NZ vs AFG T20WC 2024: New Zealand and Afghanistan will lock horns in the ongoing ICC World Cup at Providence Stadium in Guyana. The NZ vs AFG match 14 is scheduled on Saturday 8 Jun starting at 5 am.
The Black Caps are among the last teams to start their T20 World Cup late. The Kiwis will kick off their T20 World Cup 2024 season’s first match against Afghanistan in Guyana. In the last edition of the T20 World Cup 2022, New Zealand lost the semi-final match against Pakistan. To lift their first-ever T20 World Cup, New Zealand will tackle Afghanistan.
Speaking of which Afghanistan won clinically against Uganda in the season-opening match. Afghanistan gave a healthy target of 184 for 5 wickets fall. The Uganda team failed to chase, all out in 58 runs and Afghanistan won by 125 runs at Providence Stadium.
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Have a look at NZ vs AFG head-to-head records ahead of the T20 World Cup match 14 at Guyana National Stadium in Guyana.
New Zealand vs Afghanistan T20 World Cup Head to Head Records
New Zealand and Afghanistan only faced each other in one T20 World Cup game. In the 2021 World Cup, New Zealand beat Afghanistan and won by 8 wickets with 11 balls remaining. The NZ vs AFG match was held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Let’s check the overall New Zealand and Afghanistan T20 World Cup head to head records
Matches | NZ Won | AFG Won | Tie | NR |
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1 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
Stats | For NZ vs AFG |
Wins Batting 1st | 0 |
Wins Chasing | 1 |
Highest Total | 125/2 |
Lowest Total | 124/8 |
Highest Successful Chase | 125/2 |
Lowest Total Defended | – |
Most Runs | Najibullah Zadran (73) |
Highest scorer | Najibullah Zadran (73) |
Most Fours | Najibullah Zadran (6 fours) |
Most Fifties | Najibullah Zadran (1 fifty) |
Most Hundreds | – |
Most wickets | Trent Boult (3 wickets) |
Best Bowling | Trent Boult (3/17) |
New Zealand vs Afghanistan T20 Head-to-Head Records
Both New Zealand and Afghanistan played only one game during the T20 World Cup in 2021 in Dubai.
The table shows overall NZ vs AFG overall T20 head-to-head records-
Matches | NZ Won | AFG Won | Tie | NR |
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1 | 1 | 0 | – | – |
Providence Stadium T20 World Cup Stats and Records
In the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Providence Cricket Stadium is going to host 6 matches including the 2nd Semi-Finalist T20 World Cup Match. To this date, a total of three matches have been played at Guyana National Stadium in the ongoing ICC World Cup Tournament. PNG vs UGA was the last match scheduled at the Providence Stadium.
Providence Stadium is all set to hold the next T20WC 2024 fixture between New Zealand and Afghanistan. Check out all the Guyana National Stadium T20I records ahead of NZ vs AFG, match 14 in the ICC World Cup tournament
Providence Stadium T20 World Cup Stats and Records | |||
Total T20I Matches | 16 | ||
First Match | 30/04/2010 | ||
Last Match | 06/06/2024 | ||
Batting 1st Won | 4 | ||
Batting 2nd Won | 9 | ||
Matches Tied | 0 | ||
Matches N/R | 3 | ||
Highest Team Inn | 191/5 by ENG vs WI in 2010 | ||
Lowest Team Inn | 58 by UGA vs AFG in 2024 | ||
Average Score | 128 |
Providence Stadium Pitch Report Ahead of NZ vs AFG
The Providence pitch is known for its balanced nature but in previous T20 fixtures, slow pitch struggled the batters. So far no high-scoring matches have been recorded which shows pitch favors bowlers more than batters. Due to the slow pitch conditions eventually, spinners get all the benefits from the pitch.
Afghanistan batters bagged a 180-plus score in their last T20 game at this pitch. For the following game of NZ vs AFG, fans are hoping for a high-scoring game in Guyana.
NZ vs AFG X Factor
New Zealand X Factor
Skipper Kane Williamson will lead the squad in the ICC T20 World Cup tournament. The New Zealand squad possesses many T20 star players like Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, and Daryl Mitchell. All these players are in great form after returning from IPL T20 League. Speaking of bowlers, medium pacer Trent Boult is the leading wicket-taker of Rajasthan Royals scalped 16 wickets in the 2024 IPL. Lockie Ferguson is also in good shape and can be an x-factor against Afghanistan.
Afghanistan X Factor
Opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran were stunning in the season-opening match against Uganda. Where Gurbaz bagged 76 runs in 45 balls with a 168.89 strike rate. Zadran gave full support and amassed 70 in 46 balls. However, pacer Fazalhaq Farooqi was the showstopper scalping 5 wickets and giving only 9 runs. Naveen-ul-Haq and skipper Rashid Khan also took 2-2 wickets respectively.