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

Azmatullah to Mitchell, 1 run, full toss and a neat flick to long-on to finish a bossy 5-wicket win

Azmatullah to Mitchell, SIX, full toss, Mitchell loses shape on the slog but still gets enough power behind the shot to clear the deep mid-wicket fence. Scores level. They are checking for waist height on this full toss but it's well under the mark

Azmatullah to Santner, 1 run, full delivery, Santner taps it to cover, sets off for a quick single. Rashid has a shy and hits Santner's bat with the throw as he was taking the run

Azmatullah to Santner, FOUR, steered past backward point. It's ending quickly now. Short of a length delivery outside off stump, Santner hangs back, opens the bat face and guides behind point for another boundary

Azmatullah to Mitchell, 1 run, short of length delivery, Mitchell clips it to square leg

Azmatullah to Santner, no run, Santner plays and misses again! Smiles back at the keeper as he can't believe it himself. Short of a length delivery angling in, Santner pokes at it and doesn't make contact. Maybe wanted to run it down to third man

Azmatullah to Santner, no run, soft appeal for caught behind! Short of a length delivery moving away, Santner gets opened up and pokes at it, misses

Azmatullah to Chapman, out Caught by Rashid Khan!! Chips it straight to cover but he's done a great job already. Length delivery on the stumps, Chapman backed away to loft inside out but mistimed it to the Afghan captain who doesn't celebrate much because of the state of the game. Had Chapman struggled against Rashid, New Zealand would have been under serious pressure but he played him so well and even attacked Mujeeb to completely dent Afghanistan's hopes. Chapman c Rashid Khan b Azmatullah 28(17) [4s-2 6s-1]

Azmatullah to Mitchell, 1 run, full and on the stumps, Mitchell flicks to square leg

Azmatullah to Chapman, 1 run, drilled down to long-on

Azmatullah to Chapman, no run, free-hit ball but he's missed it. Slower delivery just outside off stump, Chapman looks to slash and misses

Azmatullah to Mitchell, no ball, 1 run, oh dear that's a high full toss. They are checking if it was above the waist height. That's definitely over the waist. Mitchell was surprised and fended it for a single. Square leg ump asked to check this for height and ball tracker was convincing enough

Azmatullah to Seifert, 1 run, short of a good length and at the stumps - tucked through mid-wicket for a single, 12 off the over

Azmatullah to Phillips, 1 run, fuller length delivery on the pads, clipped through mid-wicket for a single

Azmatullah to Phillips, FOUR, top-edge and four, banged in short and GP takes on the pull, he's rushed onto the shot though and the big top-edge lobs over fine leg, who was inside the ring

Azmatullah to Phillips, FOUR, slapped, short and wide of off - GP is on his toes as he slashes the cut over backward point, didn't bother to keep it down, one bounce and over the ropes

Azmatullah to Seifert, 1 run, length ball on the pads, clipped past square leg for a single

Azmatullah to Phillips, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - punched off the back-foot to deep cover for a single

Azmatullah to Phillips, no run, fuller length delivery on off, GP prods forward and gets a thick inside edge on the drive to mid-on

Azmatullah to Phillips, FOUR, cracking shot, back of a length and angling into the right-hander - GP stands tall, gets inside the line asnd then pulls it backward of square on the on-side for a boundary

Azmatullah to Phillips, wide, shout for a caught behind, but it's given as a wide - Omarzai pushes it down leg and past the right-hander's flick

Azmatullah to Seifert, 1 run, tad fuller and at the stumps - Seifert brings the bottom-hand into play on the drive wide of mid-on

Azmatullah to Seifert, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Seifert stands tall and punches it to mid-off

Azmatullah to Seifert, wide, full and well down leg-side, past Seifert's flick and it's called as a wide

Azmatullah to Seifert, FOUR, cracking shot, short of a good length and around off - Seifert swivels across, picks the length early and then pulls it in front of square on the on-side, beating the desperate slide from the man in the deep

Azmatullah to Seifert, no run, fuller length delivery on off, driven straight to the fielder at mid-off