Summary

  • New Zealand beat Afghanistan by seven wickets to make it three wins from three

  • NZ captain Kane Williamson top-scores with unbeaten 79 off 99 balls

  • Aftab takes all three wickets for Afghanistan, who have lost all three so far

  • Afghanistan bowled out in 41.1 overs - Hashmatullah makes 59 off 99 balls

  • NZ's Neesham takes best 2019 World Cup figures of 5-31; Ferguson 4-37

  • Day-night match at County Ground, Taunton

  • Follow in-play clips & TMS commentary (UK only)

Live Reporting

Tom Rostance and Callum Matthews

  1. Afg 113-6

    There's rain on the camera lens again...

  2. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    You do feel like New Zealand could skittle Afghanistan here.

  3. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    That is Jimmy Neesham's first five-wicket haul in ODI cricket.

  4. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Afghanistan are imploding.

  5. wicket

    WICKET

    Zadran c Latham b Neesham 4 (Afg 109-6)

    That IS a good ball and Jimmy Neesham has five! More pace and bounce, it got big in the batsman and he can only fend it to the keeper, big edge.

    New Zealand could wrap this innings up before Up starts on BBC One. Superb.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    The Afghan fans love that!

  7. Afg 109-5

    Najibullah Zadran is the new batsman and starts off with a lovely back foot push, right off the middle and it cuts the two fielders in half and races to the fence.

  8. Jeremy Coney
    Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    It was a really ill-conceived shot. Especially with a third man there he was only ever going to get a single at best.

  9. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    That was a horrible shot.

  10. wicket

    WICKET

    Nabi c Lathham b Neesham 9 (Afg 105-5)

    Ah.

    Just when we mentioned a rebuilding job, New Zealand take out another load bearing wall in the form of Mohammad Nabi. That was not a good ball, just short and there to be hit but the batsman tried to run it down to third man and just edges limply behind.

    Neesham has not bowled very well but has 4-24 somehow.

  11. Phil Long
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    This is now a World Cup record fifth-wicket partnership for Afghanistan. The previous record was 31.

  12. Jeremy Coney
    Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Jimmy Neesham has lost his line. It's not quite been the same since he came to this end.

  13. Afg 105-4

    Four! Jimmy Neesham with a leg-side loosener which Hashmatullah Shahidi sends on its way. Neesham kicks the air in frustration.

    These two have put on 35, a mini reboot which was much needed.

  14. Afg 100-4

    Nabi 9, Hashmatullah 14

    Hashmatullah Shahidi fends the first ball away. What a stop-start innings for Afghanistan. What's a good score from here?

    That's the 100 up, about 10 overs later than I expected after that flying start.

  15. Afg 99-4

    An official in a red jacket comes out with the sort of metal flight case you'd expect a Bond villain to carry some sort of nuclear trigger.

    It's just a load of balls, as the white ball has a strip of leather hanging off it. Looks like it's been chewed on by a Springer Spaniel.

    Anyway, here comes Trent Boult...

  16. TMS’ very own Hall of Famer!

    Adam Williams
    BBC Sport at Taunton

    Vic MarksBBC Sport

    Plenty for Somerset fans in these parts to shout about at the moment having already picked up one piece of silverware in the One-Day Cup and also sitting top of Division One of the County Championship.

    Here at County Ground, Taunton, there are endless pictures of some of the household names of yesteryear, including one of the members of the Test Match Special team.

    Vic Marks takes pride of place alongside the likes of Andy Caddick, Justin Langer and Mark Lathwell as you walk around the ground.

  17. Ramiz Raja
    Ex-Pakistan captain on TMS

    So far, the pitch has played beautifully. There is a lot of grass on it but it hasn't jagged around.

  18. Thanks Callum - sun's out now, it looks glorious in Taunton. Rattle these overs off no worries...

  19. The players are making their way back out. Let's hope that is the last of the rain.

    Tom Rostance will take you through the rest of the Afghanistan innings. However long that lasts.

  20. The sun is beating down over the County Ground again.

    The rope - you think in 2019 we would have a more hi-tech way of drying the outfield - is working its way round.