabada. Mitchell manages to hit Jansen for two fours in the 43rd over and that makes it 13 runs off that over. But then just five runs come off the 44th over by Rabada. That was his ninth and South Africa would know that they need to be picking wickets. The players out there are Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips and they can take off at any point.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Rabada cleans him up! Latham looking to ramp the first ball of that over behind him for four. He misses it entirely and his middle stump is smashed.

Lathan b Rabada 4 (5)

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: New Zealand decide to stick to their regular batting order instead of sending Glenn Phillips ahead of Tom Latham. He and Mitchell take five singles in that 41st over by Jansen. Now Rabada returns for the 42nd. He has three overs left...

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: He shapes up for another ramp, this time Mulder sees it, goes for a wide yorker. Williamson ends up putting it into the hands of short fine leg just four balls after scoring his century.

Williamson c Ngidi b Mulder 102 (94)

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: 15th ODI century for the New Zealand legend. He ramps the first ball of the 40th from Mulder over the wicketkeeper to get to 101 in just 91 balls. He took 61 balls to go past fifty, remember. Incredible acceleration here from Williamson.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Mitchell is doing the sensible thing here. What New Zealand need at the moment is some big runs to capitalise on the platform that they have got thanks to that incredible knock by Ravindra. He hasn't quite connected the way he would like but has moved to 13 in 14 balls, which is not bad at all. Williamson at the other end is looking a million dollars. Maharaj's last ball of the 37th over is a tempter, tossed up nice and full. Williamson takes it with both hands, tonks it over deep midwicket for a four. He moves to 89 off 84.

New Zealand 234/2 in 37 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Edge and that's that! The partnership between Ravindra and Williamson ends on 164 off 154 balls. It was a delivery that went across him, Ravindra seemed to be trying to go over cover. Gets only an edge on it and Klaasen finally takes the catch. The partnership between Ravindra and Williamson ends on 164 off 154 balls.

Ravindra goes off to a standing ovation. New Zealand have got an incredible platform to take off from.

Ravindra c Klaasen b Rabada 108 (101)

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: There are still 17 overs left in this innings but South Africa are in a world of trouble at the moment. He ends that over from Rabada in which Ravindra got his century with back to back fours. Maharaj bowls the next over, singles off the first five balls and then Williamson sweeps the last one over wide long on for a six. His strike rate has gone above 100 now, he is on 80 off 77, Ravindra on 108 off 98.

New Zealand 212/1 in 33 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: He just pushes the first ball of the 32nd over by Ravindra leg side and takes an easy two to get there. Rachin Ravindra you superstar!

New Zealand 186/1 in 31.1 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Ravindra is on 95 off 88, Williamson now on 62 off 69. Klaasen put down a difficult chance off Williamson while he was on 56. Before that, he got to his fifty itself with a miscued shot that landed just short of mid-on. Luck just not going SA's way in these middle overs.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Ravindra brought up the 100-run partnership between himself and Williamson with a four off the first ball of the 27th by Maharaj. He gets off strike next ball and Maharaj then follows Williamson as he made some room. Dot ball. Williamson responds by coming down the track next ball and depositing the length ball over midwicket for his first six of the innings. He takes a single next ball and moves to 47 off 58, Ravindra on 88 off 80.

New Zealand 159/1 in 27 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Aiden Markram has been brought into the attack, gave just three runs in his first over in the 24th. Maharaj continues for his fifth over after that in the 25th. Williamson off strike first ball, dot for Ravindra next ball. Then Ravindra toe ends a slap shot third ball but it goes past long-on for a four. Maharaj smiles, knowing that there is some other universe where that ball has gone down the throat of that fielder there. Next ball, Ravindra goes big again but this time in full control, it goes flat over long on for a six. Two singles after that and Ravindra is on 80 off 75. Williamson 39 off 52.

New Zealand 143/1 in 25 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Jansen brought back for the 20th over and he continues in the 22nd. Just five runs in it but South Africa desperately need a wicket here. Both Williamson and Ravindra have settled in nicely which is ever good news for any bowling side in any format.

Ravindra on 67 off 65, Williamson on 31 off 44.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Ravindra is just purring along now. Two singles after Ravindra hit that first boundary and then he pulls the fourth ball flat over midwicket, it lands just inches before the boundary for four. Mulder follows up with a length ball on off, Ravindra brings out just the most sumptuous on drive for a second consecutive four. A leg bye to end that over which is the most expensive of the innings so far.

Ravindra on 59 off 51, Williamson on 26 off 34.

New Zealand 109/1 in 18 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: A fine pull shot there from Ravindra and that takes him to exactly 50 in just 47 balls. Not the best of deliveries from Mulder, short and down leg, rising to Ravindra's hip. He sends it fine with a pull shot for four.

New Zealand 98/1 in 17.1 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: And Keshav Maharaj will now bowl the first over of spin in the 17th over. Ravindra is on strike. He has got to 44 in 43 balls, this has been a very, very good innings thus far. Williamson is slowly catching up on his strike rate as well, he is on 24 off 30 balls. This partnership has produced 43 off 49 balls now and Ravindra especially seems to be seeing it as big as a football at the moment.

New Zealand 91/1 in 16 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Fourth ball of the 14th by Mulder is short and Ravindra gets on top of the bounce and slaps it through midwicket for the first boundary in three overs. This is a brilliant contest at the moment. South Africa doing everything they can to keep the pressure up but they are dealing with two highly accomplished technicians here in Ravindra and Williamson.

Ravindra on 40 off 38 at the end of that over, Williamson on 14 off 23.

New Zealand 77/1 in 14 overs

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: No boundaries in the 12th over by Wiaan Mulder, his first of the match, and then a maiden by Rabada in his third over in the 13th.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Ngidi with four consecutive dots last over of the first powerplay. Then Williamson opens the face of the bat last ball of the over and somehow sends the ball between cover point and point. That was a ridiculous shot from the New Zealand great. He is on five off eight balls. Ravindra on 29 off as many.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Oh he skies a big one and there is the breakthrough for Ngidi and South Africa. Slow ball fifth ball of the eighth, Young was a bit too quick with his shot. He knew he is gone the moment it left his bat, Markram makes no mistake with the catch.

SA vs NZ Live Score, South Africa vs New Zealand Semi Final Champions Trophy 2025 Live Cricket Score: Two things on display here. First, a combination of the absolute higway that is this pitch in Lahore and the lightning fast outfield. And then the brilliance of Ravindra. Third ball of that over from Jansen that sits up nicely for Ravindra, he stands tall and drives it through cover for four. The fourth is a dot, punched to the covers. Then he plays a checked drive through midwicket, timed to perfection and it goes past the fielder there for another four. Then he gets on top of the bounce last ball and sends it through the covers for four more.

Ravindra has raced to 25 off 23 balls, Young on 18 off 19 balls.

New Zealand 44/0 in 7 overs

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Well this is now a very good start for New Zealand. Ravindra ends the third over from Jansen with a shot through midwicket for four. Ngidi's first ball next over is is square driven for four by Young. He gets off strike third ball and then Ravindra clips the last through midwicket for four more.

Ravindra has gone to 10 off 13 balls, Young on 10 off 11 balls.

New Zealand 21/0 in 4 overs

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Fourth ball of the second over is at a length, a little wide outside off. Young has a go, it takes a top edge and flies over Jansen at first slip to the boundary. He is on five off seven balls at the end of that over, Ravindra yet to get off the mark after facingg five balls.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Young gets off the mark first ball with a single. Wide down the leg side fifth ball for the second run in that over. No movement so far for Jansen, despite bowling into the breeze. Lungi Ngidi from the other end now.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Will Young facing up to Marco Jansen first ball of the match with Rachin Ravoindra at the other end. A slight delay in proceedings though, with the black sheets behind the sightscreens not being secured and flapping away in the wind, revealing the white advertising boards beneath. Quite surprising the umpires didn't think of sorting that out earlier considering they were literally facing that side during the national anthems. It is Glenn Phillips who comes across and spreads out the blacks to hide the white and here we go!

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: The two captains have led their sides out. First comes New Zealand's anthem and then South Africa's. The stadium is relatively empty, it is a hot day and a weekday. Moreover, Pakistan are not playing. And yet, it won't be a surprise if it packs up to the rafters in the latter half of the day.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Well, something different today. It is not an ex-cricketer but a Pakistan sporting legend, who very much still has an active career, who brings out the Champions Trophy. Javelin Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem walks out today with the trophy in his hands before the teams at the Gaddafi Stadium.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: It is a 75 metre boundary downtown from the Iqbal end, shorter boundary other side. Dale Steyn says it's a beautiful wicket, flat and hard. There's some live grass but not enough for sideways movement. Three of the tallest fast bowlers, they could get extra bounce. There could be swing too, which coupled with high release points, will be a challenge. There can be extra bounce but getting swing would help. No 'nose and toes,' keeping it on a good length should do the trick.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: And it is an obvious one. Captain Temba Bavuma has recovered from his illness and he was at the toss so obviously, he is playing today.

South Africa: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: Santner says that New Zealand are much more familiar with the conditions in Lahore than what was the case in the last match against India in Dubai.

New Zealand XI: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: All right then, Mitchell Santner has won the toss and New Zealand are batting first. Temba Bavuma just politely asks him what he has chosen to do once again after he has said his piece.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: There is a lot of talk about South Africa's future as a cricketing team with top billing being in jeopardy but their performances say otherwise. They very much deserved the spot in the final they got in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Let's face it, they deserved to win that as well until they failed to chase down 30 runs in 30 balls, although India's brilliance takes a majority of the credit for that. They have shown that they are still among the best teams in the world in Test cricket by reaching the WTC Final. A victory in the Champions Trophy before that big match would be a huge boost for them mentally.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: We are just under 10 minutes away from the toss and Mitchell Santner could be seen addressing the New Zealand team huddle about 10 minutes ago. He seems as calm as ever, although he can be seen using some snappy hand movements. The Kiwis have looked a positive bunch in the warm-ups. All smiles and laughter. A little more intensity about the South Africans though.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy 2025 Semi Final: South Africa have chosen to operate with just one specialist spinner in the form of Keshav Maharaj. New Zealand, however, have captain Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell in their regular XI. And among the latter two, Santner has been quite exceptional in this tournament.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Both New Zealand and South Africa are rather well known for their inability to win ICC tournaments, the latter more than the other, despite the quality their sides have possessed over the years. NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Both New Zealand and South Africa are rather well known for their inability to win ICC tournaments, the latter more than the other, despite the quality their sides have possessed over the years. And so it is quite unique that a match between these two in a tournament is a game between two former winners of that trophy, albeit when it had a different name and an entirely different format and even philosophy. South Africa won the ICC Knockout in 1998 and New Zealand won it in 2000.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Kane Williamson has scored centuries the last two time he faced South Africa in ODIs. It has to be noted, though, that those were scored six years apart. The first came in the 2019 World Cup and the next came in the tri-series that was played in Pakistan going into this Champions Trophy.He has looked in very, very good touch this year in this format.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: NZ Probable XI: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (C), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke

SA Probable XI: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma (C), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), David Miller, Marco Jansen, George Linde, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Ricky Ponting has backed South Africa for the big-ticket clash today as he feels that the Proteas have a "bit more class and power" in their lineup, which makes them favourites.

"If I look at both the sides, I think there's that little bit more class in the South African line-up. They bat deep. I think they might have a little bit too much power for New Zealand," Pointing opined on ICC Review on Tuesday.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: The toss will play a crucial role, as the momentum will shift towards the team that gets the flip of the coin right. New Zealand are coming into the knockouts on the back of a big defeat against India in Dubai, while South Africa are on a roll following their massive seven-wicket win against England in the group stage.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: South Africa look a formidable unit and have been the team to beat in recent ICC events, their overall form over the last one year or so doesn't inspire confidence as the Proteas have lost eight of their last 13 ODIs.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: With a century under his belt, Ryan Rickelton is in ominous form, while the likes of Temba Bavuma, Heinrich Klaasen Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram have also contributed with the bat.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: Tom Latham has been New Zealand's best batter so far with 187 runs from three matches, but Kane Williamson's return to form with a classy 81 against India also augurs well for the Kiwis. Rachin Ravindra also scored a fine century against Bangladesh.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: New Zealand will be riding high on confidence as they beat a depleted South Africa in Lahore by six wickets last month in a tri-series match ahead of the Champions Trophy.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: South Africa have a history of coming up short on the global stage, losing their 2023 ODI World Cup semi-final to Australia and the T20 World Cup final to India last year.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi-Final: South Africa outclassed Afghanistan and England in their group stage while the match against Australia got washed out. However, Temba Bavuma is well aware of the challenges posed by New Zealand, who beat hosts Pakistan and Bangladesh before losing to India in Group A.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: The positive update for them is that Temba Bavuma and Tony de Zorzi have recovered from illness and trained last evening to be ready for the big clash.

NZ vs SA LIVE Score, Champions Trophy Semi Final: The Proteas have roped in left-arm spin bowling all-rounder George Linde as a cover for injured Aiden Markram ahea of semis againstNew Zealand. Markram, who captained South Africa in their final league game against England, sustained a right hamstring injury and didn't take part in the match after leaving the field in the 31st over.

New Zealand vs South Africa LIVE Score, Semi Final: After a breathtaking semi-final 1, it's time to find out who joins India in the Champions Trophy summit clash on Sunday, when New Zealand take on South Africa in the second semis at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Wednesday. New Zealand suffered their only loss of the tournament thus far to India on Sunday, while South Africa have won two out of three games, with the one against Australia washed out. Can the Proteas reach their second con secutive ICC final? Watch out for this space as we bring you all the live action.

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