New Zealand will take South Africa in the seventh game Women’s OD World Cup 2025, This article offers details about the play of New Zealand 11 vs. South Africa for the upcoming match.
XI vs South Africa in New Zealand- ICC Women’s World Cup 2025, Match 7:
Opener: Suji Bates, Georgia Plimer
New Zealand will aim to register her first win in the Women’s ODI World Cup in South Africa at Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore on Monday (October 6).
Sophie Divine -led sides want its batsmen to be placed on a strong performance and after showing that they are able to do their game after showing what they are able to do in the team’s initial match against the team’s defending champion, Australia.
The team will have the team on openers to make a good start, something they could not do in the previous match.
Both Suji Bates and Georgia Plimer will want to get out of the mark after exiting the duck, chasing the target of 327 runs.
Despite a poor start in the tournament, both batsmen will be confident of making a strong comeback in the next match against the South African team, who is also coming in the match after facing defeat against England in their first match.
Middle-order batsman and all-rounders: Amelia Kerr, Sophie Divine (C), Brooke Holiday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gase (WK)
After the opening pair will be a middle order which depends highly on the team’s captain, Sophie Divine.
Dewin managed to carry forward the responsibility by scoring a memorable centenary in the last match, which gave New Zealand a good chance to be one on Australians in the first match itself.
White Fern captains want to maintain good work and wish opponents to do their best work along with their abilities.
Divine will also be somewhat satisfied in the way other middle-order batsmen contributed and they would wish to build it in the match against South Africa.
These are the top five batsmen, who will have to score most runs for the team batting or chasing them first.
Bowler: Jess Kerr, Lee Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Breie Illing
As far as New Zealand’s bowling attack is concerned, it includes good mixture of youth and experience due to the presence of names such as Jess Kerr, Li Tahuhu, Eden Carson and Breie Illing.
Along with the above names, New Zealand also has a luxury of Sophie Divine and Amelia Kerr, both are real all-rounders who can bat in the top six and bowl at least five to six overs if needed.
If we talk about New Zealand’s bowling performance against Australia, the bowlers did their job for most of the match before Gardner went to the cleaner, who scored a century.
Amelia Kerr and Lee were the picks of the Tahuhu bowlers as they kept taking wickets at regular intervals, keeping the run rate in the check, and anything will have to be done.
The pair will expect good support from names such as Eden Carson, Breie Iing, and Jess Carr, all of which will have an important role to play in the upcoming match.