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Afghanistan vs New Zealand

Venue: London Imperial Park

Round: 3 • Result: Defending team won by 40 runs • Winner: New Zealand

Man of the Match
Blake Saunders
Batting: 34 (16) • SR 212.50 • 4s 5 • 6s 1 | Bowling: 4/29 • 4.0 ov | Team: New Zealand

Innings

Innings 1 — New Zealand
Score: 146/10 • Overs: 14.1
Bowling: Afghanistan
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Jett Rourke 41 18 227.78 4 3 c Shubham Jaiswal b Haris Mahmood
Kaito Moriyama 4 3 133.33 1 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Zain Malik
Mason Wilde 38 19 200.00 2 3 c Shubham Jaiswal b Zain Malik
Zane Calder 6 3 200.00 1 0 b Zain Malik
Logan Price 2 3 66.67 0 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Rahul Deshpande
Ollie Vance 4 2 200.00 1 0 run out (Faisal Rahman)
Blake Saunders 34 16 212.50 5 1 c Vikram Sood b Rahul Deshpande
Connor Briggs 1 5 20.00 0 0 b Rahul Deshpande
Finlay Grant 3 3 100.00 0 0 run out (Imtiaz Ali)
Marcus Vale 5 9 55.56 0 0 c Haris Mahmood b Rahul Deshpande
Owen Hartley 8 4 200.00 1 0 not out
Fall of Wickets: 41/1, 45/2, 83/3, 89/4, 91/5, 95/6, 129/7, 130/8, 133/9, 146/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Rahul Deshpande 3.1 24 4 7.58
Zain Malik 4.0 49 3 12.25
Haris Mahmood 4.0 47 1 11.75
Shubham Jaiswal 3.0 26 0 8.67
Innings 2 — Afghanistan
Score: 106/10 • Overs: 12.0
Bowling: New Zealand
Batting
Batter R B SR 4s 6s Dismissal
Arman Vohra 6 6 100.00 0 0 c Marcus Vale b Blake Saunders
Faisal Rahman 15 10 150.00 1 0 b Blake Saunders
Kaito Moriyama 20 15 133.33 3 0 b Blake Saunders
Kunal Bhatia 0 2 0.00 0 0 run out (Zane Calder)
Imtiaz Ali 0 1 0.00 0 0 run out (Connor Briggs)
Zain Malik 0 1 0.00 0 0 lbw b Blake Saunders
Haris Mahmood 0 1 0.00 0 0 run out (Kaito Moriyama)
Rahul Deshpande 36 21 171.43 2 3 c Jett Rourke b Finlay Grant
Shubham Jaiswal 11 9 122.22 1 0 c Kaito Moriyama b Connor Briggs
Vikram Sood 7 2 350.00 0 1 not out
Zahid Mirza 11 4 275.00 1 1 c Finlay Grant b Finlay Grant
Fall of Wickets: 6/1, 21/2, 41/3, 41/4, 41/5, 41/6, 41/7, 77/8, 88/9, 106/10
Bowling
Bowler Overs Runs Wkts Econ
Blake Saunders 4.0 29 4 7.25
Finlay Grant 2.0 20 2 10.00
Connor Briggs 2.0 26 1 13.00
Ollie Vance 4.0 31 0 7.75