Match Preview: Newzealand vs South Africa

New Zealand (Playing XI): Brendon McCullum(c), Martin Guptill, Neil Broom, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Jacob Oram, Peter McGlashan(w), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Brendon Diamanti, Ian Butler

South Africa (Playing XI): Graeme Smith(c), Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Mark Boucher(w), Albie Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn

Team Information: Diamanti, Broom and Mills come in for New Zealand while Ryder, O'Brien and Franklin miss out due to injuries. South Africa have fielded the same eleven.
New Zealand have won the toss and elected to field
Ground Reality and Pitch:

Named after its founder Thomas Lord, the Lord's cricket ground also known as 'The Mecca of World Cricket', is owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is home of the ECB. The three T20 World Cup matches played in the ground so far has seen the teams batting first score in excess of 160. Once again, the pitch is expected to favour the batsmen.

Temperatures: Min - 12 C Max - 16 C Conditions: Showers expected

Team Updates:
South Africa: The Proteas have by far been one of the best sides in the tournament. They began from winning all their warm-up matches and carried on to drub the Scottish team in their first match of the tournament. With a wide range of players at disposal, the South Africans are spoilt for choice with their team selection. Graeme Smith and Kallis looked in good touch during the match against Scotland while de Villiers, coming in the middle order, displayed his class with a splendid fifty. South Africa would count on their batsmen to produce a similar effort against the Kiwis and count on the likes of Dale Steyn, Botha and van De Merwe to fire with the ball.
New Zealand: The Kiwis had a truncated encounter against Scotland with their match being reduced to a 7 overs a side affair. They survived a scare after coming close to losing the match against the Scots. While their bowling was average, The likes of Jesse Ryder, Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor shined with the bat. New Zealand would count on these three and the likes of Martin Guptill and Jacob Oram to fire with the bat. With the Kiwi captain Daniel Vettori likely to be out of the match due to a shoulder injury, the bowling department should pull their socks up and display a determined approach against the formidable batting line-up of the Proteas.
Numbers game:
2-1: South Africa have 2 victories against New Zealand in T20 Internationals while the Kiwis have managed one victory against the Proteas.
111.11: Graeme Smith's batting strike rate vs New Zealand in T20 games.