tt10289 itt1401 wctt218	Afghanistan v New Zealand
	ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021/22 (Group 2)
Venue	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on 7th November 2021 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat
Result	New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Points	Afghanistan 0; New Zealand 2
Umpires	HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), L Rusere (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire	RK Illingworth (England)
Referee	J Srinath (India)
Reserve Umpire	Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Player of the Match	TA Boult

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Afghanistan innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
Hazratullah Zazai	c Santner b Boult	2	4	16	-	-	2	50.00
+Mohammad Shahzad	c Conway b Milne	4	11	12	1	-	10	36.36
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	lbw b Southee	6	9	15	1	-	6	66.67
Gulbadeen Naib	b Sodhi	15	18	31	1	-	7	83.33
Najibullah Zadaran	c Neesham b Boult	73	48	61	6	3	14	152.08
*Mohammad Nabi	c and b Southee	14	20	35	-	-	8	70.00
Karim Janat	c Sodhi b Boult	2	2	5	-	-	1	100.00
Rashid Khan	c Williamson b Neesham	3	7	10	-	-	5	42.86
Mujeeb Zadran	not out	0	1	8	-	-	1	0.00
Naveen-ul-Haq	did not bat
Hamid Hassan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 w)	5
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 20 overs)	124
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Mohammad Shahzad, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Hazratullah Zazai, 3.1 ov), 3-19 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.1 ov), 4-56 (Gulbadeen Naib, 9.6 ov), 5-115 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.6 ov), 6-119 (Najibullah Zadaran, 18.2 ov), 7-121 (Karim Janat, 18.4 ov), 8-124 (Rashid Khan, 19.6 ov)

New Zealand bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Southee	4	0	24	2	1	-	15	2	1	12.00	6.00
Boult	4	0	17	3	-	-	14	2	-	8.00	4.25
Milne	4	0	17	1	-	-	12	1	-	24.00	4.25
Neesham	4	0	24	1	-	-	9	2	-	24.00	6.00
Santner	2	0	27	0	1	-	1	1	2	-	13.50
Sodhi	2	0	13	1	1	-	3	1	-	12.00	6.50

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New Zealand innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
MJ Guptill	b Rashid Khan	28	23	34	4	-	8	121.74
DJ Mitchell	c Mohammad Shahzad b Mujeeb Zadran	17	12	13	3	-	5	141.67
*KS Williamson	not out	40	42	63	3	-	13	95.24
+DP Conway	not out	36	32	42	4	-	12	112.50
GD Phillips	did not bat
JDS Neesham	did not bat
MJ Santner	did not bat
AF Milne	did not bat
TG Southee	did not bat
IS Sodhi	did not bat
TA Boult	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 w)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 18.1 overs)	125
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Mitchell, 3.1 ov), 2-57 (Guptill, 8.5 ov)

Afghanistan bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Mohammad Nabi	4	0	26	0	-	-	10	3	-	-	6.50
Mujeeb Zadran	4	0	31	1	1	-	9	4	-	24.00	7.75
Naveen-ul-Haq	2	0	16	0	-	-	3	2	-	-	8.00
Hamid Hassan	3	0	14	0	-	-	10	2	-	-	4.67
Rashid Khan	4	0	27	1	1	-	5	2	-	24.00	6.75
Gulbadeen Naib	1.1	0	9	0	-	-	1	1	-	-	7.71

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Notes
--> Afghanistan powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (23/3)
--> New Zealand powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (45/1)
--> Afghanistan innings: 50 in 9.2 overs
--> Afghanistan innings: 100 in 16.5 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 50 in 6.6 overs
--> New Zealand innings: 100 in 14.6 overs
--> Hamid Hassan made his last appearance in International Twenty20 matches
--> Najibullah Zadaran 50 in 33 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes
--> Najibullah Zadaran passed his previous highest score of 72 in International Twenty20 matches
--> MJ Guptill passed 8000 runs in Twenty20 matches when he reached 26
--> Rashid Khan reached 400 wickets in Twenty20 matches when he dismissed MJ Guptill, his 1st wicket in the New Zealand innings
--> Najibullah Zadaran (36) and Mohammad Nabi (14) added 50 in 44 balls for the Afghanistan 5th wicket
--> KS Williamson (23) and DP Conway (26) added 50 in 42 balls for the New Zealand 3rd wicket

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