Afghanistan National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Timeline

The Afghanistan National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Timeline shows that New Zealand dominated Afghanistan in their cricket journey with a 4-1 win in a total of 5 matches. This timeline has become important for the bigger ICC occasions. These two teams have confronted each other several times in ODIs and T20Is since 2015. They haven’t had any test matches yet to showcase. Generally speaking, history was in favor of New Zealand owing to the presence of experience and better tactics, but with more good bouts, especially the breakthrough victory in the 2024 ICC T20 World Cup, it signifies that the match is slowly tilting in equal terms as time goes by. This timeline, however, charts from 2015 to the present the competition of teams in order to indicate how the rivalry has evolved over the years.

Through this article, we will take you through the cricketing history of Afghanistan vs New Zealand, a story of passion, talent, pride, dedication, and experience.

Afghanistan National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Timeline

2015 to Recent Matches: New Zealand’s Dominance

2014-2015 ICC World Cup (ODI): Team Afghanistan and New Zealand played their first match in the 2015 ICC World Cup (31st Match) on 8th March 2015 at McLean Park, Napier. New Zealand whitewashed Afghanistan and won by 6 wickets. Martin Guptill (57), Brendon McCullum* (42), Kane Williamson (33), and Ross Taylor (24*) helped the Black Caps to win over the Afghans. Daniel Vettori was named the man of the match. New Zealand posted 188 runs in 36 overs, whereas Afghanistan made 186 runs in 47.4 overs.

2019 ICC World Cup (ODI): Both teams met again after 3 years for the 13th Match of the World Cup on 8th June 2019 at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton. Again, New Zealand secured a win over Afghanistan by 7 wickets. Black Caps’ best players are Kane Williamson (79*) and Ross Taylor (48), who showed their excellent batting abilities and expertise and helped their team to produce a total of 173 runs in 32.1 overs, 3 wickets down. Afghanistan made a total of 172 runs with all out. James Neesham won the man of the match award.

2021 ICC T20 World Cup (T20I): On November 7, 2021, New Zealand faced Afghanistan in their inaugural T20 World Cup match, which was the 40th matchup of the tournament, held at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. This match was concluded with an 8-wicket victory for New Zealand, with 11 balls remaining. Trent Boult, who took 3 wickets in 4 overs and was adjudged man of the match, led the bowling. The Black Caps made 125 runs on the board in 18 overs at the loss of two wickets, while the Afghans managed to scrape 124 runs for their loss of eight wickets. Unbeaten innings by Kane Williamson and Devon Conway ensured that New Zealand won against Afghanistan.

2023 ICC World Cup (ODI): In Chennai, New Zealand and Afghanistan battled each other for the 16th Match of the World Cup. For the second time, the Black Caps exhibited their supremacy over the Afghan Atalans by winning by 149 runs. The winning team’s standout performances came primarily from their batsmen: Will Young scored 54 runs, Tom Latham contributed 68, and Glenn Phillips made 71 runs. Notably, Glenn Phillips was awarded the player of the match.

2024 ICC T20 World Cup (T20I): On June 7 2024, Afghan Atalans played against the Black Caps in the 14th Match of the World Cup at Providence Stadium in Guyana. Afghanistan achieved a remarkable victory, defeating New Zealand by 84 runs. Afghanistan made a total run score of 159 with 6 wickets down. Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, and Azmatullah Omarzai were some of the match-winning performers. In this match, Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the most runs, totaling 80, and was awarded the title of man of the match.

The Afghanistan National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team Timeline shows that New Zealand has won back-to-back matches against Afghanistan. Lately, we would like to witness their rivalry in more matches in the upcoming years. Afghanistan fans would like to see their favorite team win over New Zealand.