{"id":20516,"date":"2024-06-13T15:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20516"},"modified":"2024-06-13T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:50:55","slug":"afghanistan-stun-new-zealand-with-dominant-bowling-display-in-icc-t20-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/afghanistan-stun-new-zealand-with-dominant-bowling-display-in-icc-t20-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan Stun New Zealand with Dominant Bowling Display in ICC T20 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Left-arm fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and captain Rashid Khan delivered outstanding performances at Providence Stadium, guiding Afghanistan to a resounding 84-run victory over New Zealand in their ICC T20 World Cup match on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afghanistan&#8217;s triumph was highlighted by an impressive bowling effort, with Farooqi and Khan each claiming 4 wickets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand, chasing a target of 160 runs, faltered under the pressure of Afghanistan&#8217;s disciplined bowling attack, struggling to 75 all out in 15.2 overs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At one point, the Kiwis were reeling at 43 for 5 after 7 overs, failing to establish partnerships throughout their innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Glen Phillips (18) and Matt Henry (12) were the only batsmen to reach double figures for New Zealand in a disappointing batting performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, Afghanistan posted a competitive total of 159\/6, thanks to a century partnership between openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz (80) and Ibrahim Zadran (44). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their solid start set the foundation for Afghanistan&#8217;s innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the match, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson acknowledged Afghanistan&#8217;s strong performance and admitted his team&#8217;s shortcomings in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan expressed satisfaction with his team&#8217;s strategy and execution, describing the victory as one of their greatest achievements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another match on Friday, Bangladesh narrowly defeated Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in Dallas, USA. Sri Lanka managed 124\/9 in their 20 overs, with Pathum Nissanka top-scoring with 47 runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh&#8217;s bowlers, led by Mustafizur Rahman and Rishad Hossain with 3 wickets each, restricted Sri Lanka effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bangladesh, despite a shaky start losing their opener early, recovered through Litton Das (36) and Towhid Hridoy (40), guiding them to victory with Mahmudullah remaining unbeaten on 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-arm fast bowler Fazalhaq Farooqi and captain Rashid Khan delivered outstanding performances at Providence Stadium, guiding Afghanistan to a resounding 84-run victory over New Zealand in their ICC T20 World&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20517,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20516\/revisions\/20517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}