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New Zealand vs South Africa Scorecard, Semi Final 1, ICC T20 World Cup
Result · Mar 04 2026, Wed - 07:00 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA169/8
NEW ZEALAND173/1
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
CRR:13.48
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | 20/20 World Cup |
| Date: | Mar 04 2026, Wed - 07:00 PM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Kolkata |
| Venue: | Eden Gardens |
| Toss: | New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Aiden Markram (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Ryan Rickelton, Dewald Brevis, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, Corbin Bosch, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi |
| New Zealand Playing XI: | Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson |
- South Africa have won each of their five meetings with New Zealand at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, including a seven-wicket win earlier in this edition (14 February 2026); however, the Proteas have lost four of their last six men’s T20Is against the Black Caps.
- New Zealand have won four of their last five men’s T20Is against South Africa played away from home (including neutral venues), with the only exception being the game between the two sides during the group stage of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026; the Black Caps have won six such games against the Proteas, having won more such games only against Sri Lanka (9), India (7) and Pakistan (7).
- South Africa have won six of their last seven men’s T20Is when winning the coin toss (L1), including each of the last four on the bounce; meanwhile, New Zealand have won the toss in just one of their last 10 completed men’s T20Is.
- New Zealand have won four of their six completed games at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, logging more wins in a single edition of the competition only once before (W5 in 2021); in fact, they’re on track to register their best collective batting average in a single edition of the competition (37 in 2026 so far).
- South Africa have logged a batting good connection rate of 72.4% in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the highest by any side; in fact, only India (22.9%) have logged a better batting strong connection rate in the ongoing edition of the competition than South Africa (21.8%).
- New Zealand (47 boundary sixes in 2026) are three away from hitting 50+ sixes in a single edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup for the first time; in fact, their batters have registered five 50+ scores in the ongoing edition of the competition, their joint most in a single edition of the competition (also 5 in 2022).
- Lungi Ngidi has taken 12 wickets in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 and is three away from equaling Anrich Nortje’s (15 in 2024) record of most wickets for South Africa in a single edition of the competition; in fact, he has taken 4+ wickets four times in men’s T20Is, the joint most by any South Africa bowler in the format (also Imran Tahir and Tabraiz Shamsi).
- Ish Sodhi (162 wickets) is three away from surpassing Tim Southee (164) to become the leading wicket taker for New Zealand in men’s T20Is; however, he has failed to pick up a wicket in each of his last three innings, his longest such streak in the format.
- Quinton de Kock has taken nine catches in the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the most by any South Africa player in a single edition of the competition; in fact, De Kock (98 catches) is two away from becoming the first Proteas player to take 100 catches in men’s T20Is.
- Tim Seifert has scored 216 runs at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the joint most by any New Zealand batter in a single edition of the competition (Kane Williamson – 216 in 2021); in fact, he has logged two 50+ scores in the 2026 edition, again the joint most by any Black Caps batter in a single edition of the competition (Glenn Phillips – 2 in 2022).