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.

Night golf was on the menu for some of the South Africans during their dash to Dubai. Doubtless others went to the malls and subjected themselves to the traffic. What they didn't do was concern themselves with Sunday's match, even though its outcome determined where they would go next.

New Zealand will head into their Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa with confidence intact despite suffering their first defeat of the tournament against India, paceman Matt Henry said.