New Zealand defeated Afghanistan in the 16th match of World Cup 2023. Batting first, New Zealand scored 288 runs. During this, Glenn Phillips batted brilliantly and scored 71 runs. In response, Afghanistan team was reduced to a score of 139 runs. New Zealand registered a record win over Afghanistan. He broke his own old record. This was the second biggest victory for New Zealand in the World Cup.
In fact, New Zealand had recorded its biggest win so far in the World Cup in 1975. New Zealand defeated East Africa by 181 runs. The second biggest win was achieved in 2007 by 148 runs. But now the team broke this record by defeating Afghanistan. Now the second biggest win for New Zealand is 149 runs. It defeated Afghanistan in the match played in Chennai. New Zealand defeated West Indies by 143 runs in the World Cup 2015.
After losing the toss in Chennai, New Zealand team came to bat first and scored 288 runs with the loss of 6 wickets in 50 overs. During this, Will Young scored a half-century. He scored 54 runs in 64 balls. Young hit 3 sixes and 4 fours. Captain Tom Latham scored 68 runs in 74 balls. He hit 3 fours and 2 sixes. Phillips played a brilliant inning of 71 runs. He hit 4 fours and 4 sixes.
The Afghanistan team, which came to chase the target given by New Zealand, collapsed on the score of 139 runs. Captain Shahidi was out after scoring just 8 runs. Azmatullah was out after scoring 27 runs in 32 balls. Ikram scored 19 not out. Opener Gurbaz was out after scoring 11 runs. Zadran walked out after scoring 14 runs. During this, while bowling for New Zealand, Lockie Ferguson and Mitchell Santner took 3 wickets each. Trent Boult took 2 wickets.