South African one-day cricket captain AB de Villiers said the loss of his team to New Zealand in last year's World Cup quarter-final is history, and added that visitors are here to set the record straight about which side is the best one.
De Villiers said his Proteas need little motivation to take a "smart" Black Caps team after their last meeting at the World Cup.
South Africa arrived in New Zealand for a full tour that has T20S and three ODIs and tests with the first international match on Friday night in Wellington with a T20.
New Zealand beat the Proteas in a highly fanciful year of the 4th World Cup bitter past. The Black Caps defended a total of 221 vulnerable, taking the last five South African wickets for 25 runs to dismiss the Proteas to 172.
The Proteas had been severely beaten and suffered verbal Kiwi "choker" tag international media as its series of failures of the World Cup continued.
"We do not need much motivation when we are a young team with much to prove and our past experience against New Zealand was very sad for us -. But they played the best cricket in the day and that's history now and we have to move on forward, "de Villiers stuff.co.nz quoted as saying.
But he also described the Kiwis as a smart team.
"They are very smart and they think on their feet, but hopefully we'll be the smartest team in the next round," he said.
Coach Gary Kirsten said the challenge for his team would suit New Zealand conditions that are very different for hard and fast wickets and outfields back in South Africa
"Our focus of attention is how well we can play in all conditions that we are facing," said Kirsten, who is in his first overseas tour as coach of the Proteas.
De Villiers said his Proteas need little motivation to take a "smart" Black Caps team after their last meeting at the World Cup.
South Africa arrived in New Zealand for a full tour that has T20S and three ODIs and tests with the first international match on Friday night in Wellington with a T20.
New Zealand beat the Proteas in a highly fanciful year of the 4th World Cup bitter past. The Black Caps defended a total of 221 vulnerable, taking the last five South African wickets for 25 runs to dismiss the Proteas to 172.
The Proteas had been severely beaten and suffered verbal Kiwi "choker" tag international media as its series of failures of the World Cup continued.
"We do not need much motivation when we are a young team with much to prove and our past experience against New Zealand was very sad for us -. But they played the best cricket in the day and that's history now and we have to move on forward, "de Villiers stuff.co.nz quoted as saying.
But he also described the Kiwis as a smart team.
"They are very smart and they think on their feet, but hopefully we'll be the smartest team in the next round," he said.
Coach Gary Kirsten said the challenge for his team would suit New Zealand conditions that are very different for hard and fast wickets and outfields back in South Africa
"Our focus of attention is how well we can play in all conditions that we are facing," said Kirsten, who is in his first overseas tour as coach of the Proteas.
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