Kiwis send Proteas to bat in first Test
New Zealand have won the toss and sent touring South Africa in to bat in the first cricket Test between the teams since 2017.
Matt Henry Sport News
New Zealand vs South Africa 2022 1st Test Live Cricket Updates
NZ vs SA, 1st Test Live Updates:New Zealand face South Africa in first of the two-match Test series, starting at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Thursday. The Kiwis will be without regular skipper Kane Williamson as vice-captain Tom Latham will lead the team in his absence. The Blackcaps will also miss the services of Ross Taylor after the veteran batter announced his retirement earlier this year. The hosts were held by Bangladesh in their last test assignment as the two-match series ended 1-1. The Proteas, on the other hand, are on cloud nine after beating India 2-1 at home in the three-match Test series earlier this year. (LIVE SCORECARD)
Depleted Kiwis face tough task against SA
Having lost Ross Taylor through retirement and regular skipper Kane Williamson through injury, New Zealand will have their task cut out for them when they meet South Africa in the opening match of the two-Test series in Christchurch starting on Thursday.
Depleted New Zealand face tough task against South Africa
WELLINGTON : Having lost Ross Taylor through retirement and regular skipper Kane Williamson through injury, New Zealand will have their task cut out for them when they meet South Africa in the opening match of the two-test series in Christchurch on Thursday.
Black Caps, minus Taylor and Williamson, still favourites to topple Proteas?
New Zealand enter unfamiliar territory when the first Test against South Africa begins in Christchurch on Thursday, without batting greats Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson.
New Zealand vs South Africa, 1st Test Preview: No Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor As New Zealand Aim To Break South Africa Drought
New Zealand enter unfamiliar territory when the first Test against South Africa begins in Christchurch on Thursday, without batting greats Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson. It has been 14 years since the hosts started a Test without either Taylor or Williamson -- their top two all-time Test run scorers respectively -- and they have the extra burden of trying to win a series against South Africa for the first time. Taylor retired last month and Williamson is injured, leaving the Black Caps without the pair's steadying influence against a dynamic Proteas pace attack.
No Williamson, Taylor as New Zealand aim to break South Africa drought
New Zealand enter unfamiliar territory when the first Test against South Africa begins in Christchurch on Thursday, without batting greats Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson. It has been 14 years since the hosts started a Test without either Taylor or Williamson -- their top two all-time Test run scorers respectively -- and they have the extra burden of trying to win a series against South Africa for the first time. Taylor retired last month and Williamson is injured, leaving the Black Caps without the pair's steadying influence against a dynamic Proteas pace attack.
Fast and bouncy Hagley Oval pitch will be perfect for Kiwis and Proteas’ quicks
If, as the Proteas’s research would suggest, the Hagley Oval in Christchurch is fast and bouncy they won’t be too perturbed because those are conditions the South Africans are accustomed to and enjoy.