T20i World Cup 2024, was one of the record breaking and surprising tournaments of all time. India set the record of unbeaten champion. Except that some major events took place in this World Cup. like Australia failed to qualify for the semis. New Zealand failed to qualify for super eight. Because Afghanistan ruined their world cup campaign. They defeated New zealand by huge margin and ruined their campaign for the World cup 2024. Here we have brought you iconic moments of the match and Afghanistan national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team timeline. We’ll also disclose the details of the first test match in history of New Zealand Vs Afghanistan clashes.
T20 World Cup 2024 Match From Afghanistan National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Timeline
On 8th June of 2024, Afghanistan faced New Zealand at ‘Providence Stadium’. The match was full of entertainment and no one had any idea that Afghanistan was going to be a total turn around. Fans Surely have expected this match to be a competitive clash. But, Afghanistan amazed everyone with their exceptional performance. Here we are mentioning a short table of results from Afghanistan national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team timeline.
| Afghanistan- 159/6 (20 overs) | |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz 80 (56) | Trent Boult 2/22 (4) |
| Ibrahim Zardan 44 (41) | Matt Henry 2/37 (4) |
| Azmatullah Omarzai 22 (13) | Lockie Ferguson 1/28 (4) |
| New Zealand- 75/10 (15.2 overs) | |
| Glenn Phillips 18 (18) | Fazalhaq Farooqi 4/17 (3.2) |
| Matt Henry 12 (17) | Rashid Khan 4/17 (4) |
| Kane Williamson 9 (13) | Mohammad Nabi 2/16 (4) |
Afghanistan won the match by 84 runs
Match Highlights
There are lots of iconic moments that made this match popular. The first moment of highlight was the batting performance of Afghanistan batters. Afghanistan’s openers built a 100 run partnership for the first wicket. ‘Gurbaz’ played an extraordinary knock of 80 runs. And in the 20th over of the game ‘Trent Boult’ bowled out ‘Gurbaz’ by a beautiful Yorker. Afghanistan took the revenge of that Yorker when they came to bowl. ‘Rashid Khan and Fazalhaq Farooqi’ took 4 wicket haul. We got numerous bowled outs from spinners in that match.
First Match Of Afghanistan Vs New Zealand
The First time Afghanistan faced New Zealand on 8 March, 2015. In the ODI World Cup both teams played against each other at ‘McLean Park’ in Napier. In 2015 the world cup was in Australia and New Zealand. New Zealand and Afghanistan played against each other for the first time in the ODI world cup 2015. Here we have mentioned the short score card of the match.
| Afghanistan- 186/10 (47.4 overs) | |
| Najibullah Zardan 56 (56) | Daniel Vettori 4/18 (10) |
| Samiullah Shinwari 54 (110) | Trent Boult 3/34 (10) |
| Nawroz Mangal 27 (46) | Corey Anderson 2/38 (6.4) |
| New Zealand- 188/4 (36.1 overs) | |
| Martin Guptil 57 (76) | Shapoor Zadran 1/45 (10) |
| Brendon McCullum 42 (19) | Mohammad Nabi 1/39 (7.1) |
| Kane Williamson 33 (45) | |
New Zealand won this match by 6 wickets and 14.5 overs left
The First Test From Afghanistan National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Timeline
New Zealand is on tour of India to play an upcoming series. Before the series they had a single test match fixture with Afghanistan. The match was expected to start from 9 September of 2024 in Greater Noida . But, the match got abandoned with even a single ball bowled. After that New Zealand will play a test series against India.
Head To Head Afghanistan vs New Zealand
Afghanistan and New Zealand don’t have a long history of matches. They have played a total 6 matches against each other including all three formats. Three encounters in the ODI world cup and two times in the T20i world cup.
ODI
| Afghanistan | Vs | New Zealand |
| 3 | Matches Played | 3 |
| 0 | Won | 3 |
| 3 | Lost | 0 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
T20i
| Afghanistan | Vs | New Zealand |
| 2 | Matches Played | 2 |
| 1 | Won | 1 |
| 1 | Lost | 1 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
Test
| Afghanistan | Vs | New Zealand |
| 1 | Matches Played | 1 |
| 0 | Won | 0 |
| 0 | Lost | 0 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 1 | No Result | 1 |
Conclusion
Afghanistan national cricket team vs New Zealand national cricket team timeline shows the potential in Afghanistan’s cricket team. As a team Afghanistan have played exceptional through the 2024 cricket world cup and qualified for semis. This shows how bright the future of Afghanistan cricket is. However, their first test match was abandoned. But, there will be more opportunities waiting for them in future. And we hope that Afghanistan continue their competitive approach in upcoming games.
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