Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Javed Ahmadi	lbw b Boult	1	7	6	0	0	14.28

Usman Ghani	b Vettori	0	3	12	0	0	0.00

Nawroz Mangal	b Vettori	27	46	58	3	0	58.69

Asghar Afghan	c Guptill b Boult	9	18	24	2	0	50.00

Samiullah Shinwari	c Taylor b Anderson	54	110	172	5	1	49.09

Mohammad Nabi (c)	c Taylor b Vettori	6	15	20	0	0	40.00

Afsar Zazai †	lbw b Vettori	0	1	1	0	0	0.00

Najibullah Zadran	c Vettori b Milne	56	56	86	8	2	100.00

Dawlat Zadran	c †Ronchi b Boult	1	5	14	0	0	20.00

Hamid Hassan	c Milne b Anderson	16	21	30	4	0	76.19

Shapoor Zadran	not out	2	4	10	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 5, w 9)	14
Total	47.4 Ov (RR: 3.90, 221 Mins)	186
Fall of wickets 1-5 (Javed Ahmadi, 1.3 ov), 2-6 (Usman Ghani, 2.1 ov), 3-24 (Asghar Afghan, 8.2 ov), 4-49 (Nawroz Mangal, 15.1 ov), 5-59 (Mohammad Nabi, 19.4 ov), 6-59 (Afsar Zazai, 19.5 ov), 7-145 (Najibullah Zadran, 38.3 ov), 8-151 (Dawlat Zadran, 41.1 ov), 9-166 (Samiullah Shinwari, 45.2 ov), 10-186 (Hamid Hassan, 47.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Tim Southee	10	0	43	0	4.30	40	0	0
Trent Boult	10	2	34	3	3.40	45	2	0
1.3 to Javed Ahmadi, given! Was that pitching in line? It swung in and smacked him on the front pad, which was thrust halfway forward and across to play through the on side. They've reviewed it. Hits on the knee-roll, or just above. Nowhere near the inside edge. It's pitching in line, and it's clipping the top of leg stump, so Ahmadi has to go. 5/1 8.2 to Asghar Afghan, gone! Goes after another shortish ball outside off. The shot was on, he was looking for the uppercut, but didn't get the elevation and ended up hitting a comfortable catch to Guptill at the squarer of two gullies. 24/3 41.1 to Dawlat Zadran, taken! It was a fuller ball, bowled from around the wicket, and Dawlat went for a bit of a slog. Only manages an outside edge that gives Ronchi a simple take. 151/8
Daniel Vettori	10	4	18	4	1.80	48	0	0
2.1 to Usman Ghani, bowled him! That's a beauty, full, and it drifts in the air, into the batsman, continues along that angle after pitching, and sneaks into the gap that's opened up between the bat and pad of Ghani, who was playing for the turn. 6/2 15.1 to Nawroz Mangal, bowled him, that's Vettori's 300th! You don't want to cut him unless he's really short and wide. He's neither here, and he made a bit of room, and the ball kept coming in with the angle and knocked back his off stump. 12th bowler in ODIs to reach the landmark, and the first New Zealander. 49/4 19.4 to Mohammad Nabi, that's Vettori's third. Nabi goes on the back foot to punch, it bounces more than he expects, and the ball takes his outside edge, well taken by Taylor at slip, that went quickly to him, to his right. 59/5 19.5 to Afsar Zazai, and he's gone first ball! Quicker ball from Vettori, and it pins Zazai to the crease, tries to bring his bat down in a hurry to defend it, couldn't bring it down quickly enough. Ball goes with the arm and smacks him on the front pad. I'm not sure that was hitting leg stump, but the umpire thought it was. No reviews left for Afghanistan. Hawkeye says clipping, I'm not convinced.. 59/6
Adam Milne	10	0	38	1	3.80	41	4	0
38.3 to Najibullah Zadran, oh, he's found third man and it's Danny down there! Seemed a good shot, and a good plan. Backs away to get some room to help a short ball up and over. Decent enough contact too, but he is unable to clear the man on the boundary. Simple catch. 145/7
Corey Anderson	6.4	0	38	2	5.70	26	3	0
45.2 to Samiullah Shinwari, shortish, not quite short enough to pull. It's too close to his hip and he ends up spooning a simple catch to Taylor at square leg. Gets a standing ovation from the crowd as he walks off.. 166/9 47.4 to Hamid Hassan, Adam Milne, whatacatch! Saw him coming down the track and shortened his length, and Hassan miscued his slog, went in the air to the right of long-on and he took it low, diving to his right, and he was holding his right shoulder when he came up after taking the catch. May have hurt it while he rolled over. 186/10
Grant Elliott	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	0	0

New Zealand (T: 187 runs from 50 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Martin Guptill	run out (Nawroz Mangal/Samiullah Shinwari)	57	76	123	7	0	75.00

Brendon McCullum (c)	b Mohammad Nabi	42	19	31	6	1	221.05

Kane Williamson	c Samiullah Shinwari b Shapoor Zadran	33	45	58	4	0	73.33

Ross Taylor	not out	24	41	76	2	0	58.53
Grant Elliott	run out (Mohammad Nabi)	19	28	32	1	0	67.85

Corey Anderson	not out	7	8	10	1	0	87.50
Extras	(lb 2, w 4)	6
Total	36.1 Ov (RR: 5.19, 167 Mins)	188/4
Did not bat Luke Ronchi †, Daniel Vettori, Adam Milne, Tim Southee, Trent Boult
Fall of wickets 1-53 (Brendon McCullum, 5.5 ov), 2-111 (Kane Williamson, 18.4 ov), 3-143 (Martin Guptill, 26.4 ov), 4-175 (Grant Elliott, 33.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Dawlat Zadran	9	0	51	0	5.66	30	3	0
Shapoor Zadran	10	2	45	1	4.50	35	0	0
18.4 to KS Williamson, picked out midwicket! Shapoor was brought back for this express reason and he has managed to lure a false stroke out. Williamson has been in such good form that he jumps into a pull too soon and miscues it. Minor opening found. Can Afghanistan break through?. 111/2
Hamid Hassan	7	1	36	0	5.14	26	0	0
Mohammad Nabi	7.1	0	39	1	5.44	22	1	0
5.5 to BB McCullum, nope, this is the knockout! It's quicker, it's fuller and McCullum went for another pull. Poor choice of shot as he gets the bottom of the inside edge, deflects it onto his pads and then into the stumps. 53/1
Samiullah Shinwari	3	0	15	0	5.00	8	0	0

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Match Flow

Afghanistan innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 3 wickets)

Over 1.3: Review by Afghanistan (Batting), Umpire - JD Cloete, Batsman - Javed Ahmadi (Struck down)

Over 3.5: Review by New Zealand (Bowling), Umpire - JD Cloete, Batsman - Asghar Stanikzai (Struck down)

Drinks: Afghanistan - 49/4 in 15.1 overs (Samiullah Shenwari 6)

Afghanistan: 50 runs in 15.4 overs (94 balls), Extras 6

Afghanistan: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 7

7th Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (Samiullah Shenwari 22, Najibullah Zadran 27, Ex 1)

Drinks: Afghanistan - 118/6 in 33.0 overs (Samiullah Shenwari 32, Najibullah Zadran 34)

Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 29 runs, 1 wicket)

Najibullah Zadran: 50 off 52 balls (7 x 4, 2 x 6)

Afghanistan: 150 runs in 39.3 overs (237 balls), Extras 11

Samiullah Shenwari: 50 off 105 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)

Innings Break: Afghanistan - 186/10 in 47.4 overs (Shapoor Zadran 2)

New Zealand innings

Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 1 wicket)

New Zealand: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2

1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (MJ Guptill 9, BB McCullum 42, Ex 2)

Drinks: New Zealand - 89/1 in 15.0 overs (MJ Guptill 26, KS Williamson 19)

New Zealand: 100 runs in 16.3 overs (99 balls), Extras 2

2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (MJ Guptill 19, KS Williamson 31, Ex 0)

MJ Guptill: 50 off 69 balls (6 x 4)

New Zealand: 150 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 4

Drinks: New Zealand - 163/3 in 31.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 17, GD Elliott 9)

Powerplay 2: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 9 runs, 0 wicket)

Attendance: 10,022

Match Details

GroundMcLean Park, Napier

TossAfghanistan, elected to bat first

Series

ICC Cricket World Cup

Season2014/15

Player Of The Match

Daniel Vettori

Match numberODI no. 3628

Hours of play (local time)11.00 start, First Session 11.00-14.30 Interval 14.30-15.15, Second Session 15.15-18.45

Match days8 March 2015 - day (50-over match)

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PointsNew Zealand 2, Afghanistan 0

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