2015 ICC Cricket World Cup Match 31 Pool A New Zealand Vs Afghanistan @Napier,NZ Sunday March 08,2015

 

   

New Zealand beats Afghanistan by 6 wickets

Scorecard

Afghanistan 186/10 in 47.4 Overs

New Zealand 188/4 in 36.1 Overs

Match Result -NZ won by 6 wickets

MOM - Daniel Vettori for his 4/18

Daniel Vettori (4-18) reduced Afghanistan to 59-6 but Samiullah Shenwari (54 in 110 Balls with 4x5 and 6x1), Afghanistan's most consistent batsman a combined in an 86-run partnership with the eighth man in, Najibullah Zadran(56 in 56 Balls with 4x8 and 6x2) to halt the decline and helped them to 186 all out

Shenwari-Najibullah stand of 86 runs restored respectability to Afghanistan

Set to score 187 Runs to win,NZ captain Brendon McCullum scored 42 Runs(19 Balls with 4x6 and 6x1)

Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill added 53 Runs for the 1st wicket

Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson(33) added 58 Runs for the 2nd wicket

Martin Guptill who scored 57 Runs(76 Balls with 4x7)was run-out at the score of 143 Runs

Grant Elliott who scored 19 Runs(28 Balls with 4x1)was run-out at the score of 175 Runs

Ross Taylor 24*(41 Balls with 4x2) and Anderson7*(8 Balls with 4x1) remained at the crease to see NZ taste victory

Daniel Vettori is the 9th player to take more than 300 wickets in both tests and ODIs

Daniel Vettori now has 302 ODI wickets - 294 for New Zealand, and eight for the ICC World XI against an Asia XI and Australia in 2005
Daniel Vettori became the 12th player and first New Zealander to reach the milestone with the list headed by Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan (534) and Wasim Akram of Pakistan (502), the only two players to have breached the 500-wicket barrier.
Daniel Vettori has played 291 ODIs since first selected in 1997 and his 300 wickets are at an average 31.62.
Daniel Vettori has also scored 2,213 ODI runs, while at Test level he has 362 wickets and 4,531 runs.