Just when we thought that both Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor will get their half-centuries, the latter got BOWLED by Aftab Alam. Taylor missed out his half-century by a couple of runs. Kane Williamson is still playing on 51.
New Zealand looks in total control of the game after losing a couple of early wickets in the game. Kane Williamson is currently on the score of 33 and Taylor is on 26.
Hasan is here and he starts with a dot ball and then a single. No run again. Two runs from the next ball. A single and then a dot ball. Three runs from six balls.
Naib is here to bowl his fourth over. A couple of dot balls to begin with. A loose ball from the bowler and Taylor sends it for a FOUR to the third man. No run from the next ball. A dot ball to follow. No run to end the over.
Aftab is back to business and he begins with a couple of runs on the first two balls. Ross Taylor slaps it away to fine leg for a FOUR. 50 comes up for the Kiwis. Three dots to end the over. 50 up for NZ
Gulbadin is here to bowl. One run to start off with and then a FOUR by Williamson as he goes square of the wicket. No runs on the last three balls of the over.
Aftab back to business. No run and then a single. Dot followed. Finally, the bowler breaks the partnership between Colin Munro and Kane Williamson as he gets the wicket of the former. Munro takes an aerial route and Hamid at third man makes no mistake. Munro OUT on 22. Ross Taylor comes to bat.
Hassan back to bowl and he starts off with a single. FOUR by Williamson to the fine leg as it files over the bails. WIDE from the following ball. A couple of dot balls follow.
Hassan back to bowl and he starts off with a single. FOUR by Williamson to the fine leg as it files over the bails. WIDE from the following ball. A couple of dot balls follow.
Hassan back to bowling duties. Concedes no runs in the first two balls. Single to the third man. One run from the next ball. Munro finds the gap and places it for a FOUR. No run to end the over.
Aftab is here to bowl. Starts off with a WIDE. A dot ball follows. FOUR straight down the line to the long-off. A single from the next ball. No run from the fourth ball. Six runs from the over.
Hassan is here to bowl and starts off conceding a single from the first ball and then a dot ball. Bowls a WIDE. No run on the next two balls. A single comes from the next ball. No run to end the over.
Team New Zealand will take on Afghanistan today at the County Ground in Taunton. On one hand, where New Zealand, who occupies the number one spot at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 points table would want to keep up their winning momentum, Team Afghanistan would want to win their first game. Both teams have had quite a contrasting fortune in the tournament so far. The Black Caps have won both their games, whereas, Afghanistan is yet to win a game in CWC 2019. Afghanistan vs New Zealand Cricket Score 13th ODI Match.
Ahead of the game, Ross Taylor said, “I think against Afghanistan, they have a lot of spins there, so something to factor in. But two from two, that was what we wanted to do and we were able to do it." The team did not rule out the fact that Afghanistan is quite a dangerous side. Team New Zeland won their first game against Sri Lanka by 10 wickets but had to toil very hard for a victory against Bangladesh. Afghanistan vs New Zealand, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Match Preview: On-Song NZ Look for Hat-Trick of Wins Against AFG.
The onus of Team Afghanistan will be on the players like Mohammad Nabi who registered a staggering figure of 4-30 against the Sri Lankans. The team would also want their senior medium pacer, Mirwais Ashraf, to fire. The team would also want the batsmen to do well in the game to register their first win in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
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