NZ vs SA (New Zealand vs South Africa), 2nd Test - Match Information
Match: New Zealand vs South Africa, 2nd Test
Date: 25th February 2022
Time: 03:30 AM IST
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
NZ vs SA, Pitch Report and Conditions
The pitch at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is going to be difficult. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 5 matches is 330 runs.
The pacers have earned 83% of the total bowling fantasy points at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea.
NZ vs SA, Head to Head
In the 46 matches played between these 2 teams, New Zealand have won 5 matches and South Africa have won 25 matches. New Zealand Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Batsmans have earned the most fantasy points for South Africa.
NZ vs SA Dream11 Prediction: Batters and Wicket-Keepers
Devon Conway
Devon Conway has played 6 career Tests so far and in these matches he has scored 36, 109, 135, 73, 83 and 223 runs respectively.
Tom Latham
Tom Latham has a done really well at this venue (Hagley Oval) in Tests as he has scored 879 runs at an average of 55 in 10 matches. Having said that, he has scores of 15, 252, 15, 16 & 147 respectively in the last 5 Tests and thus can be a high risk/good return pick.
Temba Bavuma
Temba Bavuma has scored 48, 60, 74, 87, 105 and 57 runs respectively in his last 6 Tests and thus is in good form.
NZ vs SA Dream11 Prediction: Bowlers
Kyle Jamieson
Kyle Jamieson has taken 62 wickets in just 13 Tests so far in his career and has also managed to score 326 runs. At this venue, he has played 4 Tests and has taken 24 wickets and scored 98 runs which is staggering.
Tim Southee
Tim Southee has a great record at this venue (Hagley Oval) as he has taken 49 wickets in his 10 Tests here. Talking about his form, he has scored an average of 106 fantasy points per match in his last 10 Tests which is a great number.
Marco Jansen
Marco Jansen recently made his Test debut against India and in that 3-match series, runs scored/wickets taken by him were 7/7, 21/7 & 32/5 and thus gave good fantasy points. In the last match also he took 2 wickets and did score 12 runs.
NZ vs SA Dream11 Prediction: All-Rounders
Colin de Grandhomme
Colin de Grandhomme might not be in good form currently in Tests, but at home his record is great. In his 18 career Tests at home, he has scored 936 runs and 33 wickets, which is an average of almost 2 wickets and 52 runs per Test.
NZ vs SA Dream11 Prediction: Top Players of the Last Match
The Top Point Getters for New Zealand are Matt Henry with 242 match fantasy points. Tom Blundell with 164 match fantasy points and Tim Southee with 145 match fantasy points.
The Top Point Getters for South Africa are Kyle Verreynne with 73 match fantasy points. Duanne Olivier with 69 match fantasy points and Aiden Markram with 63 match fantasy points.
NZ vs SA Dream11 Prediction: Captain and Vice-Captain
Devon Conway has an average of 134 match fantasy points in the last 6 games, a fantasy rating of 8.9 and a medium XFactor.
Kyle Jamieson has an average of 115 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.6 and a low XFactor.
Tim Southee has an average of 105 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and a low XFactor.
Matt Henry has an average of 73 match fantasy points in the last 10 games, a fantasy rating of 8.4 and a high XFactor.
Marco Jansen has an average of 119 match fantasy points in the last 4 games, a fantasy rating of 8.3 and a low XFactor.
NZ vs SA Dream11 Team Today
Wicket-Keeper: Tom Blundell
Batters: Devon Conway, Temba Bavuma and Tom Latham
All-Rounders: Colin de Grandhomme and Marco Jansen
Bowlers: Duanne Olivier, Kagiso Rabada, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry and Tim Southee
Captain: Devon Conway
Vice-Captain: Kyle Jamieson
NZ vs SA (New Zealand vs South Africa), 2nd Test Preview
New Zealand (NZ) will take on South Africa (SA) in the 2nd game of the South Africa in New Zealand, 2 Test Series, 2022. The match will be played at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
In the first game of this series, Matt Henry was the Man of the Match and Matt Henry scored the highest fantasy points for New Zealand with 242 match fantasy points while Kyle Verreynne topped the fantasy points leaderboard for South Africa with 73 match fantasy points.