New Zealand vs South Africa Prediction & Betting Tips - ICC World Cup

Prediction published on 17/06/2019, 15:45  by Valeria Di Meglio | Modified on 18/06/2019 at 04:42 in Cricket Predictions

New Zealand are second in the 2019 ICC World Cup table, though likely to drop to third as England play Afghanistan on Tuesday. They are still unbeaten in this tournament with three wins and one no-result. The Kiwis have beaten Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan so there are tougher tasks ahead of them in this league table. The top four qualify for the semi-finals and if reaching it, that'll be their seventh appearance in the last four of this competition They have put in some good all-round performances with Williamson and Taylor sharing a third wicket partnership of 89 in their most recent win over Afghanistan, who they dismissed for 172 with the last six wickets falling for 67 runs.

This is another must-win game for South Africa who are three points behind the top four at present. They have already lost three matches in this tournament and their only victory came against Afghanistan whose batting simply hasn't fired in this tournament. They only made 125 against the South Africans who then scored 131-1 to win the game by nine wickets. Amla and de Kock had an opening partnership of 104 and it was promising to see Amla score 41 not out, even if it did take him 105 balls. New Zealand are the team in form and can get another important win.