New Zealand vs Afghanistan, 4th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Commentary
Afghanistan opt to bat
AFG
113
-2
(13.4)
CRR8.27
P'SHIP69(46)
NZ
46%
AFG
54%
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1 0 1 1
NZ
46%
AFG
54%
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13.4
Santner to Gulbadin, 1 run, to sweeper cover
13.3
Santner to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, flighted delivery, Sediq steps out and belts this to long-on
13.2
Santner to Sediqullah Atal, no run, slower throught the air, Sediq slogs and mistimes to long leg
13.1
Santner to Gulbadin, 1 run, full delivery, Gulbadin drives uppishly to long-off as he almost got beaten in flight
Mitchell Santner [2.0-0-13-0] is back into the attack
Over summary (7-13 ov)
* Gulbadin breaks the shackles during a 11-run over from James Neesham
* Sediqullah Atal gets going with a crunched boundary off Santner
* Glenn Phillips concedes 12 in his opening over
* An expensive 13th over from Jimmy Neesham as he conceded 18 runs
* Gulbadin breaks the shackles during a 11-run over from James Neesham
* Sediqullah Atal gets going with a crunched boundary off Santner
* Glenn Phillips concedes 12 in his opening over
* An expensive 13th over from Jimmy Neesham as he conceded 18 runs
13
4 2 1 4 6 1 (18 runs)
AFG 110-2
Gulbadin Naib
40(24)
Sediqullah Atal
27(20)
James Neesham
3-0-33-0
12.6
Neesham to Gulbadin, 1 run, drags this to deep square leg and it's an 18-run over. Great momentum for Afghanistan in the last few overs
12.5
6
Neesham to Gulbadin, SIX, another slot ball. Gulbadin waits and muscles it hard over deep mid-wicket. He is playing a gem here
12.4
4
Neesham to Gulbadin, FOUR, low full toss. Tried the slower ball, fired it down the leg-side, Gulbadin bends and looks to swipe across the line, top edge flies over short fine leg
12.3
Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, short of length delivery, Sediq slaps it square of the wicket
12.2
Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, slower delivery on the leg stump, Sediq flicks through mid-wicket
12.1
4
Neesham to Sediqullah Atal, FOUR, nice hit! Short of length delivery from Neesham, Sediq advances and drives down the ground, hit it through the line and creamed that drive towards the sightscreen
James Neesham [2.0-0-15-0] is back into the attack
8 off that over with minimum risk
AFG to score at least 170: A sensible partnership in the middle and some power-hitters to come. With this base, it will be tough for NZ to keep AFG under 170
12
1 2 1 1 1 2 (8 runs)
AFG 92-2
Gulbadin Naib
29(21)
Sediqullah Atal
20(17)
Lockie Ferguson
2-0-17-2
11.6
Ferguson to Gulbadin, 2 runs, short of length delivery, Gulbadin slaps it straight down the ground and gets two more
11.5
Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, leg-side short of length delivery, Sediq glances to backward square leg. Duffy dives to the right from short fine leg and cuts it off
11.4
Ferguson to Gulbadin, 1 run, oh rushed on the pull shot! Skids on from short of length and troubles Gulbadin on the shot, under edge rolls to short fine leg, who half stops the ball and pushes it to the keeper
Sunny Chodagiri: This is very sensible and mature batting from AFG. They are rotating the strike and scoring a boundary every over. They are rectifying their past mistakes of too many dot balls.
11.3
Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, 1 run, short of length delivery on the off stump, Sediq clips it behind square
11.2
Ferguson to Sediqullah Atal, 2 runs, full and outside off stump, Sediq digs it out towards the vacant mid-wicket region and they scamper back for two
11.1
Ferguson to Gulbadin, 1 run, full and angles it into the RHB, Gulbadin flicks to deep mid-wicket
