ICC World Cup 2023: New Zealand (288/6) deliver a 149-run thrashing to Afghanistan (139) in Match 16

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

 

[sindhiboy]

quality knock from will young

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

4 more, young on

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

100 up for team NZ

 

[Swashbuckler]

This is turning out to be a massacre.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

This is turning out to be a massacre.

Two dolly's haunting them

 

[Swashbuckler]

Looks like ravindra is popular here in India. In chennai atleast. Lot of cheers.

Rhymes with Sachin, easy to cheer for Indian crowds.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Two dolly's haunting them

Decision at toss as well.

 

[Ahmed216]

Things have not gone according to plan for Afghans. Drooped shoulders since those dropped catches

 

[BouncerGuy]

After 19 overs, New Zealand have scored 105 runs for the loss of 1 wickets. Building a solid partnership here to set up a big total.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Stumping missed now

 

[Swashbuckler]

Did Afghanistan learn nothing from the last two upsets of this tournament? For a side like theirs, on a good day they can defend even 220 against the best batting side. But they can never handle scorecard pressure, NZ should get 350 from here.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Goneeeeee azmatullah

 

[Swashbuckler]

Too little, too late. To justify their toss decision they should have got 3-4 wickets in first 10.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Praying for a choke by NZ, I want to see a competitive game.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Rachin is gone. Clean bowled by Azmatullah. New Zealand is 2 wickets down now. 109/2

 

[shah_1]

Joel Wilson is the worst umpire of all time

 

[Smbhayi]

That was a great catch.. good delivery too .

 

[Smbhayi]

Joel Wilson is the worst umpire of all time

Why

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Young goneeeeee, is this a collapse?

 

[Smbhayi]

Carried and out.. 2 wickets in that over..

 

[Swashbuckler]

Young goneeeeee, is this a collapse?

Hope so bro. Let's go Afghanistan.

 

[Devadwal]

Three down

 

[Sunzi]

Good take.

Upset no.4 coming up.

Collapse inbound

 

[BouncerGuy]

Will Young is gone. what a stunning catch by Ikram. New Zealand has lost 2 wickets in the same over. 110/3 now.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Good take.

Upset no.4 coming up.

Hope so, ghee shakar in your mouth.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Goneeeeeeeeee

 

[Smbhayi]

Wow that soft dismissal.. collapse is on..

 

[Ahmed216]

Mitchell gone too

 

[Devadwal]

Good take.

Upset no.4 coming up.

Collapse inbound

Only collapsed can turn the match in favour of Afghan side as then can't chase more than 230-40 .

 

[Devadwal]

Four down .it's happening

 

[160KPH]

What a collapse!

First Pakistan, then South Africa, now New Zealand collapsing!

 

[Sunzi]

Good take.

Upset no.4 coming up.

Collapse inbound

Heard it here first.

Give me that ghee shakkar lol @Visaal-E-Yaar

 

[Ahmed216]

Afghans finally grabbing their chances

 

[Ahmed216]

Did Afghanistan learn nothing from the last two upsets of this tournament? For a side like theirs, on a good day they can defend even 220 against the best batting side. But they can never handle scorecard pressure, NZ should get 350 from here.

350 lol was never ON. this is Chennai

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Heard it here first.

Give me that ghee shakkar lol @Visaal-E-Yaar

I love cricket so much lol

 

[emranabbas]

Hope Afghanistan win this

 

[Ahmed216]

Azmat has much better control than Pak seamers

 

[Nado_]

Not sure if a AFG win is better or worse for Pakistan

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Azmat has much better control than Pak seamers

Its very simple, just bowl on off stump.

 

[vprasanna83]

The Chennai wicket is exactly what Satan ordered for a team like Pakistan . It is all about batting and bowling in the middle overs here . The match gets decided there

 

[chinaman00]

Afghan win here will open this World Cup wide open giving Australia a historic chance to sneak through the semi. India’s cup to lose still but Afghanistan very capable of beating New Zealand and Pakistan. A win here for Afghanistan will match Kenya’s upset of the West Indies in the 1996 World Cup or Bangladesh’s trashing of Pakistan in 1999 WC.

 

[vprasanna83]

Looks like another upset loading . Will finish work and head to the stadium to cheer for the Afghans

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Kiwis going in to shell slowly

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Azmatullah
3-0-7-2
Eco 2.33

 

[Sunzi]

NZ getting exposed after a fake dominant win over a poor England.

The real powerhouse Afghan showing their strength again.

 

[Devadwal]

Latham is quality player against spinners .he is now big threat for Afganistan

 

[BouncerGuy]

After the fall of Daryl Mitchell, I can see that New Zealand will be bundled out soon. 120/4 after 25 overs is not very encouraging to see.

 

[Devadwal]

After the fall of Daryl Mitchell, I can see that New Zealand will be bundled out soon. 120/4 after 25 overs is not very encouraging to see.

Nz is looking for anything over 250+

 

[kron]

Looks like another upset loading . Will finish work and head to the stadium to cheer for the Afghans

that is awesome dude. have fun. take some pics if you can.
must be hot there.

 

[kron]

latham is their best player of spin. they should bring a pacer back for him.

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Maiden by nabi

 

[Devadwal]

21 over left and Afghanistan have 15 over of spinners . bring back mujeeb now

 

[Devadwal]

Good partnership is building for NZ.

 

[Ahmed216]

Nabi and mujeeb bowling too quickly

 

[vprasanna83]

that is awesome dude. have fun. take some pics if you can.
must be hot there.

Well as a long term Chennai resident , I can tell you Chennai is not the hottest place in India . Its fun to see Northies complain about Chennai weather , as if they come from Switzerland

 

[Devadwal]

NZ - 142/4 (31)

 

[BouncerGuy]

142/4 after 31 overs for New Zealand. Not good going for them. Need to score quickly here. Afghanistan still has 12 13 overs of spin left and is is not gonna be easy to score against them.

 

[jnaveen1980]

NZ is clearly not shooting for moon and ending up in a collapse. Strategically generally NZ is cut above other SENA teams. Let us see how it pans out. I think it will be hard chasing 250 regardless of whether it is under lights or not

 

[jnaveen1980]

Very low risk cricket by Latham. He is a good player against spin. They have recognized something on the pitch. Otherwise they won't be going like this.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Very slow pitch. You can play without getting out.By the same token shot making is harder

 

[jnaveen1980]

This is possibly the best spin bowling unit i must say suitable for these conditions. As the tournament progresses they will get stronger.

 

[jnaveen1980]

POWER.. Could have been caught. But ball probably was invisible. Hit with brutal power.

 

[kron]

Well as a long term Chennai resident , I can tell you Chennai is not the hottest place in India . Its fun to see Northies complain about Chennai weather , as if they come from Switzerland

what places are hotter? vizag i am told is hot

 

[kron]

latham phillips playing a test match lol

 

[jnaveen1980]

latham phillips playing a test match lol

After watching ENgland they probably don't want a similar collapse. Also Afghans hardly give anything.

 

[kron]

After watching ENgland they probably don't want a similar collapse. Also Afghans hardly give anything.

true. given india is better than all teams at playing spin, wonder if they would struggle vs afghans too. i am worried about afghans tbh. they have had several close games vs us.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Watson is correct. Before chennai games you always have to hydrate yourself. Even a day before in order to get best out of you physical performancewise. Humidity mkes the heat worse than it is.

 

[batandballbattle]

Kiwis settling again, you feel anything over 250 would be difficult to chase on this pitch

 

[jnaveen1980]

true. given india is better than all teams at playing spin, wonder if they would struggle vs afghans too. i am worried about afghans tbh. they have had several close games vs us.

India? India already beat them right? You have to positive feet movement. If someone bats like England (camping on the backfoot) you are in trouble. Root like a scared kitten went on the backfoot to a ball he had to come forward.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Kiwis settling again, you feel anything over 250 would be difficult to chase on this pitch

They already probably have a total on their mind. 2 CSK guys are in their team.

 

[Smbhayi]

Good review though not out..

 

[shah_1]

Afghan fans must be fuming at Joel Wilson

 

[jnaveen1980]

Good decision in the end. But it is a dangerous tactic to frontfoot plonk against Rashid khan

 

[jnaveen1980]

Rashid is getting dangerous.

 

[kron]

India? India already beat them right? You have to positive feet movement. If someone bats like England (camping on the backfoot) you are in trouble. Root like a scared kitten went on the backfoot to a ball he had to come forward.

sorry i meant in turning pitches is what i meant. would india struggle?

 

[deltexas]

Such a stupid decision by afg to bowl. Their strength is defending targets with the spinners. They are not not chasing anything above 230. Nz is well on track for a 270 here. Such a dumb call by afg. And how can you bench noor ahmed ?

 

[kron]

is trott coaching afghans now? intersting.

 

[kron]

rashid khan not happy with the decision. joel is a poor umpire

 

[jnaveen1980]

If i remember right this analysis was done by Bishop before. And also Damien fleming too i think. The release point of Naveen and Bumrah are farther than any other bowlers. Bumrah has higher speed. 135 k from Bumrah will appear quicker than 135k from Cummins or Shaheen.