Auckland (March 24, 2015): New Zealand and South Africa Playing 1st Semi Final Match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Eden Park, Auckland on 24th March 2015. The match will start at 02:00 PM Local time (01:00 AM GMT), 06:00 AM PKT, 06:30 AM IST. Watch Live Pakistan vs Australia World Cup 2015 – 1st Semi Final Match only from SIALTV.PK
New Zealand will take on South Africa in the first semi final of the 2015 ICC World Cup at Eden Park, Auckland on Tuesday.
The big match featured those team who have a vast experience of playing semi finals but haven’t made it to final two. This is the first opportunity that one of them will break the shekels and qualify for the finals of the tournament.
Both teams are in tremendous form but New Zealand suffered a big blow as their pacer Adam Milne ruled out form the tournament after sustaining heel injury.
Kiwis who has won nine game consecutively will be under a great pressure that they haven’t won 10 in a row.
The toss was considered a hugely important one to win. The team batting first had won seven of the last eight matches between the two sides, while the Proteas’ two losses during the pool stage came when they were chasing.
Sri Lanka fans erupted when Angelo Mathews won the toss, said he’d have a bat and declared the pitch a good batting track.
De Villiers said after the match he too would have batted, adding “I would have backed the batters to do a good job (but) I’m really happy we bowled first”.
It was considered a massive toss to win. Until the South African pace attack started bowling.
Match: New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Semi-Final , ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Start Time: 14:00 Local | 01:00 GMT | 06:00 PKT | 06:30 IST
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Umpires: Ian Gould, Rod Tucker
3rd Umpire: Nigel Llong
Match Referee: David Boon
Reserve Umpire: Bruce Oxenford
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Teams Squads:
New Zealand (From): Brendon McCullum (c), Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (wk), Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan/Matt Henry.
South Africa (From): AB de Villiers (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, David Miller, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott/Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir.
