With a short turnaround, New Zealand didn’t field their strongest XI either. In fact, only three players from the team that turned up in the semifinal managed to feature in this series opener. South Africa, on their part, went into this fixture with four debutants in their XI. While the New Zealand openers put on a show in the knockout fixture on March 4, Devon Conway and the returning Tom Latham were both back in the pavilion inside 13 deliveries, with both batters getting dismissed by Gerald Coetzee.
