New Zealand vs Afghanistan, 4th Match, Group D, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin, FOUR, oh lucky! Could have been another top edge to Seifert but it clears the keeper. Cutter into the pitch, Gulbadin swung across the line, edge flew over the infield to make it a 15-run over

Jacob Duffy to Darwish Rasooli, 1 run, unsettles him a bit with a shortish ball, Rasooli awkwardly swings it through backward square leg

Jacob Duffy to Darwish Rasooli, 2 runs, Rasooli manages to tuck it to deep mid-wicket

Jacob Duffy to Sediqullah Atal, out Caught by Seifert!! That's the length to be bowling at Chepauk. Into the wicket, pace off and Sediq couldn't handle the slowness with bounce. Hung his bat out way too early to pull as he didn't read the slower ball. Top edge lobbed and keeper went back to take a simple catch. 79-run stand broken. Sediqullah Atal c Seifert b Jacob Duffy 29(24) [4s-2]

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin, 1 run, slower delivery, Gulbadin taps it past point and that's a wonderful fifty. He flexes the biceps and raises both arms to the dugout to acknowledge the applause. He was 18 off 16 balls at one point and then he flicked the switch to smash 32 runs in his next 11 balls

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin, wide, slower delivery wide of off stump, too wide

Jacob Duffy to Gulbadin, SIX, that's slot. That's not the length to be bowling here. Has to be into the wicket. Bowlers just got to use the pitch and it will do the rest. Gulbadin says thank you very much and belts this over long-on

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Gurbaz - back of a length and just outside off, he picks the length early, swivels across and then hammers the pull through wide mid-wicket

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, SIX, cheeky and six, too full and too straight from Duffy - Gurbaz shuffles across, gets inside the line, uses Duffy's pace and helps it on its way with the paddle, sails over long leg for a maximum

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, no run, short of a good length and well wide of off, punched off the back-foot to cover-point

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, wide, Duffy shortens the length and slips one down leg, past Gurbaz's flick and it has been wided

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, no run, back of a length and holding its line outside off - Gurbaz arches back and looks to help it on its way with the upper-cut, beaten on the top-edge

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, no run, Duffy shortens the length outside off - Gurbaz plays away from his body and inside halves the push back towards the bowler

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, no run, short of a good length and angling into the right-hander - Gurbaz backs away on the pull and miscues it to the on-side

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, 1 run, short of a length and bouncing onto his ribs, Gurbaz gets inside the line and tucks it backward of square on the on-side for a single

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, no run, banged in short and angling across the right-hander - Gurbaz swivels across on the pull and misses

Jacob Duffy to Gurbaz, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Gurbaz hops across and defends it to the off-side

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, 1 run, Duffy shortens the length outside off - Ibrahim Zadran gets on top of the bounce and dabs it to the left of short third - a diving stop to prevent the boundary

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, 2 runs, back of a length and at the pads, clipped awkwardly and into the gap past square leg. The fielder is quick on the ball, but they scamper back for the second run

Jacob Duffy to Ibrahim Zadran, no run, short of a good length and at the stumps - Zadran prods across and defends it to the on-side