Live Cricket Score | New Zealand vs Afghanistan Live Score & Commentary | NZ vs AFG Scorecard, ICC Men's T20 World Cup

21st T20I • Melbourne Cricket Ground • Melbourne

New Zealand

Afghanistan

Match abandoned without a ball fielded

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

T Southee

G Phillips

Expert Team 2

D Conway

T Boult

Venue Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground

1st Innings

147Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

152Avg Runs

4Avg Wkts

Fantasy Tips Exclusive

Devon Conway the best choice for captaincy in this game, he is a consistent player in terms of fantasy points and in his last match he scored 92 runs at a strike rate of 158.62.

Tim Southee is the best bowling pick for your fantasy team, he picked up 3 wickets at an economy rate 2.8 and he will look to continue his sensational form in this game as well.

Tim Southee and Rashid Khan are the top bowlers' picks, both of them are in exceptional form and will play an important role in this game.

H2H Stats, last time when both the teams faced each other New Zealand won the game by 8 wickets.

Hot Picks: Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Kane Williamson, Tim Southee, Mohammad Nabi

Risky Picks: Hazratullah Zazai, Jimmy Neesham, Mark Chapman

Stay aways: Azmatullah Omarzai

GL Picks: Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Trent Boult

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

New Zealand

Afghanistan

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

1- 0

AFG

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

158

Average Score

130

208/5

Highest Score

189/5

125/9

Lowest Score

95/5

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Match Info

Date & Time

26 Oct, 01:30 PM IST

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Match

21st T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Paul Wilson (Australia), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

Toss yet to take Place

Commentary

So that will be all from the MCG for today, with both matches being rain affected. Although the first one was complete, the second one could not even see the toss happen. The weather has played spoilsport twice in this tournament up to now, cancelling two matches. If this trend continues, it will be a big disappointment, going by how good the quality of cricket has been already. Anyway, we have three matches coming up tomorrow, all from group 2, will all 6 teams in action. The first two matches will be played at the SCG and the third, at the Perth Stadium. Hopefully, the rain stays away and we get all of them in. Not to forget, India will be in action for the second time. So make sure to join us as the T20 World Cup coverage continues here. As for now, this is the pair of Pradeep and Bidipto, saying good bye. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Rain plays spoilsport at the MCG 🌧

Afghanistan and New Zealand share points after the match is called off!#T20WorldCup | #NZvAFG pic.twitter.com/6NrtUpBbLd
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 26, 2022

4:00 PM IST: Unfortunately, we have bad news. The match has been officially called off now due to persistent rain in Melbourne. The ground staff tried their best to get the ground ready, every time after the game stopped, but it just kept coming back and finally, the umpires had no choice but to abandon the game. Both teams share a point each, as a result.

It has started to rain again, the covers that were off have come back on, it's not looking good at all for a game to begin anytime sooner.

Alright, another inspection scheduled at 3:30pm IST (9pm local time), hang tight to that but there's more rain later on is what the forecast says. Waiting game continues!

Meanwhile, here is something for you to check out.

There's a new No.1 in town 🥇

Afghanistan ace is back on top in the @MRFWorldwide ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings 👏

Details 👇https://t.co/qMTPXOQ0TW
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 26, 2022

More bad news coming in, the rain has returned which is only going to make things worse for the ground staff even if rain subsides in sometime.

More heavy rain now and the covers return to the @MCG. The delay continues. #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/OwDUZO7MQb
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 26, 2022

There's an inspection scheduled at 2:50pm IST (8:20pm local time) which is in about 8 mins, stay tuned!

Still have no official updates on the toss, it's all about waiting game from here on!

Toss for #NZvAFG clash continues to be delayed due to rain.#T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/d7Dkr9pXjw
— ICC (@ICC) October 26, 2022

Good news, the rain has subsided and the covers are slowly being peeled off, the ground staff are working tirelessly to get things underway sooner.

Waiting game continues at the @MCG. Covers coming off and turf staff working to clear the ground. #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/XfwNL8Xy3b
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) October 26, 2022

It still hasn't sunk in, has it? Take a look at what my colleague Soorya Sesha thinks about that masterclass chase from Kohli! 👇

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It's still pelting down at the MCG, the covers are still on and if the situation doesn't improve we will start to lose overs from there on. Stay tuned for more!

The match has been delayed due to rain as Ireland just caused the upset to defeat England by 5 runs on DLS method . We will have the toss shortly once the rain subsides. Stay tuned!

Time to put on your prediction hat to find out who will come out on top but don't worry our Sportskeeda's experts have got you covered, check out below!👇