Champions Trophy 2025: SA vs NZ Semifinal Award Winners, Man of The Match, Post Match Presentation, Scorecard & Records

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Champions Trophy 2025: New Zealand reached the Champions Trophy 2025 final in style by defeating South Africa by 50 runs in the semifinal on March 5 (Wednesday).

The likes of Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, and David Miller grabbed the limelight with centuries, while Lungi Ngidi and Mitchell Santner made an impact with the ball, taking three wickets each.

Champions Trophy 2025: South Africa vs New Zealand Award Winners

• Player of the Match: Rachin Ravindra (NZ)
• Highest individual score in the match: Rachin Ravindra - 108 (101)
• Highest individual score for South Africa: David Miller - 100* (67)
• Best bowling figure in the match: Mitchell Santner (NZ) - 3/43
• Best bowling figure for South Africa: Lungi Ngidi (SA) - 3/72

Also read: Champions Trophy 2025: India to face New Zealand in final after Kiwis post commanding win over South Africa in semis

Champions Trophy 2025: South Africa vs New Zealand - Who Said What?

Mitchell Santner | New Zealand Captain

"It's a pretty good feeling, today we were challenged by a good side, we will head to Dubai where we already faced India earlier. We will rest and will go again. It was holding a bit in the first innings but Rachin and Williamson set the stage and the guys finishing it put the icing on the cake.

"We took wickets in the middle overs and made it tough for the opposition. What we speak as a group is to apply pressure and take wickets in the middle. Michael Bracewell bowled really well in the last game to take a 4-fer. It was really pleasing for me to take three scalps today. It makes my job easier, we have four all-rounders who can bowl spin and they can bat as well. Rachin's five overs were great, have to wait and see how Matt Henry's shoulder is. It's a bit sore, we have to wait for a couple of days and see.

"(On Williamson) He keeps doing it, that partnership was massive for us, he was able to keep going in the middle phase, South Africa challenged us but we were able to cash in and score 360. We felt 320 might not be enough. (On their loss against India in Dubai) Being there and being put under pressure was good. I think the bowlers bowled well to chip wickets at the top. I think winning the toss will be nice as well."

Temba Bavuma | South Africa Captain

"(On the target) I do think it was above-par. Probably if it was 350, we would have backed ourselves to chase the score. We had one or two partnerships today but we needed me or Rassie to go on and emulate what two of their batters did. They really put us under pressure from the word go, the way they were able to pierce the off-side at the start and the way they played in the middle overs.

"Kudos to them, credit to their batters, Rachin and Williamson and even the batters who came in, Mitchell and Phillips. We were 125/1 and me and Rassie were still batting. Unfortunately, we weren't able to set that foundation for them. A bit of a soft dismissal for me and a better dismissal for Rassie and we left too much for them in the end.
"Like I said in the beginning, like I mentioned that we were 125/1, we had to be more decisive, not give an opportunity for the opposition to come back and being ruthless. We needed to take care of the key moments in the game."

Rachin Ravindra | Player of the Match

"It's always great to contribute to the team, an emphatic victory at the semi-final stage and it's very pleasing. I didn't start as well as I wanted, Marco (Jansen) and Lungi (Ngidi) bowled well, once I got going, partnerships with Young and Kane, it started working for me, partnerships with those two, going with the ebbs and flows of the game, the two helped me get going.

"We were thinking about 300, then Kane started accelerating, then GP, Daryl Mitchell, and the rest kicked on to take us past 350. It's important to think about what next, but it's all about celebrating the win today, Kane with another classy hundred. Once we go to Dubai, we'll switch back and think about the final."

Champions Trophy 2025: SA vs NZ Statistics

Fastest Hundreds in Champions Trophy (by balls faced)

• 67 - David Miller (SA) vs NZ, Lahore, 2025 SF
• 77 - Virender Sehwag (IND) vs ENG, Colombo RPS 2002
• 77 - Josh Inglis (AUS) vs ENG, Lahore, 2025
• 80 - Shikhar Dhawan (IND) vs SA, Cardiff, 2013
• 87 - Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) vs SA, Centurion, 2009

David Miller in ICC ODI Knockouts

• 56*(51) vs ENG, The Oval, CT 2013 SF
• 49(18) vs NZ, Auckland, CWC 2015 SF
• 101(116) vs AUS, Kolkata, CWC 2023 SF
• 100*(67) vs NZ, Lahore, CT 2025 SF

South Africa in ICC ODI Tournament Semi-Finals

• Matches: 11
• Won: 1 (vs SL, Dhaka, CT 1998)
• Lost: 9
• Tied: 1 (vs AUS, Edgbaston, CWC 1999)

Qualifying for CT Final Most Often

• 5* - India
• 3 - West Indies
• 3* - New Zealand

Visiting Teams with Most Consecutive ODI Wins in Pakistan

• 7 - India (February 2006 to June 2008)
• 7* - New Zealand (May 2023 to March 2025)
• 6 - Sri Lanka (October 1995 to November 1997)

NZ Spinners Bagging 7 or More Wickets in an ODI

• 7/68 (20 overs) vs BAN, Dhaka, 2023
• 7/143 (28 overs) vs SA, Lahore, 2025

Highest Match Aggregates in Champions Trophy

• 707 - AUS vs ENG, Lahore, 2025
• 674 - NZ vs SA, Lahore, 2025 SF
• 643 - IND vs SL, The Oval, 2017