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New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE T20 World Cup 2026: Seifert departs on 65; NZ in trouble

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Aditya Kaushik New Delhi
New Zealand vs Afghanistan ICC T20 World Cup 2026 live scorecard
New Zealand vs Afghanistan ICC T20 World Cup 2026 live scorecard

4 min read Last Updated : Feb 08 2026 | 2:17 PM IST
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2:17 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Chapman departs

Champan (28 runs off 17 balls) loses his wicket to Azmat Omarzai. However, New Zealand are still in control, needing only 28 runs to win in 24 balls. 

1:57 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Fifty for Seifert

Tim Seifert has brought up his half century in 39 balls before losing his wicket to Md Nabi. New Zealand need 57 runs to win in 42 balls.

1:47 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: 100 up for New Zealand

Despite Phillips' wicket, New Zealand have managed to keep the momentum as they have crossed 100 run mark in the 11th over. Kiwis still need 82 runs to win in 54 balls.

1:41 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Rashid gets the breakthrough

Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan has got the big wicket of Glenn Phillips (42 runs off 25 balls) to hand his team a much-needed breakthrough. New Zealand still need 95 runs to win in 64 balls.

1:22 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: New Zealand 52 for 2 after 6 overs

New Zealand need 131 runs to win in 84 balls
 
Mujeeb continues the attack for Afghanistan

Ball 6: Flighted on middle and leg, Phillips goes back and works it away to square leg. No run.
 
Ball 5: Tossed up just outside off and a touch too full, Phillips leans into the drive and lifts it cleanly over cover. Times it sweetly for four.
 
Ball 4: Floated just outside off, Phillips blocks it safely back to the bowler. No run.
 
Ball 3: Flighted outside off, Phillips looks to punch but loses his bottom hand and hits it straight to cover-point. No run.
 
Ball 2: Tossed up and sliding down the leg side, Phillips shuffles across, gets inside the line and pulls it past backward square leg for four.
 
Ball 1: Pushed through outside off, Phillips throws his hands at the cut but misses. No run.


 

1:18 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: New Zealand 44 for 2 after 5 overs

New Zealand need 139 runs to win in 90 balls
 
Omarzai continues the attack for Afghanistan

Ball 6: On a length outside off, Seifert stays back and plays it safely into the off side. No run.
 
Ball 5: Worked away to mid-wicket and the batters push hard for two. There’s a direct hit at the striker’s end, but Seifert makes his ground.
 
Ball 4: Slower ball into the slot, Seifert reads it early, shuffles forward and shovels it high over long-on for a clean six.
 
Ball 3: Short ball into the body, Seifert adjusts quickly and pulls it powerfully over mid-wicket. One bounce and it beats the deep fielder for four.
 
Ball 2: Length delivery on the stumps, Seifert blocks it straight back to the bowler. No run.
 
Ball 1: Good length just outside off, Phillips pushes it neatly in front of mid-off and scampers through for a quick single.

 

1:14 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: New Zealand 31 for 2 after 4 overs

New Zealand need 152 runs to win in 96 balls
 
Mujeeb continues the attack for Afghanistan

Ball 6: Pushed through and drifting onto the pads, Seifert looks to tuck it away but misses. The ball rolls harmlessly into the off side. No run.
 
Ball 5: Tossed up and sliding onto the pads again, Seifert misses the clip and it deflects off the pad towards backward square leg. No run.
 
Ball 4: Flighted on middle and leg, Phillips works it neatly into the gap wide of mid-on and picks up a single.
 
Ball 3: Too straight with the drift taking it down leg, Phillips helps it along with a fine sweep. It beats short fine leg to his right and runs away to the boundary for four.
 
Ball 2: Drifting short and down the leg side, Phillips misses the whip and the ball lobs up off the thigh pad before dropping safely. No run.
 
Ball 1: Flighted delivery on off, Seifert works it calmly down to long-on to rotate the strike.

 

1:11 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: New Zealand 25 for 2 after 3 overs

New Zealand need 158 runs to win in 102 balls
 
Omarzai comes in the attack for Afghanistan

Ball 6: Fuller length on off, Phillips prods forward on the drive and gets a thick inside edge that rolls safely to mid-on. No run.
 
Ball 5: Back of a length angling into the right-hander, Phillips stands tall, gets inside the line and pulls it cleanly backward of square on the leg side for four.
Ball 5: Pushed down the leg side and past Phillips’ flick. Wide.
 
Ball 4: Slightly fuller and on the stumps, Seifert brings the bottom hand into play and drives it wide of mid-on for a single.
 
Ball 3: Short of a good length just outside off, Seifert stands tall and punches it straight to mid-off. No run.
Ball 3: Full and well down the leg side, beats Seifert’s flick. Wide.
 
Ball 2: Short of a good length around off, Seifert swivels, picks the length early and pulls it in front of square on the leg side, beating the sliding fielder in the deep for four.
 
Ball 1: Fuller length on off, Seifert drives it firmly but straight to the fielder at mid-off. No run.

1:06 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: New Zealand 14 for 2 after 2 overs

New Zealand need 169 runs to win in 108 balls
 
Mujeeb comes in the attack for Afghanistan

Ball 6: Pushed through just outside off, Phillips makes room for the cut but is beaten. A superb over from Mujeeb comes to an end. No run.
 
Ball 5: Tentative push forward from Phillips and he gets a thick inside edge that pops up briefly in front of the wicket. No short leg in place to take advantage and he survives. No run.
 
Ball 4: WICKET – Bowled. Tossed up from round the wicket, the ball drifts in and then straightens on the left-hander. Ravindra pushes forward down the wrong line and the ball clips the off stump. Two in two for Mujeeb.
 
Ball 3: WICKET – Bowled. Skidded through from a length, Allen is rushed on the pull and beaten for pace as the ball crashes into middle stump. Another early strike and Mujeeb is delighted.
 
Ball 2: Tossed up on middle, Seifert works it calmly down to long-on for a single.
 
Ball 1: Flighted on middle, Allen nudges it down to long-on to get off strike.

12:59 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: New Zealand 12 for 0 after 1 over

New Zealand need 171 runs to win in 114 balls

Farooqi opens the attack for Afghanistan

Ball 6: From around the wicket, full and straight, Seifert leans into the drive and sends it firmly down the ground to long-off for four.
 
Ball 5: Good length around the off-stump channel, Seifert gets half-across and defends it solidly back into the pitch. No run.
 
Ball 4: Dragged back on a length with width outside off, Seifert throws his hands at it and crashes the cut square behind point. Beats the deep fielder for four.
 
Ball 3: Fuller outside off, Seifert drills the drive aerially to the right of mid-off. The fielder reacts late and cannot reach it as it races away for four.
 
Ball 2: Inswinging yorker on offer, Seifert jams the bat down just in time and squeezes it back to the bowler. No run.
 
Ball 1: Fuller length outside off with a hint of inswing, Seifert mistimes the drive and pushes it straight back to the bowler. No run.

12:52 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Chase underway

New Zealand openers are out in the middle along with Afghanistan players as the chase is now underway.

12:44 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Afghanistan scorecard

Afghanistan (20 ovs maximum)
Batting Dismissal R B 4s 6s SR
Rahmanullah Gurbaz † b Ferguson 27 22 2 1 122.72
Ibrahim Zadran c Phillips b Ferguson 10 12 1 0 83.33
Gulbadin Naib c †Seifert b Ravindra 63 35 3 4 180
Sediqullah Atal c †Seifert b Duffy 29 24 2 0 120.83
Darwish Rasooli c Phillips b Henry 20 13 1 1 153.84
Azmatullah Omarzai run out (Neesham/Ferguson) 14 7 0 2 200
Mohammad Nabi not out 10 7 0 1 142.85
Extras (lb 3, w 6) 9
Total 20 Ov (RR: 9.10) 182/6
Bowling O M R W ECON 0s
Matt Henry 4 0 27 1 6.75 11
Jacob Duffy 3 0 30 1 10 8
Lockie Ferguson 4 0 40 2 10 6
James Neesham 3 0 33 0 11 3
Mitchell Santner 4 0 23 0 5.75 6
Glenn Phillips 1 0 12 0 12 0
Rachin Ravindra 1 0 14 1 14 2

12:43 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Afghanistan finish at 182 for 6 after 20 overs

Fergusaon comes back in the attack for New Zealand

Ball 6: WICKET – Run Out. Slower delivery wide outside off, Nabi reaches out and slaps it to deep cover and sets off for a risky second. Neesham charges in and fires a sharp return to Ferguson, who gathers and breaks the stumps with Azmatullah well short. One run completed.
 
Ball 5: Clever slower ball into the wicket from around the wicket, Nabi is early into the pull and swings through thin air. Seifert stays alert behind the stumps. No run.
 
Ball 4: Yorker length from around the wicket, Azmatullah swings and misses and is struck on the pad. No appeal as it pitched outside leg, and they sneak a leg bye.
 
Ball 3: Slower delivery into the surface outside off, Nabi slaps it firmly to mid-off and takes a single.
 
Ball 2: Dipping slower delivery wide outside off, Nabi lets it go, but it is well inside the line. No run.
 
Ball 1: Slot delivery missed by Ferguson, and Nabi does not miss out. He gets under it and smashes it flat over long-on for a towering six.

12:37 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Afghanistan 173 for 5 after 19 overs

Matt Henry comes back in the attack for New Zealand

Ball 6: Pace and width on offer on a short-of-a-length delivery, Azmatullah stands leg side and slaps it powerfully over deep cover for a commanding six to finish the over.
 
Ball 5: Wide full delivery outside off, Nabi shuffles across and reaches for it, toe-ending the shot over cover. The sweeper charges in but cannot get to it cleanly, allowing a single.
 
Ball 4: Slower delivery on the stumps, Azmatullah goes for the pull but mistimes it towards deep square leg. One run taken.
 
Ball 3: Slower ball bouncing through outside off, Azmatullah lets it go assuming it will be called a wide, but it is inside the height limit. No run.
 
Ball 2: Slower delivery on off, Nabi works it calmly into the mid-wicket region and rotates the strike.
 
Ball 1: WICKET – Caught. Slower ball dug into the pitch, Rasooli goes flat on the pull and hits it straight to deep mid-wicket. Phillips moves in and takes a sharp low catch to end Rasooli’s innings.

12:31 PM

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 New Zealand vs Afghanistan LIVE SCORE: Afghanistan 164 for 4 after 18 overs

Rachin comes in the attack for New Zealand

Ball 6: Full in the slot and punished, Azmatullah clears his front leg and launches it high over the leg side, sending it sailing for six to cap a costly over.
 
Ball 5: Pushed wider outside off, Azmatullah backs away but cannot reach it in time. Beaten. No run.
 
Ball 4: Shorter length, Rasooli works it away neatly to deep square leg and picks up a single.
 
Ball 3: Full and outside off, Azmatullah slaps it firmly to deep extra cover to rotate the strike.
 
Ball 2: WICKET – Caught. Dragged back and fired wider outside off, Gulbadin goes for the slog-sweep but gets a top edge that balloons straight up. Seifert moves forward and takes a comfortable catch, ending a powerful innings.
 
Ball 1: Right in the slot first up, Gulbadin frees his arms and smokes it straight back over the bowler’s head into the sightscreen for six.

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First Published: Feb 08 2026 | 9:51 AM IST

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