Pakistan New zealand & South Africa Tri Nation series 2025

 

Overview

Excitement builds as South Africa and New Zealand visit Pakistan for a Tri-nation series, including Pakistan as a host. 

The series is scheduled to be played from 8th February 2025 to 14th February 2025 including 4 matches to be played before the final on 15th February 2025 across 2 venues Gaddafi Stadium Lahore and National Bank arena Karachi.

This series will be played in 50 overs format so it holds great significance for all three teams as it will provide them the perfect opportunity to prepare themselves before the marquee event (champions Trophy) which is scheduled to be played from 19th February 2025.

Babar Azam will once again be the key player for Pakistan. Whereas Kane Williamson and Henrich Klassen will be the most important players for New Zealand and South Africa respectively.

Series Schedule

Each team will play a single match with each of the other two teams and the top two teams in the points table after 2,2 matches will play the final. The detailed schedule of the series is below.

Date	Fixture	Venue
08 February 2025	Pakistan vs New Zealand (D/N)	Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
10 February 2025	New Zealand vs South Africa	Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
12 February 2025	Pakistan vs South Africa (D/N)	National Bank Arena Karachi
14 February 2025	Final (D/N)	National Bank Arena Karachi

Team squads and Key players

Pakistan will be without their young sensation Saim Ayub who was the main architect in Pakistan's recent success, As he has been suffering from an injury since South Africa vs Pakistan 1st test. Pakistan has made a few changes to the squad which won the series 3-0 against South Africa, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Fakhar Zaman, and Saud Shakeel will make a come back whereas Sufiyan Muqeem, Amir Jamal, Irfan Niazi are left out. 

The squads of the teams are below.

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Fakhar Zaman, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Babar Azam, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Salman Ali Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Husnain, Naseem Shah

South Africa: Temba Bavuma (c), Henrich Klaasan (w), Kyle Verreynne, Mathew Breetzke, Wiaan Mulder, Mihlali Mpongwana, Senuran Muthusamy, Eathan Bosch, Keshav Maharaj, Gerald Coetzee, Junior Dala, Gideon Peters, Jason Smith

New Zealand: Devon Convay, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Tom Latham, Mitchel Santnar, Micheal Bracewell, Daryl Mitchel, Glenn Philips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Sears, Will O'Rouke

Looking at the Squads we can say that Pakistan and New Zealand have announced strong squads keeping in mind the Champions Trophy 2025 whereas South Africa has given rest to their core players before the marquee event.

The Key players will be Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, and Mohammad Rizwan for Pakistan, for New Zealand Kane Williamson and Mitchel Santnar, and for South Africa, we will be looking forward to Temba Bavuma and Henrich Klassen performing well.

Series Analysis and Prediction

Pakistan is coming into this series after displaying a powerful season in 50 overs format in recent months having won the ODI series in Australia and Zimbabwe 2-1 and in South Africa 3-0, so they will be a very confident and settled side.

New Zealand has beaten Srilanka 2-1 in the recently concluded ODI series in New Zealand so they will also be pretty confident before the series opener, Though this series will be played in different conditions and environments they have a very good squad including players like Kane Williamson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham.

South Africa is coming here after a 3-0 thrashing from Pakistan in their backyard so they will certainly be looking to turn the tables and bounce back in this series before the Champions Trophy.

Looking at the squads, conditions, and recent forms Pakistan is looking early favourites to win this series though New Zealand has a formidable squad and can pose a serious threat to Pakistan. South Africa has to find their best combination and form and they will try different players in this series before the Champions Trophy.

Recent form 

Pakistan WWW

New Zealand LWW

South Africa LLL

Weather & Conditions 

Weather is expected to be dry and there are fewer chances of any interruptions and delays. As this series is going to be played in Pakistan across Lahore and Karachi we are expecting batting-friendly tracks and High-scoring games, While spinners should get good assistance from the pitches in Lahore and Karachi.

Broadcasters and Live-streaming

For viewers from Pakistan, this series will be live telecast on PTV Sports and Ten Sports, Sony Star Sports 5 will live telecast this series for viewers in India, For Viewers outside Pakistan Live streaming will be available on Tapmad.

Day timings of matches will be 09:30 am PST and Day and night matches timing will be 02:00 pm PST.

Conclusion

This will be a high-quality series as it will lead the way to the Champions trophy so all three teams will try to leave a statement before going into the Champions trophy with confidence. So exciting times are here for the fans in Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, and the overall world. 

So what are your thoughts? Will Pakistan continue their winning momentum and win the series or will there be a twist and New Zealand or South Africa will come on Top? Let us know in the comments what you think about which teams will play in the final and who will win the series.