New Zealand vs South Africa Highlights today. 14 February 2026, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026
The match is playing in narender moodi stadium Ahmedabad.
In the Group D match scheduled in Ahmedabad, South Africa captain Aiden Markram won the toss and invited New Zealand to bat first.
It should be noted that both teams have played two matches each before this match and neither has faced any defeat yet.
On the other hand, in the matches played on Saturday, Ireland defeated Oman by 93 runs while England defeated Scotland by 5 wickets.
Toss: South Africa chose to field. New Zealand team: T Seifert (wk), F Allen, G Phillips, D Mitchell, R Ravindra,M Chapman, M Santner (c), J Neesham, M Henry, L Ferguson, J Duffy South Africa team: A Markram (c), D Miller, Q Kock (wk), R Rickelton, D Brevis,T Stubbs, M Jansen, C Bosch, K Rabada, 10 K Maharaj, L Ngidi
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New Zealand’s Batting Powerplay
- Finn Allen starts aggressively, finding the boundary early despite some movement from the South African bowlers.
- Allen hits a massive six, showing “elite class” as the ball travels deep into the stands.
- Tim Seifert joins the action with a straight six down the ground.
- Wicket: Jansen gets the breakthrough as Seifert is caught after a healthy edge due to extra bounce
- Rachin Ravindra starts his innings with a six into the crowd.
South Africa Fights Back
- Wicket: David Miller takes an “excellent grab” to dismiss Ravindra, giving South Africa their second wicket.
- Wicket: Finn Allen’s innings ends at 31 as he is caught by Aiden Markram off Jansen’s bowling
- Wicket: Keshav Maharaj rattles the timber to dismiss Glenn Phillips cheaply
Chapman and Mitchell’s Partnership
- Mark Chapman stabilizes the innings, picking up a beautiful six over mid-wicket.
- Daryl Mitchell showcases perfect timing with a boundary against off-spin.
- Chapman hits another six, dancing down the wicket to a half-volley.
- Chapman races into the 40s with a clean strike down the ground for four.
Innings Conclusion
- Wicket: Marco Jansen strikes again; Chapman falls just short of his half-century after a leading edge is caught
- Wicket: Daryl Mitchell tries to clear long-on but is caught by Stubbs, as South Africa builds dot-ball pressure
- The highlights conclude with New Zealand losing wickets in quick succession due to South Africa’s brilliant outfielding.
- Sights and sounds of a m a very
important match. The toss was held short
time ago. He’d like to bowl first but
deep. Good crowd in of course does often
when work and effort goes in. And of
course Javagal Shrina is the third
umpire popular and well known for rifle
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Nabi in the last game against
Afghanistan. Big mistake
T20 World Cups. What’s going to happen
from first ball
up to use the way shape to his right but
unfortunately a first ball boundary time
a really good piece of work
you got to be saying I’ve just got to
stick with it
that one that was actually good thinking
by Ling
Roland black knocking on the door of 60
this partnership 13 in
fly all the previous
overhis
but South Africa have been tonight
pretty hard to hit that anywhere
she’s
UAE when they just absolutely approach.
This is a good start for South
wide for
area shape mate trying to control it or
hit it down. Often we’ll see a field
that goes square one that nips back as
well.
So far the most conclusive
discuss something else. But look, I’m
after the width of my
hatch on it.
He’s appealing like he did.
Now we can check this with um no contact
with the body. So
well as he looked to access
we talked about the extra bounce that
Jansen knots little feather of an edge
eating like they were kind of calling
all pockets. Good start for New Zealand.
33 for one.
Pressure on him as you say looking.
It had to be tight on the stumps and
you know so useful.
Got to get ALL OF IT. HE DOES
what they have to do to try and keep it
in. Can I hold on to it and pop it back
into the He’s happy with that final
smile on his
It’s money
comes to white ball world cups South
Africa
are going to be on to Suzie for a moment
there.
Let’s get back coming back. Tony Brown
getting back
could be in business for Ruten. done
their homework on the young man
again.
He can’t land just there. Can you
believe it? He clock
should run away for four at will.
New chase that down but
over New Zealand 51 for one.
One wicket to fall
over by Raindra.
armor using that little bit of angle
come fine leg and third up
the action again.
Jansen just going hard at it. Look how
hard he gobb movement away to his right
continues just 1357th
has been bad at all.
Some days you’re going to get met.
Just another look at these.
Special one here in Neabad right
up there. He cannot get underneath it
and Saden Mark he’s always had his final
gone now for 31. It’s 5
from that over end of the power play 58.
So well played for four
side should go through to the super
eight. put pressure on
the modern game is
Glen Phillips bit to come but it’ll be
look at the gap between bat and pad and
the angle up a little inside edge back
onto the stumps
back so well
done by the he’s picked that up
beautifully over middle
he’s got wonderful change ups
any
before runs and releases the
Yeah, this one just over pitched a
little bit but early doors because I
wanted more
gave you better grip on the ball because
eight gone 77 for
has uh has been spot on.
Picky grumpy, wasn’t he? Night
I’ve loved this world cup.
It was just great to
and that is an excellent
into the hands field of play. Perfect
effort.
86 for four.
impalize
his variations and also keeping the
well it’s the kind of
there yielding was good
Zealand 92 for4
times day and all and the crowd thousand
when the game started now.
Just wonder, just wonder that. Yeah,
again, no control shorts.
It tonight pretty quickly. He can ramp
it up to
Yes, we discuss 179, but most
two. He’s coming back. He knows this
ground changing his feel a little bit.
He’s got fine leg
quiet in the timing. That’s in terms of
what he produced there. If you opt to
have that cow call probably good shot by
Mitchell back onto the boundary. So
here they go into the night a contest.
Mitchell does enjoy face
wings on it.
It’s a perfect match up plug. It’s just
a straight bat hit. He says
he would like the ball back
at a marker 50 partnership there.
Oh no. Left hander right on
says I’m going to join the party too.
Very sweet sound from Mark
from Chapman. He’ll keep the strike
start. They’ll stay.
Yes.
Another night that goes right down the
throat of third. caring about playing
for your country.
So with the snap five to 40,000 World
Cup
in from Mitchell
he said she understands that’s fine.
Sure picked up from Mark Chapman just
rolled his fingers on it with two that
almost hits the spider cam.
All right four more
bouncer the ball before the wicket he
didn’t allows him to come down the
wicket. He plays a be.
So 10
gets it right
and the elegance change of pace. It just
skids on but it’s third man and pointer
up inside.
Oh, and he’s
enough as it were. Chapman.
There’s Daryl Mitchell
getting ed is just held on Chapman. You
can It’s a good catch by Reckleton as he
look. It’s a good knock. It’s time for a
drinker
and doing keep that nice little left
hand right hand
good and the footy season
you get three on the bounce side field
give it back to Mitchell
just the two from it 140 for five
start for the New Zealand and captain so
far as
and it will be Mons takes the catch. He
deserves to because he’s been
take matters into my own hands. The bat
turns just a touch. So the conte but he
did want to attack. He’s India.
So situation
man it was
y 190 to 200
Africa a wicket and three single
take effect. You see how he slid across
know and T20 cricket
over the top of
very far enough South Africa brilliant
in the and New Zealand compound there
you can see how the off the bat like it
was going to land in no man’s land the
wicket at an important time
run out but safe in the end yes
counter
Yeah, it’s a different passion, a
different pressure.
Find a boundary. Can’t bite.
That’ll go.
He’s got the third man in possibly
s
God brilliant again close he gets to
faces as many deliveries from
they have just put a stum
I’ll get it
yeah that’s a very good to get
underneath it banged his length just a
touch when he saw him move around
that for New Zealand but they’ve only
got one left the Yorkabola
It’s the fence or nothing for
but it hit there. Yeah, David.
Bosch. Brilliant for South Africa
again
slightly. He does get this one for four.
You can see once again some
Yeah, just got a little hand on it.
Unbounce and Jimmy Nishan goes back to
175 for seven
in Aldabad this evening news one
partnership of Marco Jansen
only partnership with real 8.8 Eight
runs five of
175 or fewer
chasing this top here in the set in the
first innings day minimum I think sell
Chapman went and they managed to draw
slides on in the evening you always feel
they need out but 176 is what they got
to work
use your resources up front
his ability to shape
manage their bowlers really well and
they hold
managed to shape the ball just and
Quinton the
an interesting one. I
feelers across that is beautiful from
slightly over pitch. So you’re more
convention a catching position. Got two
strike
Mitchell at mid wicket for the
leftander. Four and that’ll bring up
3,000.
This is a a lazy cover drive.
Locky Ferguson
of the thought
over extra cover from Markham down it’s
whipped knew it’s the lofted cover drive
edge
wicket taker. Oh would have been a good
catch.
South Africa have the wood on leg.
Oh he’s a wide ball.
Oh, Quinton the Quinton the
just and the impose. Quinny
chase it. I mean weird.
Oh
might be over ball. It was a slight
change of pace early again. And look at
that blade. Pock is over hit, but he
finds the middle of
the up. He’s gone.
One of the best sheer power
Duffy’s just dragged his length back
here. He guessing
legs may have been put under pressure.
pace ball
this by Duffy just drifting down the
harder than he wanted to. So he knows
pace off dot ball
I think there
pulled shot net
high and slightly higher
ratan rainda do
pace off
pulls again is short side
taking the risk it’s not a big six But
it’s to the
62 without loss.
Pace off
themselves going in their bald slower. A
little bit of respite for pace off by
Ferguson.
Quinton the
Ferguson over have been slower ball.
Quinton Decock was just
left-hander and a very good strike by
that’s almost as elegant as Quinton.
Sliding in on his good in the field
quicker. He was out by a mile
across the turf for four more
of it. He’s just waited and then it’s
just 22 km/h. So definitely was power
play now
cuz that’ll be it. Too full and just
pops in. What is it? Grass first.
The longest of the tournament was
waiting for it. 100
18 South Africa in this reply.
Watch Adam Mark.
So we have had the
now in pursuit
for that’s equal to the best ever 16
balls
46 now from 17
we need to go crazy that sentry now
is it going to go
the ball late but there you have it Mark
has brought this up a 19 these days if
you give it here and it go 19 balls
into proceedings
10 years ago. So much n
from the skipper. Add finesse to the
equation like the past
sliding across under 500 p.m. the story
big Daryl M leg cutter maybe a little
bit taken off. He’s still backing
himself. Mitchell which went a little
bit to the left has to make some
played nasty for his 20 yardage
and Phillips I just wondered if he got a
finger as a fielder you position
yourself in particular of your head and
Phillips
from the eighth and a wicket 106 or a
sat interesting when brevis walks in
Sue
constantly there won’t see
turn
England as far as they did and then got
beat.
Look at that. How quickly