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)

  1. Postpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 8 June 2019

    New Zealand captain Kane Williamson: "We're going to have a bowl, it looks like a fresh wicket, it's a bit cloudy overhead so we hope we can get in a bit early on.

    "In a tournament sport you get in a flow, it's nice to have a couple of wins under our belt but we'll have to adapt today.

    "We got across the line last time out and we will look to build on that. Everyone is unfit, we are unchanged."

  2. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl firstpublished at 13:03 British Summer Time 8 June 2019
    Breaking

    Kane Williamson wants first crack on a fresh wicket.

    He's on a role, he's three from three when it comes to tosses in the competition.

  3. Postpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 8 June 2019

    Let's head straight to the middle where Gulbadin Naib and Kane Williamson are about to do the toss.

  4. Postpublished at 13:02 British Summer Time 8 June 2019

    Afghanistan have started the tournament with two straight defeats so today's game probably falls into the must-win category for them.

    New Zealand have a 100% record after steamrolling Sri Lanka and scraping over the line against Bangladesh on Wednesday.

    Will they maintain it or will Afghan get off the mark?

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  5. Afternoonpublished at 13:00

    Jason Roy might be smashing it round Cardiff but there's another game today and it's an important one in Taunton.