New Zealand vs Afghanistan WCT20 2022
21st T20I:
Twenty-first match of a tournament, (Sixth match of Group 1 and Ninth encounter of Super 12) WT20 2022 between New Zealand and Afghanistan is going to be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont, Melbourne on October 26th 2022.
New Zealand vs Afghanistan History:
Overall:
Matches:
The teams met with each other 1 time. New Zealand won the engagement.
The most consecutive winning streak for New Zealand against Afghanistan was 1 T20I in 2021.
The longest unbeaten streak for New Zealand against Afghanistan was 1 T20I in 2021.
The most consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against New Zealand was 0 T20I, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Afghanistan against New Zealand was 0 T20I, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand against Afghanistan are W – – – -.
World Cup History:
Matches:
The teams met with each other 1 time. New Zealand won the engagement.
The most consecutive winning streak for New Zealand against Afghanistan was 1 T20I in 2021.
The longest unbeaten streak for New Zealand against Afghanistan was 1 T20I in 2021.
The most consecutive winning streak for Afghanistan against New Zealand was 0 T20I, till date.
The longest unbeaten streak for Afghanistan against New Zealand was 0 T20I, till date.
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand against Afghanistan are W – – – -.
Points and Rankings:
The match is the comparison between the fifth rank (New Zealand (254)) and tenth rank (Afghanistan (219)) team. New Zealand is 35 points ahead of Afghanistan.
New Zealand:
The team completed 176 games in the format. Out of them, the team won 93 times including a couple (2) of wins in a tied game and lost 79 times including 6 defeats in a tied game. 4 outings were called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand are WLWWW.
The team played 38 T20I. The team won 21 times and lost 17 times including a couple (2) defeats in a tied encounter.
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand in WT20 are WLWWW.
Afghanistan:
The team played 105 T20Is. Out of them, the team won 68 times and lost 37 times including a (1) defeat in a tied game.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan are LLLLW.
The team played 20 T20I. The team won 7 times and lost 13 encounters.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan in WT20 are LLLWL.
The Outing:
The result of the match will impact the team’s points, as if the result will go in favor of New Zealand then the winning side will neither gain nor lose either the points or the ranking, whereas the other team will lose a (1) point without any impact in the ranking. On the other hand, in case of a reverse result, the winning team will gain 3 points without any impact in the ranking, and the opposite team will lose a couple (2) of points without any impact in the ranking.
Venue Weather:
Weather forecast of Melbourne shows light rain would be expected throughout the outing. The precipitation percentage would be between 74% to 83%. So, there would be extremely high chances of rain, as of now. The temperature would be between 17 to 18 Celsius. The wind would be between 6 to 8 km/h. The speed of wind would fluctuate throughout the play and the temperature would decrease gradually.
Toss and Pitch:
Team preferred to bat first after winning the toss in 8 games out of 17 outings. The selection didn’t favor the teams, as the teams won thrice and lost 5 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to bat first, are LLLLW.
The teams never won an engagement after choosing to bat first since 2011.
On the other hand, the teams, who chose to field first, won 5 times and lost 3 times. An (1) encounter was called off without any result (No Result).
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, when the team chose to field first, are LWWWW.
The first batting team won the match 6 times. Whereas, the teams, who batted second, won the match 10 times.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while the team bat first, are WLLLL.
Overall, 8 times the teams won the toss, won the match and lost 8 times, as well.
Last 5 (completed) match results at the venue, while winning the toss, are LWLWW.
New Zealand:
Particularly, for the team, the team didn’t get a chance to play, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while winning the toss, are – – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while losing the toss, are – – – – -.
Afghanistan:
Particularly, for the team, the team didn’t get a chance to play, yet.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while winning the toss, are – – – – -.
Last 5 (completed) match results of Afghanistan at the venue, while losing the toss, are – – – – -.
Score:
The lowest defended total was 127 runs in 2010, and the highest successful chase was 169 runs in 2017.
The first inning lowest total was 74 runs in 2008 and the highest total was 184 runs in 2016. For the second inning, the lowest total was 125 runs (according to run rate) in 2010 and the highest was 172 runs in 2017.
The batting average of the first innings is 19.09 and 28.46 is for the second innings.
T20I History Between the Teams at the Venue:
Both the teams never faced each other at the venue. The upcoming encounter will be the first for the teams.
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand against Afghanistan at the venue are – – – – -.
Teams’ T20I History at Venue:
New Zealand:
The team has never got a chance to play at the venue, the upcoming outing will be the first for the team.
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand at the venue are – – – – -.
Afghanistan:
The team has never got a chance to play at the venue, the upcoming outing will be the first for the team.
Last 5 (completed) match results of New Zealand at the venue are – – – – -.
Tentative XI for both the Teams:
New Zealand:
The side may go with D. Mitchell in place of M. Chapman and A. Milne in place of T. Southee.
New Zealand Eleven: D. Conway, F. Allen, K. Williamson, G. Phillips, J. Neesham, D. Mitchell, M. Santner, I. Sodhi, L. Ferguson, A. Milne, T. Boult
Afghanistan:
The side may go with N. ul Rahman in place of F. Ahmad.
Afghanistan Eleven: H. Zazai, R. Gurbaz, I. Zadran, U. Ghani, N. Zadran, M. Nabi, A. Omarzai, R. Khan, M. Ur Rahman, N ul Haq, F. Farooqi
*Notes: the result of the most recent match is at the left. *Notes: D means draw in “last five series results”. *Notes: “*” means the match was tied but the match was resulted through one over eliminator. *Notes: Images were taken from Google Search. *Notes: https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/men-s-t20-world-cup-2022-who-is-playing-when-where-faqs-1339969 *Notes: https://www.indiafantasy.com/cricket/today-match-prediction/nz-vs-afg-today-match-prediction-t20-world-cup-2022-new-zealand-vs-afghanistan/
