🏏ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026: M4: AFG vs NZ at Chennai on 08/02/26🏏 - Page 5

New Zealand is ahead of Afghanistan at the 6th over mark. Can they keep up with the flow?

7 overs

1 1 1 6 4 1 (14 runs)

NZ 66-2

Glenn Phillips

30(18)

Tim Seifert

33(21)

Rashid Khan

1-0-14-0

New Zealand batters have a combined strike-rate of 142.8 against spin in T20Is post T20 WC 2024, only behind India's 157.64 among the full-member (FM) teams, and they have the least dot-ball percentage (28.4%) against spin among FM sides in this period.

NZ 73/2

Rashid Khan to Phillips, out Bowled!! Phillips b Rashid Khan 42(25) [4s-7 6s-1]

Rashid Khan to Phillips, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Rashid strikes!

Nabi to Seifert, SIX, to deep mid-wicket

12.2

F

Nabi to Seifert, SIX, pulled away and hit it flat over square leg. What an outstanding fifty this under. Came under serious pressure when Mujeeb rattled his side with that early double-srtike. He's played a lot of these global leagues in the sub-continent and the CPL as well.

Now, it is NZ's game!

Over Summary (7-13 ov)

* Rashid Khan concedes 14 runs in his first over

* Another expensive over as Omazai concedes 12 runs in the 9th over

* Rashid has his revenge, Phillips OUT for a 25-ball 42

* Mark Chapman gets going with a cracking boundary

* A tough chance, but Seifert gets repr\ieved by Rashid on 48

* Tim Seifert completes a fine half-century, his 14th in T20Is

* Nabi concedes 6, 6 and 4 before dismissing Seifert; OUT for a 42-ball 65

New Zealand need 47 runs in 36 balls

NZ

136-4

(14)

CRR9.71

TAR183

REQ7.83

New Zealand need 28 runs in 26 balls

NZ

155-5

(15.4)

CRR9.89

TAR183

REQ6.46

Azmatullah to Chapman, out Caught by Rashid Khan!! Chips it straight to cover but he's done a great job already. Chapman c Rashid Khan b Azmatullah 28(17) [4s-2 6s-1]

Azmatullah to Chapman, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

New Zealand need 13 runs in 18 balls

NZ

170-5

(17)

CRR10

TAR183

REQ4.33

This is New Zealand's game to lose.