South Africa vs New Zealand, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player HighlightsRSA vs NZ, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, no run, just misses the leg stump. Slower delivery, it's not quite slot so Marco couldn't lay bat on ball as he swung early

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, SIX, pace off wasn't working so he went pace on but landed right in the slot for Marco to go through the line and straight over long-on. What a time to bring up his first fifty of the tournament. The dugout and the SA fans in the stands applaud this wonderful innings

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, SIX, tees off now. Short and the slower ball again stood up, Jansen stood back and smashed it high and handsome over wide long-on for a mighty six

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, no run, oh beaten! He's teasing them by bowling slot but bowling the leg-cutters to spin it across the RHBs. Jansen had a mighty go for a leg-side hit but missed

Lockie Ferguson to Corbin Bosch, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off stump, Bosch pushes it to cover

Lockie Ferguson to Tristan Stubbs, out Bowled!! The middle stump is out of the ground. Brilliant slower delivery. Was a tease as it was in the slot, Stubbs waits to slog hard, through the shot a bit early. Ball brushed the pad and knocked out the middle pole. Lockie Ferguson roars as he knows this will make a difference of 10 runs to the scoreboard. Stubbs had a plan to go ultra aggressive in the last two overs and Lockie has delivered a huge blow. Tristan Stubbs b Lockie Ferguson 29(24) [4s-2 6s-1]

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, no run, pacy steepler, Marco had to get out of the way to avoid damage and Tim Seifert had to jump to collect that

Lockie Ferguson to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run, short of length angling in, Stubbs knocks it through deep mid-wicket

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, 1 run, low full toss and the free-hit ball doesn't cost much, tapped to mid-off

Lockie Ferguson to Tristan Stubbs, no ball, 1 run, lovely cover drive but the man at cover dived to the right and deflected it to mid-off to save three runs. Oh the buzzer goes off. Lockie has crossed the line and it will be a free-hit

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, 1 run, goes for the fast yorker but offered width to Marco opens the bat face and squeeze it out to deep point. Again just one as two fielders converge

Lockie Ferguson to Tristan Stubbs, 1 run, short of length and on the pads, tucked behind square, shout of "yeah" for a jog to the other end

Lockie Ferguson to Marco Jansen, 1 run, starts after drinks with a dipping slower ball yorker, Jansen digs it out past point and gets off strike

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, no run, oh dear! Tim Seifert takes a glancing blow to his face. Just under the left eye. It was dug in short outside off, flies past the slashing blade and deflects off glove to hit the keeper on the left cheek. The fielders look a bit concerned, but the physio rushes out to check on Seifert. Doesn't appear to be anything serious and we are good to go again...Seifert tried to take it with his gloves pointing towards the bowler, but the ball wobbled late and ended up deflecting off the inside part of his mitts. Good news for the Kiwis as Seifert cleared the concussion test...

Lockie Ferguson to Dewald Brevis, 1 run, short and wide of off stump, Brevis gets up on his tippy toes and slices the punch square on the off-side. The fielder at deep backward point puts in a full length dive to his right to keep it down to a single

Lockie Ferguson to Dewald Brevis, wide, good length slanting down the leg-side, Brevis flicks and misses

Lockie Ferguson to Dewald Brevis, no run, opens the bat face and punches the 147ks length delivery to the left of cover

Lockie Ferguson to Dewald Brevis, no run, length delivery on the stumps, Brevis flicks to the left of Rachin at mid-wicket

Lockie Ferguson to Dewald Brevis, no run, back of a length on and around off, Brevis gets across and blocks it off the splice into the leg-side

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, 1 run, cross-seam full delivery just outside off, Markram pings the drive to cover for a quick single

Lockie Ferguson to Dewald Brevis, 1 run, short of length with a hint of extra bounce just outside off at 144ks, Brevis opens the bat face and steers it to the right of short third for a strike-retaining single

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, 1 run, good length angled into middle and leg, tucked away to the right of the man at mid-wicket

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, FOUR, adding insult to injury. Markram gets on top of the bounce and punches sweetly in the gap between mid-off and cover

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, no run, dropped! That was the trap delivery, but it did not go to plan. Length ball angled into the pads, enticing Markram to go for the whippy flick. He plays the shot and slices it off the inside edge to the right of Rachin Ravindra at mid-wicket. Rachin got both hands on the dive and failed to hang onto it. How costly would that prove?

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, no run, skips down the pitch and misses the punch down the ground. It was a wobble seam delivery from Ferguson and hit Markram on the thigh pad before rolling towards short third

Lockie Ferguson to Aiden Markram, no run, touch fuller and angled in at 137ks on off, Markram punches it to the right of Neesham at mid-on