New Zealand vs South Africa betting tips

New Zealand vs South Africa – 1st Test Betting Tips

New Zealand and South Africa will battle it out in the two-match Test series, starting from 17th February at The Hagley Oval in Christchurch.

With a solitary win out of four Test matches, New Zealand are currently lying at sixth place in the ongoing ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. On the other hand, South Africa are lying at fourth position in the table after their historic series win over India at home. Both the teams will be looking to collect valuable points in this two-match Test series.

South Africa will come in this Test series as firm favorites after completing a series win over India. Therefore, the team management will be hoping that players can do well in these conditions.

On the other hand, New Zealand are missing key players for this two-match Test series. Captain Tom Latham will be hoping that the side can get off to a winning start.

In terms of the results in the five-day format, South Africa have an advantage over New Zealand as they managed to win on 25 occasions whereas they suffered 4 defeats. 16 games have ended in a draw.

New Zealand Form and Team News

The home side will make changes as Colin de Grandhomme, Matt Henry and Daryl Mitchell will be slotted into the playing XI.

In the absence of Kane Williamson, Tom Latham is expected to lead the side for this series opener.

In terms of the batting department, the home team will be relying on the likes of Captain Tom Latham rookie opener Will Young, the middle-order trio of Devon Conway, Henry Nicholls and Daryl Mitchell to score bulk of the runs.

On the bowling front, the onus will be on the pace quartet of Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Neil Wagner and Tim Southee to produce timely breakthroughs.

South Africa Form and Team News

The Proteas will be coming in this series with a relatively solid playing XI after an impressive outing against India earlier this year.

With Keagan Petersen ruled out of the Test series due to covid-19, uncapped opener Sarel Erwee is expected to make his debut for South Africa in the first Test at Christchurch.

In the batting department, the visitors will be relying heavily on the likes of Captain Dean Elgar, Temba Bavuma, wicketkeeper-batsman Kyle Verreynne, Aiden Markram, and Rassie van der Dussen to score bulk of the runs.

On the bowling front, the onus will be on the likes of pace-quartet Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Duanne Olivier, Lungi Ngidi along with left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj to produce timely breakthroughs.

Odds by Casumo

According to the Casumo sportsbook, Host New Zealand will be clear favorites to win this opening game of the series to be played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. For the opening Test, South Africa are placed at 3.65 odds, while New Zealand at 1.71 odds.

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Our Tipster’s Angle

With two evenly matched teams playing, it will be hard to pick an outright winner for this opening encounter. Given they are playing in their home conditions, New Zealand will fancy their chances of beating South Africa..

On the other hand, South Africa will have to come up with plans to counter New Zealand’s pace bowling attack.

Therefore, the prediction is for New Zealand to win the first Test at Christchurch.

Tip 1: Aiden Makram look to end his run drought against New Zealand

Opening batsman has struggled to deliver notable scores in the recently concluded Test series played against India at home. He will be looking to get back amongst the runs in this two-match Test series. Given his class and caliber, Markram will be keen to make a strong statement with the bat in this series.. So we can expect opening batsman Aiden Markram to score 20 runs or more against New [email protected]

Tip 2: Devon Conway to continue his merry way with the bat for New Zealand

Devon Conway has been nothing short of sensational in the Test matches in the past 12 months. The 30-year old will be looking to make an impact for New Zealand in this two-match Test series.

In the five Tests played for New Zealand, Conway has accumulated 623 at an average of 69.22 with three centuries and two half-centuries to his name

So we are backing middle-order batsman Devon Conway to score 25 or more in this [email protected]

Conclusion

Expect New Zealand to beat South Africa in the opening Test at Christchurch.

  • Opening batsman Aiden Markram to score 20 runs or more against New Zealand- South Africa @3.00
  • Middle-order batsman Devon Conway to score 25 or more in this first Test- New [email protected]

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