In the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, South Africa have won the toss and elected to bat first against Co-hosts New Zealand in the first semi final at Auckland's Eden Park. In the first semi final match, batting first South Africa loses both its openers for 81/2 against New Zealand at AucklandThe home team have been in 6 semi final matches prior to this encounter but have not cleared this last hurdle, South Africa on the other side have been involved in three semi final matches but lost all of them infamously.