Welcome to the match report of the 16th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 between Afghanistan and New Zealand. The match was held on Wednesday, 18 October 2023 at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India. Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field first. In the first inning, New Zealand scored 288 runs for 6 wickets in 50 overs. In the second inning, Afghanistan scored 139 runs for 10 wickets in 34.4 overs. New Zealand won the match by a margin of 149 runs.
The player of the match was G. Phillips from New Zealand who scored 71 runs in 80 balls and took 0 wickets while conceding 13 runs in 3.0 overs.
Here is a detailed scorecard of the match:
Inning-1 Batting Details
D Conway scored 20 runs in 18 balls with 3 fours and 0 sixes. W Young scored 54 runs in 64 balls with 4 fours and 3 sixes. R Ravindra scored 32 runs in 41 balls with 2 fours and 1 sixes. D Mitchell scored 1 run in 7 balls with 0 fours and 0 sixes. T Latham scored 68 runs in 74 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. G Phillips scored 71 runs in 80 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes. M Chapman scored 25 runs in 12 balls with 2 fours and 1 sixes. M Santner scored 7 runs in 5 balls with 1 fours and 0 sixes. Players who did not bat: M Henry, L Ferguson, T Boult.
Inning-1 Bowling Details
M Rahman bowled 10.0 overs, conceded 57 runs, and took 1 wicket. F Farooqi bowled 7.0 overs, conceded 39 runs, and took 0 wickets. Naveen-ul-Haq bowled 8.0 overs, conceded 48 runs, and took 2 wickets. M Nabi bowled 8.0 overs, conceded 41 runs, and took 0 wickets. R Khan bowled 10.0 overs, conceded 43 runs, and took 1 wicket. A Omarzai bowled 7.0 overs, conceded 56 runs, and took 2 wickets.
Inning-2 Batting Details
R Gurbaz scored 11 runs in 21 balls with 0 fours and 1 sixes. I Zadran scored 14 runs in 15 balls with 2 fours and 0 sixes. R Shah scored 36 runs in 62 balls with 1 fours and 0 sixes. H Shahidi scored 8 runs in 29 balls with 1 fours and 0 sixes. A Omarzai scored 27 runs in 32 balls with 2 fours and 0 sixes. I Alikhil scored 19 runs in 21 balls with 3 fours and 0 sixes. M Nabi scored 7 runs in 9 balls with 1 fours and 0 sixes. R Khan scored 8 runs in 13 balls with 0 fours and 1 sixes. M Rahman scored 4 runs in 3 balls with 1 fours and 0 sixes. Naveen-ul-Haq scored 0 run in 1 ball. F Farooqi scored 0 run in 2 ball with 0 fours and 0 sixes.
Inning-2 Bowling details
T Boult bowled 7 overs, conceded 18 runs, and took 2 wickets; M Henry bowled 5 overs, conceded 16 runs, and took 1 wickets; M Santner bowled 7.4 overs, conceded 39 runs, and took 3 wickets; L Ferguson bowled 7 overs, conceded 19 runs, and took 3 wickets; G Phillips bowled 3 overs, conceded 13 runs, and took 0 wickets; R Ravindra bowled 5 overs, conceded 34 runs, and took 1 wickets.
