{"id":51201,"date":"2026-02-28T18:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=51201"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:01:00","slug":"proteas-set-face-new-zealand-t20-world-cup-semi-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/28\/proteas-set-face-new-zealand-t20-world-cup-semi-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Proteas set to face New Zealand in T20 World Cup semi-finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Proteas have marched into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2026 after dominant wins over heavyweights India and the West Indies in the Super 8 stage, with one more clash still to come against Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>With South Africa heavy favourites heading in that clash, and boasting a superior Net Run Rate, the Proteas are virtually assured of finishing top of their group.<\/p>\n<p>If this finish transpires as expected, they will face the second-placed finishers in Group 2, which is New Zealand, the team they beat during the initial pool phase of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>Unless there is a dramatic turn of events, the Proteas will play the Kiwis in the first semi-final on Wednesday, 4 March in Kolkata. Play would start at 15:30 (SA time).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-massive-moment-for-proteas-at-the-t20-world-cup\">MASSIVE MOMENT FOR PROTEAS AT THE T20 WORLD CUP<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <iframe title=\"bj_embed\" class=\"dx-embed\" id=\"dxIframe-0\" style=\"width: 100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-state-of-play\">State of play<\/h3>\n<p>After the result of Sri Lanka\u2019s Super 8 contest against Pakistan, New Zealand have been confirmed as the third semi-finalists at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Required to win the contest by 65 runs in order to progress through, Pakistan were unable to hold Sri Lanka under the 147 run-mark. The co-hosts put in a resilient display with the bat, only to miss out on the target by five runs.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand now join England and South Africa among the semi-finalists. England confirmed their spot by winning all three of their Super 8 games, while South Africa remain unbeaten and will face Zimbabwe tomorrow in their final Super 8 fixture.<\/p>\n<p>The final spot will be up for the grabs as India face West Indies in the last Super-8 contest on Sunday in Kolkata.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Proteas #set #face #Zealand #T20 #World #Cup #semifinals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Proteas have marched into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2026 after dominant wins over heavyweights India and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51203,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51201\/revisions\/51203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}