New Zealand vs Afghanistan Head To Head Record & Stats in Guyana Stadium Ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 Match 14

New Zealand open their Group C campaign against an upbeat Afghanistan in match 14 of T20 World Cup 2024 at the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, Guyana on Friday (June 7).

Kane Williamson-led New Zealand will to avoid any upsets coming into the tournament with no warm up matches, while Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan is fresh from a 125-run victory over Uganda in their group stage opener.

New Zealand vs Afghanistan head to head record and stats ahead of T20 World Cup 2024 match 14

Afghanistan will aim for a win which could give them a big push over West Indies and New Zealand in the two spots for the Super 8s from the group that also includes Uganda and Papua New Guinea.

This is New Zealand’s ninth appearance in the T20 World Cup, but the Kiwis have never managed to left the title, finishing runners up at best in 2021, while Afghanistan is playing in their seventh edition with their best finish coming in 2016 when they reached the Super 10s.

The two sides will clash only for the second time in T20 format and for the first time in the Guyana venue. Here is a look at the head to head numbers of NZ vs AFG:

New Zealand vs Afghanistan Head to Head Record

In the 1 NZ vs AFG head to head meetings in T20Is, New Zealand hold the edge with the solitary win against Afghanistan in the 2021 T20 World Cup, where the Blackcaps won by 8 wickets. Here is a look at the New Zealand vs Afghanistan head to head stats:

New Zealand vs Afghanistan Head To Head Stats in T20

STAT	For NZ vs AFG	For AFG vs NZ
Wins Batting 1st	0	0
Wins Chasing	1	0
Highest Total	125	124
Lowest Total	-	-
Highest Successful Chase	125	NA
Lowest Total Defended	NA	NA
Most Runs	Kane Williamson (40 runs)	Najibullah Zadran (73 runs)
Highest scorer	Kane Williamson (40*)	Najibullah Zadran (73)
Most Sixes	-	Najibullah Zadran (3 sixes)
Most Fours	Devon Conway & Martin Guptill (4 fours each)	Najibullah Zadran (6 fours)
Most wickets	Trent Boult (3 wickets)	Mujeeb Ur Rahman & Rashid Khan (1 wicket eacg)
Best Bowling	Trent Boult (3/17)	Rashid Khan (1/27)

NZ vs AFG record in Guyana Stadium

New Zealand and Afghanistan will face off for the first time in the Guyana National Stadium in Providence, Guyana, a venue which has hosted many other T20I matches earlier. In fact, NZ and AFG have also already played at this venue.

New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe by 2 wickets and 7 runs respectively in the 2010 T20 World Cup. In 2024 T20 World Cup, Afghanistan set a target of 184 before bundling out Uganda for 58 All Out.

The wickets used so far has seen mixed results with two encounters ending in a low-scoring games, while another was a one-sided affair that saw one team post a big total before bowling out the opponent for a low total. Here is a look at the T20I stats from the venue:

Guyana National Stadium T20I Record and Stats

Matches: 16
Won Batting 1st: 4
Won Batting 2nd: 9
No Result: 3
Highest Total: 191/5 by England vs West Indies in 2010
Lowest Total: 58 All Out by Uganda vs Afghanistan in 2024
Average 1st Innings Score: 132
Highest Successful Chase: 169/5 in 18.2 overs by West Indies vs Bangladesh in 2022
Lowest Total Defended: 138/9 by West Indies vs Ireland in 2010
Highest Individual Score: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka) - 100 off 64 balls vs Zimbabwe in 2010
Best Bowling Figures: Fazalhaq Farooqi (Afghanistan) - 5 for 9 in 4 overs vs Uganda in 2024
Total Sixes: 130 sixes
Total Fours: 226 fours
Total Fifties: 16 fifties
Total Hundreds: 1 hundred