New Zealand bring "positive emotions" on their return to Lahore for the Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa after good results during the Pakistan tri-series, coach Gary Stead said on Tuesday.

Rain has washed out the Champions Trophy game between South Africa and two-time winner Australia without a ball being bowled. The pitch remained under covers at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen hits a half-century off 41 balls in the ICC Champions Trophy match against England in Karachi.

Highlights from the second semi-final between New Zealand and South Africa in Lahore

Jos Buttler's final match as skipper ended in defeat by South Africa at the Champions Trophy. England's white-ball team will need more than a funky change of faces.

After going through all the tangled scheduling, New Zealand returns to its recent favorite venue in Pakistan when it takes on South Africa in the second semifinal of the Champions Trophy in Lahore on Wednesday.

South Africa have taken an 18-hour stopover in Dubai between matches in Pakistan in their stride and used the opportunity to "get out and walk and have some nice steak" between the end of the Champions Trophy group stage and their semi-final against New Zealand on Wednesday.

South Africa's Marco Jansen trains ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal cricket match between New Zealand and South Africa at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 5, 2025.

South Africa will re-embark on an agonising quest for their first piece of ICC silverware since 1998 when they face New Zealand in Wednesday's semi-final of the Champions Trophy in Lahore, the scene of a high-scoring tussle between the duo last month.

An already eliminated England end their Champions Trophy campaign with a sorry seven-wicket defeat by South Africa in Karachi in Jos Buttler's final game as captain.

Heinrich Klaasen and Rassie van der Dussen scored half-centuries as South Africa eased to a comfortable seven-wicket win over ailing England in Karachi on Saturday to book a semi-final place at the Champions Trophy.

England's Phil Salt clubs an "easy catch" straight to South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen in the first over of their ICC Champions League Trophy match in Karachi.