New Zealand v Afghanistan, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 4th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, 2026

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 4th Match, Group D: New Zealand v Afghanistan at Chennai, February 08, 2026

New Zealand

183/5 (17.5)

Afghanistan

AFG

182/6 (20)

Finished

NZ won by 5 wickets

Afghanistan InningAFG Inning182/6 (20 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz(WK)	b L Ferguson	27	22	2	1	122.73
b L Ferguson
Ibrahim Zadran	c G Phillips b L Ferguson	10	12	1	0	83.33
c G Phillips b L Ferguson
Gulbadin Naib	c TL Seifert b R Ravindra	63	35	3	4	180.00
c TL Seifert b R Ravindra
Sediqullah Atal	c TL Seifert b JA Duffy	29	24	2	0	120.83
c TL Seifert b JA Duffy
Darwish Rasooli	c G Phillips b M Henry	20	13	1	1	153.85
c G Phillips b M Henry
Azmatullah Omarzai	runout (L Ferguson / J Neesham)	14	7	0	2	200.00
runout (L Ferguson / J Neesham)
Mohammad Nabi	Not out	10	7	0	1	142.86
Not out
Extra	9 (b 0, w 6, nb 0, lb 3)
Total	182/6 (20)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Matt Henry	4	27	1	6.75
Jacob Duffy	3	30	1	10.00
Lockie Ferguson	4	40	2	10.00
Jimmy Neesham	3	33	0	11.00
Mitchell Santner	4	23	0	5.75
Glenn Phillips	1	12	0	12.00
Rachin Ravindra	1	14	1	14.00

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (I Zadran - 5.1 ov), 2-44 (R Gurbaz - 5.6 ov), 3-123 (S Atal - 14.3 ov), 4-156 (G Naib - 17.2 ov), 5-164 (D Rasooli - 18.1 ov), 6-182 (A Omarzai - 19.6 ov)

New Zealand InningNZ Inning183/5 (17.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Tim Seifert(WK)	c A Omarzai b M Nabi	65	42	7	3	154.76
c A Omarzai b M Nabi
Finn Allen	b MU Rahman	1	2	0	0	50.00
b MU Rahman
Rachin Ravindra	b MU Rahman	0	1	0	0	0.00
b MU Rahman
Glenn Phillips	b R Khan	42	25	7	1	168.00
b R Khan
Mark Chapman	c R Khan b A Omarzai	28	17	2	1	164.71
c R Khan b A Omarzai
Daryl Mitchell	Not out	25	14	1	1	178.57
Not out
Mitchell Santner(C)	Not out	17	8	2	1	212.50
Not out
Extra	5 (b 0, w 3, nb 2, lb 0)
Total	183/5 (17.5)

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Fazalhaq Farooqi	2	25	0	12.50
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	31	2	7.75
Azmatullah Omarzai	3.5	40	1	10.43
Rashid Khan	4	36	1	9.00
Ziaur Rahman Sharifi	3	33	0	11.00
Mohammad Nabi	1	18	1	18.00

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (F Allen - 1.3 ov), 2-14 (R Ravindra - 1.4 ov), 3-88 (G Phillips - 9.2 ov), 4-124 (TL Seifert - 12.5 ov), 5-155 (M Chapman - 15.4 ov)

Man of the Match

Tim Seifert

Date

2026-02-08 11:00 AM

Venue

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee