Recent Match
Cricket World Cup 2023, 16th Match, Chennai, Oct 18th, 2023

New Zealand

(49.6 ov) 288/6

Afghanistan

(34.4 ov) 139/10

Complete New Zealand won by 149 runs

Player of Match: Glenn Phillips

0.3
Boult to Gurbaz, wide, gets his radar wrong this time, it's on a back of a length and swings down leg, left alone and it's been wided
0.2
Boult to Gurbaz, no run, pitched up ball, swinging in on off, Gurbaz drives it back to Boult who stops it on his followthrough
0.1
Boult to Gurbaz, no run, swing straightaway! Fuller length ball on middle and off, shaping in, Gurbaz leans ahead tentatively and keeps it out
Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran are at the crease. Gurbaz is on strike. Boult will open the attack
Welcome back for the chase! New Zealand have the upper hand and would look to carry the momentum into their bowling as well. 289 is certainly not going to be easy but we all know how resilient the Afghanistan are.
Will Young: They managed to take some wickets in the middle but credit to the guys, we finished well. I would’ve been stoked if I could take it deep but it wasn’t to be today. it doesn’t feel good to be left out but our bench strength is good. You go again and try to win it for your side.
Most 50+ scores by New Zealand WK in WC
3 - Brendon McCullum
3 - Tom Latham*
1 - Lee Germon
Highest partnership for 5th wkts or below for New Zealand in WC
148 - C Cairns & R Twose vs AUS, Cardiff 1999
144 - Tom Latham & G Phillips vs AFG, Chennai 2023*
138* - J Oram & S Styris vs ENG, Gros Islet 2007
132 - C de Grandhomme & J Neesham vs PAK, Birmingham 2019
17:55 Local Time, 12:25 GMT, 17:55 IST: The target could have been easily 30-40 runs lesser had Afghanistan been a bit more effecient in the field.
49.6
Naveen-ul-Haq to Santner, FOUR, pace off and length,
49.5
Naveen-ul-Haq to Chapman, leg byes, 1 run, just down the leg side but the batter had shuffled inwards. Umpire doesn't call wide as it narrowly evaded the leg stump. The batters scamper for a leg bye
49.4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Chapman, 2 runs, pace off and short, Chapman had charged down and readjusted to pull towards deep mid-wicket. Rashid in the deep hares to the ball but throws it at the wrong end. At the batter's end and it would have been tight
RV: @Sunil - yes of course, the par score was identified, but AFG helped NZ due to some poor catching today. NZ would have else struggled to cross 240-250 mark.
49.3
Naveen-ul-Haq to Santner, 1 run, length ball on off, pushed to the right of long-off for a single
49.2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Chapman, 1 run, short and wide,
49.1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Chapman, 2 runs, back of length at the stumps, pulled to the left of deep mid-wicket
48.6
Azmatullah to Chapman, 1 run, right in the blockhole,
48.5
Azmatullah to Chapman, SIX
48.4
Azmatullah to Chapman, 2 runs
48.3
Azmatullah to Chapman, FOUR