NZ vs SA T20I Match Preview: Pitch Report, Playing XI & Fantasy Strategy

South Africa in New Zealand T20Is NZ vs SA players T20 past performance, current series performance, fantasy points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Fantasy Selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Devon Conway	NZ	WK	✅	232	LHB	221	41	7133	105	39.62	129.05	58	923	RM	8	3	2.1	47	8.21	34.3	0	1/10	114	1	5	5	1	0	0	1	63.44	11.79	7.15	✅	4	112	92	0	8
Mitchell Santner	NZ	ALL	✅	265	LHB	193	74	2810	92	23.61	133.17	7	342	SLA	256	261	3.5	24.81	7.19	20.6	3	4/11	98	1	83	83	15	1	100	5	91.14	23.63	12.18	✅	5	109	36	69	0
Gerald Coetzee	SA	BOWL	✅	80	RHB	56	12	389	37	8.84	118.59	0	49	RF	77	101	3.5	23.65	8.91	15.9	5	4/19	19	1	88	88	0	2	100	8	72.34	4.77	6.8		11	49	2	43	0
Lockie Ferguson	NZ	BOWL	✅	206	RHB	60	33	298	30	11.03	111.61	0	31	RF	202	241	3.5	22.7	7.79	17.4	9	5/21	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	36.99	1.67	2.99	✅	1	148	0	128	16
Keshav Maharaj	SA	BOWL	✅	213	RHB	104	46	814	45	14.03	105.44	0	96	SLA	203	184	3.6	27.83	7.07	23.6	1	4/15	65	1	93	93	0	2	100	9	56.63	2.62	4.61		15	32	0	28	0
Ottneil Baartman	SA	BOWL	✅	114	RHB	19	10	35	12	3.88	49.29	0	2	RMF	113	162	3.4	17.91	7.49	14.3	9	5/14	30	1	82	82	0	2	100	11	70.07	5.06	7.26	✅	9	60	0	48	8
James Neesham	NZ	ALL	✅	339	LHB	275	73	4670	97	23.11	141.47	13	577	RMF	284	281	2.7	25.07	9.04	16.6	5	5/22	134	1	48	48	26	0	100	6	62.38	3.77	5.43	✅	10	52	8	32	8
Ben Sears	NZ	BOWL	✅	65	RHB	26	16	101	17	10.1	117.44	0	6	RMF	62	82	3.4	21.36	8.4	15.2	4	4/16	16	1	19	19	0	0	0	10	24.23	0.83	1.36	✅	2	122	0	110	8
Tony de Zorzi	SA	BAT	✅	78	LHB	78	7	1387	106	19.53	119.26	4	180	OB	1	0	1		10		0	-	16	1	14	14	2	0	0	3	55.01	3.49	4.15		22	5	1	0	0
Wiaan Mulder	SA	ALL	✅	129	RHB	106	25	2181	83	26.92	132.58	12	248	RM	93	67	2.5	29.2	8.57	20.4	1	4/14	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	42.82	7.08	6.44	✅	6	106	26	76	0
Jason Smith	SA	BAT	✅	106	RHB	88	21	1860	79	27.76	128.54	7	193	RMF	35	33	2.4	22.3	8.6	15.5	1	4/4	35	1	18	18	10	0	0	5	36.91	1.81	2.1		18	20	16	0	0
Josh Clarkson	NZ	ALL	✅	111	RHB	98	25	1963	78	26.89	140.31	8	226	RM	32	16	1.9	36.81	9.89	22.3	0	2/18	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	15.06	0.97	1.2	✅	8	62	46	0	8
Tim Robinson	NZ	BAT	✅	66	RHB	61	5	1540	139	27.5	140.51	11	202	RM	0	0					0	-	18	1	14	14	6	0	0	3	72.54	6.21	5.32		17	21	1	0	16
Kyle Jamieson	NZ	BOWL	✅	100	RHB	55	28	494	45	18.29	126.99	0	52	RFM	99	112	3.5	26.28	8.39	18.7	3	6/7	25	1	47	47	2	1	100	9	61.66	1.64	2.93		21	15	0	11	0
Tom Latham	NZ	WK	✅	133	LHB	121	7	3347	110	29.35	133.34	24	412	RM	0	0					0	-	66	1	35	35	7	0	0	2	62.85	8.04	7.75		16	25	21	0	0
Cole McConchie	NZ	ALL	✅	141	RHB	112	19	2008	84	21.59	124.25	9	222	OB	118	88	2.7	28.13	7.63	22.1	1	4/31	56	1	33	33	15	0	0	7	42.24	2.07	2.85	✅	7	80	30	30	16
Connor Esterhuizen	SA	WK	✅	39	RHB	34	6	726	69	25.92	126.04	3	90		0	0					0	-	22	1	89	89	45	0	100	2	66.43	5.89	5.96		14	32	12	0	16
Nick Kelly	NZ	BAT	✅	93	LHB	83	9	1827	95	24.68	128.03	11	253	SLA	3	3	2	16.33	8.16	12	0	2/11	41	1	6	6	2	0	0	4	23.35	1.32	1.41	✅	12	47	43	0	0
Dian Forrester	SA	ALL	✅	29	LHB	26	10	528	80	33	134.01	2	51	RF	14	9	2.1	29	8.7	20	0	3/30	10	1	25	25	16	0	0	6	29.72	1.28	1.86		20	18	14	0	0
Rubin Hermann	SA	WK	✅	69	LHB	58	7	1555	102	30.49	127.25	9	196		0	0					0	-	47	1	37	37	7	0	100	4	33.83	1.66	2.22		13	41	37	0	0
George Linde	SA	ALL	✅	245	LHB	185	46	2676	66	19.25	135.83	4	299	SLA	233	217	3.3	25.94	7.4	21	4	4/19	60	1	12	12	0	0	0	7	45.73	2.92	6.21	✅	3	119	69	42	0
Nqobani Mokoena	SA	BOWL	✅	16	RHB	6	2	29	10	7.25	87.87	0	3	RFM	15	16	3.1	28.56	9.93	17.2	1	4/34	2	1	107	107	0	3	100	10	45.7	3.66	3.68		19	19	0	15	0

Completed matches of New Zealand
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
NZ vs SA	15 Mar - 11:45 AM	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand	NZNew Zealand	SA	91/10 (14.3)	93/3 (16.4)	South Africa South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
NZ vs SA	17 Mar - 11:45 AM	Hamilton	South Africa	NZNew Zealand	SA	175/6 (20.0)	107/10 (15.3)	New Zealand New Zealand won by 68 runs
SA vs NZ	20 Mar - 11:45 AM	Auckland	New Zealand	SASouth Africa	NZ	136/9 (20.0)	137/2 (16.2)	New Zealand New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
SA vs NZ	22 Mar - 11:45 AM	Wellington	South Africa	SASouth Africa	NZ	164/5 (20.0)	145/10 (18.5)	South Africa South Africa won by 19 runs
NZ vs SA	25 Mar - 11:45 AM	Christchurch	New Zealand	SASouth Africa	NZ	187/4 (20.0)	154/8 (20.0)	South Africa South Africa won by 33 runs

Completed matches of South Africa
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
NZ vs SA	15 Mar - 11:45 AM	Mount Maunganui	New Zealand	NZNew Zealand	SA	91/10 (14.3)	93/3 (16.4)	South Africa South Africa won by 7 wickets (with 20 balls remaining)
NZ vs SA	17 Mar - 11:45 AM	Hamilton	South Africa	NZNew Zealand	SA	175/6 (20.0)	107/10 (15.3)	New Zealand New Zealand won by 68 runs
SA vs NZ	20 Mar - 11:45 AM	Auckland	New Zealand	SASouth Africa	NZ	136/9 (20.0)	137/2 (16.2)	New Zealand New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
SA vs NZ	22 Mar - 11:45 AM	Wellington	South Africa	SASouth Africa	NZ	164/5 (20.0)	145/10 (18.5)	South Africa South Africa won by 19 runs
NZ vs SA	25 Mar - 11:45 AM	Christchurch	New Zealand	SASouth Africa	NZ	187/4 (20.0)	154/8 (20.0)	South Africa South Africa won by 33 runs

Completed matches at Seddon Park
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
NZ vs SA	17 Mar - 11:45 AM	South Africa	NZNew Zealand	SA	175/6 (20.0)	107/10 (15.3)	New Zealand New Zealand won by 68 runs

Top batting performance for NZ
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
SA vs NZ	2	Tom Latham	not out	63	55	7	2	114.54
NZ vs SA	1	Devon Conway	caught	60	49	5	2	122.44
SA vs NZ	1	Devon Conway	caught	39	26	4	2	150
NZ vs SA	5	Bevon Jacobs	caught	36	19	2	3	189.47
SA vs NZ	1	Tim Robinson	caught	32	22	4	1	145.45
SA vs NZ	3	Dane Cleaver	bowled	26	16	2	2	162.5
NZ vs SA	8	Josh Clarkson	not out	26	9	2	2	288.88
NZ vs SA	7	James Neesham	caught	26	21	2	1	123.8
NZ vs SA	2	Tim Robinson	run out	25	20	1	0	125
NZ vs SA	6	James Neesham	caught	24	24	2	0	100
NZ vs SA	3	Dane Cleaver	caught	22	17	3	0	129.41
NZ vs SA	4	Nick Kelly	bowled	21	12	4	0	175

Top bowling performance for NZ
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
NZ vs SA	Ben Sears	3	0	14	3	4.66
NZ vs SA	Lockie Ferguson	3.3	1	16	3	4.57
NZ vs SA	Ben Sears	4	0	37	2	9.25
SA vs NZ	Kyle Jamieson	4	1	29	2	7.25
SA vs NZ	Ben Sears	4	0	27	2	6.75
SA vs NZ	Mitchell Santner	3	0	21	2	7
SA vs NZ	Kyle Jamieson	4	0	42	2	10.5
NZ vs SA	Mitchell Santner	3	0	19	2	6.33
NZ vs SA	Josh Clarkson	2	0	14	1	7
NZ vs SA	Zakary Foulkes	4	0	22	1	5.5
SA vs NZ	Ben Sears	4	0	22	1	5.5
SA vs NZ	Cole McConchie	4	0	26	1	6.5
SA vs NZ	Zakary Foulkes	4	0	35	1	8.75
SA vs NZ	Lockie Ferguson	4	0	9	1	2.25
SA vs NZ	James Neesham	3	0	22	1	7.33
SA vs NZ	Cole McConchie	2	0	14	1	7
NZ vs SA	Cole McConchie	2	0	24	1	12
NZ vs SA	James Neesham	1	0	10	1	10
NZ vs SA	Kyle Jamieson	3.4	0	28	1	7.63
NZ vs SA	Zakary Foulkes	2	0	8	1	4

Top batting performance for SA
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
NZ vs SA	4	Connor Esterhuizen	caught	75	33	5	6	227.27
SA vs NZ	3	Connor Esterhuizen	caught	57	36	7	3	158.33
NZ vs SA	2	Connor Esterhuizen	not out	45	48	2	2	93.75
NZ vs SA	3	Rubin Hermann	caught	39	31	4	1	125.8
NZ vs SA	7	George Linde	caught	33	12	3	3	275
NZ vs SA	2	Wiaan Mulder	caught	31	29	2	2	106.89
SA vs NZ	4	Rubin Hermann	not out	28	25	2	1	112
SA vs NZ	10	Nqobani Mokoena	not out	26	20	1	3	130
SA vs NZ	2	Tony de Zorzi	caught	23	21	3	1	109.52
SA vs NZ	7	George Linde	caught	23	19	2	1	121.05
NZ vs SA	5	Dian Forrester	not out	21	13	1	1	161.53

Top bowling performance for SA
Match	Player	Ov	Run	W	Eco
SA vs NZ	Gerald Coetzee	3.5	31	3	8.08
NZ vs SA	Nqobani Mokoena	3.3	26	3	7.42
NZ vs SA	Wiaan Mulder	3	28	2	9.33
NZ vs SA	Ottneil Baartman	4	33	2	8.25
NZ vs SA	Gerald Coetzee	4	21	2	5.25
SA vs NZ	Ottneil Baartman	4	30	2	7.5
SA vs NZ	Prenelan Subrayen	3	13	2	4.33
SA vs NZ	Keshav Maharaj	4	22	2	5.5
NZ vs SA	Wiaan Mulder	2	14	2	7
NZ vs SA	Keshav Maharaj	4	25	2	6.25
NZ vs SA	Ottneil Baartman	3	22	2	7.33
NZ vs SA	Gerald Coetzee	3	14	2	4.66
NZ vs SA	Keshav Maharaj	3	35	1	11.66
SA vs NZ	Wiaan Mulder	3	30	1	10
SA vs NZ	Keshav Maharaj	3	30	1	10
SA vs NZ	Lutho Sipamla	2.2	26	1	11.14
NZ vs SA	Gerald Coetzee	4	28	1	7
NZ vs SA	George Linde	3	33	1	11
NZ vs SA	Ottneil Baartman	4	31	1	7.75
NZ vs SA	Keshav Maharaj	3	45	1	15