New Zealand vs Afghanistan Predictions & Tips - Power hitting Phillips backed to score runs
- New Zealand vs Afghanistan predictions for Saturday’s T20 Cricket World Cup group clash
- Glenn Phillips scored 40* off 24 balls in his last T20I against Australia
- Can Afghanistan stay top of Group C?
New Zealand vs Afghanistan Preview
New Zealand are favourites but pitch conditions can bring Afghanistan into the game. However, the value here is on New Zealand batsman, Glenn Phillips.
- New Zealand vs Afghanistan Preview
- Head-to-Head
- New Zealand Form
- New Zealand News
- Afghanistan Form
- Afghanistan News
- New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips has scored 70*, 26, 19*, 42 & 40* in his last 5 innings.
- New Zealand’s Mark Chapman scored a match-winning 87* off 42 balls against Pakistan.
- Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran has scored 101*, 26 & 70 in his last 4 innings.
- Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz has scored 23, 39 & 76 in his last 4 innings.
Head-to-Head
New Zealand have won their only previous T20 World Cup game against Afghanistan.
New Zealand Form
New Zealand drew their last T20I series ahead of the World Cup against Pakistan 2-2, losing the 5th T20I by nine runs.
Pakistan scored 178/5 off their 20 overs, William O’Rourke (1/25, econ 6.25) producing the best figures with the ball.
Tim Seifert (52 off 33 balls) got the innings off to a strong start and Josh Clarkson (38* off 26 balls) rallied late with three fours and two sixes, but New Zealand were bowled out for 169 off 19.2 overs.
New Zealand News
New Zealand are in good form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.
Afghanistan Form
After beating Ireland 2-1 in a pre-World Cup T20I series, Afghanistan won their opening match of the World Cup by beating Uganda by 125 runs.
Afghanistan scored 183/5 off their 20 overs, with Rahmanullah Gurbaz (76 off 45 balls) and Ibrahim Zadran (70 off 46 balls) sharing an opening stand of 154 in 15 overs.
Uganda imploded against the testing Afghanistan bowling and were bowled out for 58 off 16 overs. Fazalhaq Farooqi returned the spectacular figures of 4-0-9-5 (econ 2.25).
Afghanistan News
Afghanistan are in good form and are unlikely to make any changes to their team.
Verdict
I am backing New Zealand to win. I am also backing Glenn Phillips to top score for New Zealand.
Ibrahim Zadran is a good bet to top score for Afghanistan.
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