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Barbados: There are many similarities between the South Africans and the New Zealanders, who both face-off in their first Super Eights match of the Twenty20 World Cup. Both teams are known for relying more on team ethic rather than individual flair to see them through, but that has not meant they have lacked players who capture the imagination.
South Africa have been more culpable than New Zealand in T20 format, because while New Zealand have often punched above their weight to reach the latter stages of tournaments, Proteas have under-performed and not reached levels that they should have, considering the talent at their disposal.
Both teams have in their ranks, dangerous players capable of single-handedly changing the course of a match in Twenty20 cricket.
Ross Taylor shared the dressing room with Kallis, Boucher and Roelof van der Merwe, while Brendon McCullum and Shane Bond had Charl Langeveldt for company, and Vettori and AB de Villiers both played for the same team.
New Zealand have had an easier time qualifying for the Super Eights than South Africa, winning both their matches. However, South Africa are no easy proposition, even though they have lost to India. They showed the power of their pace attack against Afghanistan,
The conditions suited the slower bowlers in Guyana but the first day of games at Kensington Oval proved the fast men will be a handful. That is good news for Shane Bond, who is the quickest of New Zealand's attack and could therefore become their key weapon in the Super Eights.
South Africa will look to Morne Morkel for pace and bounce once again, after he devastated Afghanistan's inexperienced top order on the same surface. New Zealand's batsmen are more adept, but Morkel's height makes him a tough proposition on any pitch that offers him assistance.
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New Zealnad There will be some pressure on the top order to perform, after Jesse Ryder was the only man to really fire against Sri Lanka, while opportunities were limited in the shortened game against Zimbabwe.
Squad from Brendon McCullum, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill, Scott Styris, Gareth Hopkins(w), Jacob Oram, Daniel Vettori(c), Nathan McCullum, Tim Southee, Shane Bond, Kyle Mills, Aaron Redmond, Ian Butler, Rob Nicol.
South Africa The comfortable victory over Afghanistan should mean South Africa also take an unchanged line-up in to their first Super Eights clash. The experiment of Kallis opening with Loots Bosman was abandoned after the loss to India, and Graeme Smith will be expected to walk out first once again.
Squad from Graeme Smith(c), Loots Bosman, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Albie Morkel, Mark Boucher(w), Roelof van der Merwe, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Charl Langeveldt, Johan Botha, Herschelle Gibbs, Juan Theron, Rory Kleinveldt
Pitch and conditions
The first day of action in Barbados resulted in 21 of 34 wickets falling to fast bowlers. Batsmen struggled to adjust to the extra pace and bounce after the slower surfaces in St Lucia and Guyana.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010
Start time 13:30 local (17:30 GMT)
