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Pakistan189/4
Scotland117/6
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T20 Cricket World Cup
New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
New Zealand vs Afghanistan Scorecard, T20 World Cup 2021
Top performers
The Statz MVP, the top bat and the top bowl
Updated 7 November 2021
Afghanistan batting
1st innings, run rate 6.20
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Hazratullah Zazaic Mitchell Santner b Trent Boult |
2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
 Mohammad Shahzad (wk)c Devon Conway b Adam Milne |
4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
 Rahmanullah Gurbazlbw b Tim Southee |
6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
 Gulbadin Naibb Ish Sodhi |
15 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
 Najibullah Zadranc James Neesham b Trent Boult |
73 | 48 | 6 | 3 | 152.1 |
 Mohammad Nabi (c)c & b Tim Southee |
14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 |
 Karim Janatc Ish Sodhi b Trent Boult |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
 Rashid Khanc Kane Williamson b James Neesham |
3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
 Mujeeb Ur Rahmannot out |
0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | 5 (b 1, lb 1, w 3) | ||||
| Total | 124/8 (20 ov) | ||||
1-8 Mohammad Shahzad 2.2 ov, 2-12 Hazratullah Zazai 3.1 ov, 3-19 Rahmanullah Gurbaz 5.1 ov, 4-56 Gulbadin Naib 9.6 ov, 5-115 Mohammad Nabi 17.6 ov, 6-119 Najibullah Zadran 18.2 ov, 7-121 Karim Janat 18.4 ov, 8-124 Rashid Khan 19.6 ov
Did not batNew Zealand bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
  Tim Southee1 wd |
4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 6.00 |
 Trent Boult |
4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 4.25 |
 Adam Milne |
4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 4.25 |
 James Neesham |
4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6.00 |
 Mitchell Santner1 wd |
2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 13.50 |
 Ish Sodhi1 wd |
2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 6.50 |
New Zealand batting
2nd innings, run rate 6.88
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Martin Guptillb Rashid Khan |
28 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 121.7 |
 Daryl Mitchellc Mohammad Shahzad b Mujeeb Ur Rahman |
17 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 141.7 |
 Kane Williamson (c)not out |
40* | 42 | 3 | 0 | 95.2 |
 Devon Conway (wk)not out |
36* | 32 | 4 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Extras | 4 (lb 2, w 2) | ||||
| Total | 125/2 (18.1 ov) | ||||
1-26 Daryl Mitchell 3.1 ov, 2-57 Martin Guptill 8.5 ov
Did not batAdam Milne, Glenn Phillips, Ish Sodhi, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Afghanistan bowling
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Nabi |
4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman1 wd |
4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 |
 Naveen ul Haq |
2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 |
 Hamid Hassan |
3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 |
| Rashid Khan1 wd |
4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 6.75 |
| Gulbadin Naib |
1.1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7.71 |
Match details
- Toss
- Afghanistan, bat
- Start
- Sun 7 Nov, 10:00 UK
- Competition
- T20 World Cup 2021
New Zealand vs Afghanistan Questions
When is New Zealand vs Afghanistan?
New Zealand vs Afghanistan starts at 10:00 UK time (15:30 in India) on Sunday 7 November 2021, at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, part of T20 World Cup 2021; this page has the form, the head to head, the ground and the projections for the match.
What is the New Zealand vs Afghanistan head to head?
New Zealand lead the New Zealand vs Afghanistan head to head at 2-1 from 4 T20 meetings, with 1 no result, and the latest, on 8 February 2026 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, was won by New Zealand.
What is New Zealand's recent form?
New Zealand have won 2 and lost 3 of their last 5 T20 matches, newest first W W L L L; most recently they beat India on 01 Nov, 195/3 to 191/8.
What is Afghanistan's recent form?
Afghanistan have won 4 and lost 1 of their last 5 T20 matches, newest first W W W L W; most recently they beat Zimbabwe on 01 Nov, 81/3 to 79.
What is a good score at Sheikh Zayed Stadium?
A good first-innings score at Sheikh Zayed Stadium is around 167, the average over its last 30 T20 matches, and the side batting first has won 50% of them, so neither batting first nor chasing has had the edge there.