New Zealand Vs Afghanistan 31St Match Pool A
ICC Cricket World Cup in Australia/New Zealand - 2015 (2014/15) · McLean Park, Napier · 8 March 2015
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 83 balls remaining)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 83 balls remaining). Martin Guptill top-scored with 57 for New Zealand. Daniel Vettori took 4/18.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- McLean Park, Napier
- Date
- 8 March 2015
- Toss
- Afghanistan, chose to bat
- Result
- New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 83 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Daniel Vettori
- Captains
- Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand)
- Umpires
- JD Cloete and M Erasmus
- Match referee
- DC Boon
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Afghanistan won the toss and chose to bat.
Afghanistan batted first and made 186 all out. Najibullah Zadran top-scored with 56 off 56 balls, and Samiullah Shinwari made 54. Daniel Vettori took 4 for 18 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 86-run stand for the seventh wicket between Samiullah Shinwari and Najibullah Zadran, 46% of the total. That was well below the 2010s average first-innings total at McLean Park, 269 across 13 ODIs.
Chasing 187, New Zealand made 188 for 4. Martin Guptill top-scored with 57 off 76 balls, and Brendon McCullum made 42.
New Zealand won by 6 wickets (with 83 balls remaining).
AFGHANISTAN: 186 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Javed Ahmadi | lbw b Trent Boult | 1 | 7 |
| Usman Ghani | b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 3 |
| Nawroz Mangal | b Daniel Vettori | 27 | 46 |
| Asghar Afghan | c Martin Guptill b Trent Boult | 9 | 18 |
| Samiullah Shinwari | c Ross Taylor b Corey Anderson | 54 | 110 |
| Mohammad Nabi | c Ross Taylor b Daniel Vettori | 6 | 15 |
| Afsar Zazai | lbw b Daniel Vettori | 0 | 1 |
| Najibullah Zadran | c Daniel Vettori b Adam Milne | 56 | 56 |
| Dawlat Zadran | c Luke Ronchi b Trent Boult | 1 | 5 |
| Hamid Hassan | c Adam Milne b Corey Anderson | 16 | 21 |
| Shapoor Zadran | not out | 2 | 4 |
Extras 14 · Total 186 all out
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Southee | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Trent Boult | 10 | 2 | 34 | 3 |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
| Adam Milne | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| Corey Anderson | 6.4 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| Grant Elliott | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-5 (Javed Ahmadi, 1.3 ov), 2-6 (Usman Ghani, 2.1 ov), 3-24 (Asghar Afghan, 8.2 ov), 4-49 (Nawroz Mangal, 15.1 ov), 5-59 (Mohammad Nabi, 19.4 ov), 6-59 (Afsar Zazai, 19.5 ov), 7-145 (Najibullah Zadran, 38.3 ov), 8-151 (Dawlat Zadran, 41.1 ov), 9-166 (Samiullah Shinwari, 45.2 ov), 10-186 (Hamid Hassan, 47.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Javed Ahmadi (1) and Usman Ghani (0) | 5 | 9 |
| second | Nawroz Mangal (0) and Usman Ghani (0) | 1 | 4 |
| third | Nawroz Mangal (9) and Asghar Afghan (9) | 18 | 37 |
| fourth | Nawroz Mangal (18) and Samiullah Shinwari (6) | 25 | 41 |
| fifth | Mohammad Nabi (6) and Samiullah Shinwari (4) | 10 | 27 |
| sixth | Samiullah Shinwari (0) and Afsar Zazai (0) | 0 | 1 |
| seventh | Samiullah Shinwari (25) and Najibullah Zadran (56) | 86 | 112 |
| eighth | Samiullah Shinwari (4) and Dawlat Zadran (1) | 6 | 16 |
| ninth | Hamid Hassan (0) and Samiullah Shinwari (15) | 15 | 25 |
| tenth | Hamid Hassan (16) and Shapoor Zadran (2) | 20 | 14 |
NEW ZEALAND: 188 FOR 4
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon McCullum | b Mohammad Nabi | 42 | 19 |
| Martin Guptill | run out (Nawroz Mangal, Samiullah Shinwari) | 57 | 76 |
| Kane Williamson | c Samiullah Shinwari b Shapoor Zadran | 33 | 45 |
| Ross Taylor | not out | 24 | 41 |
| Grant Elliott | run out (Mohammad Nabi) | 19 | 28 |
| Corey Anderson | not out | 7 | 8 |
Did not bat: Luke Ronchi, Daniel Vettori, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Extras 6 · Total 188 for 4
| Bowler (Afghanistan) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dawlat Zadran | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Shapoor Zadran | 10 | 2 | 45 | 1 |
| Hamid Hassan | 7 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 7.1 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Samiullah Shinwari | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-53 (Brendon McCullum, 5.5 ov), 2-111 (Kane Williamson, 18.4 ov), 3-143 (Martin Guptill, 26.4 ov), 4-175 (Grant Elliott, 33.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Brendon McCullum (42) and Martin Guptill (9) | 53 | 35 |
| second | Martin Guptill (24) and Kane Williamson (33) | 58 | 77 |
| third | Ross Taylor (7) and Martin Guptill (24) | 32 | 47 |
| fourth | Grant Elliott (19) and Ross Taylor (12) | 32 | 42 |
| fifth | Ross Taylor (5) and Corey Anderson (7) | 13 | 14 |
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