New Zealand won the fourth match in a row by defeating Afghanistan
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| New Zealand won the fourth match in a row by defeating Afghanistan |
In the 16th match of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup 2023, New Zealand defeated Afghanistan by 149 runs and won the fourth match in a row.
New Zealand's Glenn Phillips was declared the player of the match for his brilliant batting. Chasing a target of 289 runs, the Afghanistan team collapsed for 139 runs in 34.4 overs, so New Zealand won the match by 149 runs and took the first position on the points table. From Afghanistan, Rahmat Shah 36 and Azmatullah Umar Zai played an innings of 27 runs while no other player could show sufficient performance.
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For New Zealand, Logie Ferguson and Mitchell Santner took 3, 3 wickets while Trent Boult took 2 wickets. In the mega event, New Zealand has defeated England, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, while it has matches against India, Australia, South Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Earlier in Chennai, Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand.
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The Kiwi team scored 288 runs for 6 wickets in the allotted 50 overs and set a target of 289 runs to Afghanistan who upset England in the mega event. Dion Conway 20, Rachin Ravindra 32, Will Young 54, Daryl Mitchell 1, captain Tom Latham 68, Glenn Phillips 71 have been the prominent scores for New Zealand. Kiwi team Mark Chapman and Mitchell Center remained not out for 7 runs, while Afghanistan's Azmat Umarzai and Naveen ul Haq took 2, 2 wickets and Mujeebur Rehman and Mohammad Nabi took 1, 1 wicket. The Afghan team is led by Hashmatullah Shahidi and the New Zealand team is led by Tom Latham.
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Talking after the toss, Heshmatullah Shahidi said that he celebrated after defeating England but now he is ready for this match. On this occasion, Tom Latham said that Will Young has been included in the team to replace the injured Kane Williamson. Both teams have played three matches each in this World Cup so far, New Zealand is unbeaten so far while Afghanistan has won one match.
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