South Africa Proteas face New Zealand 03:00 AM 24 March 2015.
Neither McCullum, nor de Villiers care for past baggage; both sides instead will look to chart their own history.
Whichever team wins on Tuesday – the chance of rain interrupting play at some stage being the only dampener – it will do so against the weight of history. Neither of these teams have ever been in a ICC Cricket World Cup final. Nothing like the present, then, to create a bit of history.
Teams: (likely)
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (capt), Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Grant Elliott, Corey Anderson, Luke Ronchi (wk), Daniel Vettori, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Mitchell McClenaghan/Matt Henry.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, Rilee Rossouw, AB de Villiers (capt), David Miller, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott/Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel, Imran Tahir.
Click on each SA players name below for full cricket bio
- AB de Villiers C
- Hashim Amla
- Kyle Abbott
- Farhaan Behardien
- Quinton de Kock W
- JP Duminy
- Francois du Plessis
- Imran Tahir
- David Miller
- Morne Morkel
- Wayne Parnell
- Aaron Phangiso
- Vernon Philander
- Rilee Rossouw
- Dale Steyn
More information about the team HERE
via ICC-cricket
