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NZ vs AFG Highlights, World Cup 2023: Kiwis hammer Afghans by 149 runs

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, New Zealand vs Afghanistan Highlights: Glenn Phillips and Tom Latham with the bat while Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson with the ball helped Kiwis hammer Afghans

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Catch the updates and Live Score from the New Zealand vs Afghanistan match at the ICC World Cup 2023 here. Tom Latham scored 68 to guide his team to 288/6. Photo: X

2 min read Last Updated : Oct 18 2023 | 9:35 PM IST

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9:29 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Phillips is player of the match

 
Glenn Phillips, for his brilliant innings of 71 has been named Player of the Match. 
 

9:28 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Match summary

 
In today's match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, New Zealand hammered Afghanistan by 149 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to collect their fourth win in a row. They moved to the top of the points table. Skipper Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71) with the bat and Mitchell Santner (3/39) and Lockie Ferguson (3/19) with the ball were the heroes for the Blackcaps. For Afghanistan, no batter looked in good touch and Rahamat Shah top-scored with 36 off 62 balls. 
 
Earlier, the Kiwis utilized the chances that they had as Phillips Latham took them to 288/6 against Afghanistan. They were helped by Will Young (54), Rachin Ravindra (32), and Mark Chapman (25*). For the Afghans, Azamatullah Omarzai and Naveen-Ul-Haq took two wickets each. 
 
Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bowl first against high-flying New Zealand. The Kiwi side made a forced change as Will Young replaced injured Kane Williamson. Afghanistan played the same 11 that faced England in Delhi.
 
Enjoy New Zealand batting as we say good bye to this match
 

9:26 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: New Zealand win by 149 runs

 
Mitchell Santner will have the third wicket to his name as the last Afghanistan batter Fazalhaq Farooqi has edged one to the wicket-keeper and Ikram Ali Khil at the other end will have no more support. Afghans in a contrasting manner after their win against England, have been all-out for 139 here and they lost the match by a massive 149 runs. 
 

8:53 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Afghanistan nine down

 
The wheels have come off for the Afghans as they are now nine down and Naveen tried to play the reverse sweep here. 
 

8:51 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Trent Boult gets Azmatullah

 
Over Summary- 0 2 1 W 0 2; AFG 99-4 after 26 overs
 
Ikram Alikhil (2), Azmatullah Omarzai (27); Trent Boult 6-1-17-2
 
Trent Boult gets another one as Azmatullah tries to pull but gets caught behind the wicket. 
 

8:49 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Watch brilliant sixes from Glenn Phillips

 
Over Summary- 2 1 1 4 0 4; AFG 94-3 after 25 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (29), Azmatullah Omarzai (27); Rachin Ravindra 3-0-20-0
 

8:22 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Watch Matt Henry castle Gurbaz

 
Over Summary- 0 1 0 1 1 0; AFG 82-3 after 24 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (28), Azmatullah Omarzai (16); Glenn Phillips 3-0-13-0
 

8:20 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Watch Trent Boult get his first wicket

 
Over Summary- 2 1 1 0 0 1; AFG 79-3 after 23 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (27), Azmatullah Omarzai (14); Rachin Ravindra 2-0-8-0
 

8:18 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Phillips taking his bowling seriously

 
Over Summary- 1 0 0 0 1 1; AFG 74-3 after 22 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (26), Azmatullah Omarzai (10); Glenn Phillips 2-0-10-0
 
Afghanistan looking to build another partnership. 
 

8:15 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Ravindra into the attack

 
Over Summary- 1 1 0 0 0 1; AFG 71-3 after 21 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (25), Azmatullah Omarzai (8); Rachin Ravindra 1-0-3-0
 
Rachin Ravindra comes up from the other end. 

Flying Mitchell Santner in action 
 

7:52 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Phillips introduced

 
Over Summary- 0 2 Wd 1 1 1 1; AFG 69-3 after 20 overs
 
 
Rahmat Shah (24), Azmatullah Omarzai (6); Glenn Phillips 1-0-7-0
 
 
Glenn Phillips has come to bowl here 
 

7:50 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Easy going for Blackcaps

 
Over Summary- 0 0 0 1 0 1; AFG 61-3 after 19 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (20), Azmatullah Omarzai (4); Mitchell Santner 5-0-25-0
 
The Blackcaps are going easy as they have spin operating without any threat. 
 

7:48 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Run rate going up

 
Over Summary- Wd 0 0 0 1 0 1; AFG 59-3 after 18 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (19), Azmatullah Omarzai (3); Lockie Ferguson 4-0-8-1
 
Another quiet over for the Afghanistan side and the required run rate keeps on increasing. 
 

7:46 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: Welcome boundary

 
Over Summary- 1 0 0 4 0 1; AFG 56-3 after 17 overs
 
Rahmat Shah (18), Azmatullah Omarzai (2); Mitchell Santner 4-0-23-0
 
Rahmat Shaha has got a boundary here and that would make things a bit normal for Afghanistan who are reeling under pressure. 
 

7:44 PM

Cricket World Cup, NZ vs AFG LIVE SCORE: 50 up for Afghanistan

 
Over Summary- 0 0 0 0 2 0; AFG 50-3 after 16 overs
 
 
Rahmat Shah (13), Azmatullah Omarzai (1); Lockie Ferguson 3-0-5-1
 
 
Fifty has come up for the Afghanistan team
 

In today's match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, New Zealand hammered Afghanistan by 149 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai to collect their fourth win in a row. They moved to the top of the points table. Skipper Tom Latham (68) and Glenn Phillips (71) with the bat and Mitchell Santner (3/39) and Lockie Ferguson (3/19) with the ball were the heroes for the Blackcaps. For Afghanistan, no batter looked in good touch and Rahamat Shah top-scored with 36 off 62 balls.

Also read: Cricket World Cup 2023 IND vs BAN Playing 11, live match time, streaming

Earlier, the Kiwis utilized the chances that they had as Phillips Latham took them to 288/6 against Afghanistan. They were helped by Will Young (54), Rachin Ravindra (32), and Mark Chapman (25*). For the Afghans, Azamatullah Omarzai and Naveen-Ul-Haq took two wickets each. 

Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bowl first against high-flying New Zealand. The Kiwi side made a forced change as Will Young replaced injured Kane Williamson. Afghanistan played the same 11 that faced England in Delhi.

Cricket World Cup 2023: New Zealand vs Afghanistan Playing 11

New Zealand Playing 11: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(c/w), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult

Afghanistan Playing 11:  Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil(w), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

Check ICC Cricket World Cup latest news updates here

New Zealand vs Afghanistan TOSS: Afghanistan skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and decided to bowl first.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 LIVE telecast New Zealand vs Afghanistan

Star Sports will live broadcast New Zealand vs Afghanistan World Cup on their Star Sports 1 HD/SD, Star Sports 2 HD/SD and Star Sports Hindi 1 HD/SD.

Check ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 full schedule here

ICC ODI World Cup 2023 LIVE streaming NZ vs AFG

Fans can watch the live stream of New Zealand vs Afghanistan Cricket World Cup match at Disney+Hotstar.

Stay tuned for NZ vs AFG Highlights

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First Published: Oct 18 2023 | 12:07 PM IST

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