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

40th T20I • Sheikh Zayed Stadium • Abu Dhabi

Afghanistan

124/8 (20)

New Zealand

125/2 (18.1)

NZ won by 8 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Trent Boult

3/17

AFG s

NZ s

Info

Afghanistan s

124/8 (20)

Batters

Hazratullah Zazai

50.00

c M Santner b T Boult

Mohammad Shahzad

36.36

c D Conway b A Milne

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

66.67

lbw b T Southee

Gulbadin Naib

83.33

b I Sodhi

Najibullah Zadran

152.08

c J Neesham b T Boult

Mohammad Nabi

(C)

70.00

c & b T Southee

Karim Janat

100.00

c I Sodhi b T Boult

Rashid Khan

42.86

c K Williamson b J Neesham

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.2)

124/8

Did not Bat

Naveen ul Haq, Hamid Hassan

Bowlers

EXT

6.00

4.25

4.25

6.00

13.50

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mohammad Shahzad

c D Conway b A Milne

1-8

2.2

Hazratullah Zazai

c M Santner b T Boult

2-12

3.1

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

lbw b T Southee

3-19

5.1

Gulbadin Naib

b I Sodhi

4-56

9.6

Mohammad Nabi

c & b T Southee

5-115

17.6

Najibullah Zadran

c J Neesham b T Boult

6-119

18.2

Karim Janat

c I Sodhi b T Boult

7-121

18.4

Rashid Khan

c K Williamson b J Neesham

8-124

19.6

New Zealand s

125/2 (18.1)

Batters

Martin Guptill

121.74

b R Khan

Daryl Mitchell

141.67

c M Mohammadi b MU Rahman

Kane Williamson *

(C)

95.24

Not out

Devon Conway

112.50

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(18.1 Ov, RR: 6.88)

125/2

Did not Bat

Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult

Bowlers

EXT

6.50

7.75

8.00

4.67

6.75

1.1

7.71

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Daryl Mitchell

c M Mohammadi b MU Rahman

1-26

3.1

Martin Guptill

b R Khan

2-57

8.5

Match Info

Date & Time

07 Nov, 03:30 PM IST

Venue

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Match

40th T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Langton Rusere (Zimbabwe), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Richard Illingworth (England, TV)

Referee

Javagal Srinath (India)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

Player of the Match Trent Boult

3/17

Commentary

So, that is it from myself, Karthik Raj and my co-commentator, Dwijesh Reddy. Do stay tuned to Sportskeeda's coverage of a lot more matches in the future

Trent Boult was named as the 'Player of the Match' for producing figures of 4-0-17-3

Kane Williamson| Winning captain: Yeah, a strong performance from us. We knew how dangerous Afghanistan are. We did well to restrict them to a below-par total. It was also necessary to keep the necessary threats out while chasing. It is a challenge to adjust to the conditions in three different venues. We knew coming here, sometimes during the day games, we have to set the tone on the park. England are a very strong side. It is important to keep learning from what we have done earlier

Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan captain): We didn't start well with early wickets falling. We tried to steady the ship but didn't finish well. We aimed for 150-160 on that surface. The bowling side was strong on our end but the total wasn't great. We play a lot in the UAE, in general we have played well in this tournament. We will take the positives and work on our shortcomings in the future matches.

So, that is it. New Zealand advance to the semi-final comfortably with eight wickets and 11 balls remaining. So, this means that India and Afghanistan have made a group-stage exit.

A target of 125 was never going to be enough and New Zealand proved that in a professional manner. The Kiwi openers, Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell got off to a quick start before the latter was caught behind off Mujeeb ur Rahman's bowling in the 4th over. That breakthrough didn't help Afghanistan get into the game big time as Guptill and Kane Williamson played sensibly for a while.

It was only an ambitious slog-sweep attempt that brought about Afghanistan's downfall as Rashid Khan castled the stumps in the 9th over. However, yet again, Williamson and Devon Conway played the situation calmly even as Rashid Khan and Hamid Hassan bowled some economical overs. In the end, Conway eventually accelerated with some sweeps and reverse-sweeps as New Zealand cruised home

19.0

18.1 Hamid Hassan to Devon Conway, NEW ZEALAND ARE INTO THE SEMIS! Conway seals the deal with a stoic defensive stroke down to long-on for a single. Hugs all around in the NZ camp, who have been the better side today

overs

124 /2 score

1lb

runs

Kane Williamson

40 (42)

Devon Conway *

35 (31)

Naveen-ul-Haq

0 /16

17.6 Naveen ul Haq to Devon Conway, a length ball bowled into the pads, Conway misses the flick but the ball was pitching outside leg. A leg-bye taken and SCORES ARE LEVEL!

17.5 Naveen ul Haq to Kane Williamson, a full ball bowled outside off, Williamson drives it to mid-off, where Naib does well to stop the boundary

17.4 Naveen ul Haq to Devon Conway, a full ball bowled on the pads, Conway flicks it to square leg for a single

17.3 Naveen ul Haq to Kane Williamson, a similar delivery bowled outside off, Williamson dabs it to point for a single

17.2 Naveen ul Haq to Kane Williamson, a back of a length delivery bowled slower as well, Williamson gets an inside-edge into the ground for no runs

17.1 Naveen ul Haq to Kane Williamson, a full ball bowled outside off, Williamson lifts it over the cover region for a couple of runs. He looks to be in a hurry here!

overs

118 /2 score

runs

Kane Williamson

36 (38)

Devon Conway *

34 (29)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

1 /31

16.6 Mujeeb ur Rehman to Devon Conway, a length ball bowled into the batter, who plays it to midwicket and comes back for a well-judged brace

16.5 Mujeeb ur Rehman to Devon Conway, a slightly shorter delivery bowled outside off, Conway swats one towards short cover for no runs

16.4 Mujeeb ur Rehman to Devon Conway, a full ball bowled outside off, Conway reverse-sweeps this one into backward point for a brace

16.4 Mujeeb ur Rehman to Devon Conway, WIDE! A touch wider this time as Mujeeb bowls one down the leg-side. Wide given

16.3 Mujeeb ur Rehman to Devon Conway, a full ball bowled into the pads, Conway misses the sweep. Mujeeb asks the question but seems to be sliding down leg

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