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New Zealand vs Afghanistan Score, Only Test of Afghanistan v New Zealand in India 2024
Result · Sep 09 2024, Mon - 09:30 AM (IST)
Only Test, - Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground
Afghanistan New Zealand Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Match Info
| Series: | Afghanistan v New Zealand in India 2024 |
| Date: | Sep 09 2024, Mon - 09:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | India |
| City: | Greater Noida |
| Venue: | Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground |
| Toss: | Toss yet to happen |
| Afghanistan Squad: | - |
| New Zealand Squad: | - |
Match Facts
- Matt Henry (New Zealand) has a batting strike rate of 97 from 297 balls faced in men's Tests since the beginning of 2023, the best of any player in that time (min. 70 balls faced).
- Naveed Zadran has taken 41% of Afghanistan's wickets when he’s played in men's Tests since the beginning of 2023, the best rate of any player for a team in that time.
- Kane Williamson (New Zealand) has faced 106.3 balls per innings in men's Tests since the beginning of 2023, the second most of any player (min. 3 innings) in that time (Kamindu Mendis – 110.1 for Sri Lanka).
- Hashmatullah Shahidi (485) is 15 away from becoming the third player to score 500 runs in men's Tests for Afghanistan (Rahmat Shah – 578 and Ibrahim Zadran – 541); he scored 55 runs in his most recent Test innings (February 2024 v Ireland).
- Batters have left 17% of New Zealand’s balls bowled in men's Tests since the beginning of 2023, the highest rate of any team in that time.
- Afghanistan (84% - 21/25) and New Zealand (82% - 148/180) have the best catch success rates of any teams in men's Tests since the beginning of 2023; in addition, the Black Caps have made the joint-second most stumpings (8) and the third most run outs (6) of any team when fielding in that time.
- This will be the first men's Test at Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground; Afghanistan are undefeated in their last four matches at the venue in men's international cricket (W3 T1 – 3 T20I, 1 ODI), while this will be New Zealand's first match at the ground.
- New Zealand won their most recent men's Test away from home (December 2023 v Bangladesh), snapping an eight-match winless run in such fixtures (D3 L5); the Black Caps will be aiming for back-to-back wins on the road in the format for the first time since June 2021.
- Afghanistan have won only one of their last six men's Tests (L5) – a six-wicket victory against Zimbabwe (March 2021); they have lost each of their three matches since then, their longest losing run in the history of the format.
- This will be the first men's Test between Afghanistan and New Zealand; Afghanistan defeated New Zealand by 84 runs in their most recent meeting in men's international cricket (7 June 2024 – T20I), after losing all their four matches against the Black Caps prior to that game (x3 ODI, x1 T20I).