South Africa and New Zealand are facing each other today in the second match of the Tri-Nation Series. The New Zealand team is in great form at the moment. The batsmen are playing well and the bowlers are also performing very well. We saw the New Zealand team win by a big margin in the match against Pakistan.
The New Zealand team won the toss today and decided to field. However, South Africa is playing very well. Temba Bavuma returned to the dressing room after scoring 20 runs. After 17 overs, South Africa's total is 82 runs. Despite not losing many wickets, the batting of South Africa's batsmen is slow. South Africa has been able to score an average of 4.82 runs per over.
The Second ODI match of the tri-series started between South Africa and New Zealand. New Zealand's decision to choose to bowl first is not too good because If South Africa's batsman scores 300 plus runs, then it will be very difficult for New Zealand to win it. South Africa current score is 100 runs just loss of single wicket in 21 overs of the first inning. Matthew Breetzke is playing debut match scoring 45 runs while Jason Smith is playing at 25 runs. Matthew Breetzke very close his well deserved median half century. Temba Bavuma is out after scoring 20 runs. from New Zealand, Will O'Rourke is the only successful bowler who picked the wicket of Temba Bavuma. New Zealand needs to break the partnerships between Matthew Breetzke and Jason Smith if they want to come back in this match.
South Africa lost three wickets, the three wickets lost by South Africa are Jason Smith, Bavuma, Verreynn, these wickets are attacking batsmen. Currently, the partnership is held by Breetzke and Mulder, if these two batsmen are out, the top order attacking batsmen will fall. And South Africa will undoubtedly be able to give a small target to New Zealand in this match, the bowling performance of the New Zealand team is very good, that is why the South African team has collected 160 in just 34 overs.
However, as this match progresses, South Africa is facing more pressure, because if they cannot collect more runs, it will never be possible to stop the New Zealand team from winning. New Zealand is attacking both in terms of team and bowling, so let's see which team can win in the end.