SIX! EFFORTLESS! Goes full and on middle. Kane Williamson shimmies down the track and swings down the line to go over long on for a biggie! Moves into the 90s. New Zealand vs South Africa Live Score: FOUR!

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won his second successive toss and elected to field against an understrength South Africa in the cricket tri-nation series.

Follow live coverage of New Zealand vs South Africa from the Tri-Series in Pakistan 2025 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.

New Zealand qualified for the tri-nation series final by defeating South Africa by 6 wickets in Lahore. Kane Williamson's unbeaten 133 and Conway’s 97 guided NZ to chase 305 runs in 48.4 overs. The next match between Pakistan and South Africa on February 12 will decide the finalist.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat against New Zealand in the tri-nation series final on Friday (February 14, 2025) in a dress rehearsal for both teams ahead of next week’s opening game of the Champions Trophy.

Salman Agha and Mohammad Rizwan both struck centuries as Pakistan completed their highest successful run chase in One Day Internationals with a six-wicket win over South Africa in a Tri-Nation Series fixture in Karachi on Wednesday.

Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi was among three Pakistan cricketers fined for breaching the ICC code of conduct during the record run chase against South Africa in Karachi. Afridi was fined 25% of his match fee by the ICC for deliberately obstructing batter Matthew Breetzke when he ran a single in the 28th over,