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]]>Afghanistan, after being invited to bat, posted a fighting total of 183 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz played a steady knock of 27 runs, while Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah tried to build partnerships in the middle overs. However, the Afghan batting lineup struggled against disciplined bowling from New Zealand.
Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry kept the pressure on with sharp pace and accurate lines. Ferguson struck crucial blows in the middle overs, while Henry provided early breakthroughs. Their combined effort restricted Afghanistan to a modest total despite brief resistance from the lower order.
In response, New Zealand approached the chase calmly. Will Young anchored the innings with a composed 65 off 42 balls, striking seven fours and three sixes. His positive intent ensured that the required run rate never became a concern.
Tom Latham supported him brilliantly, scoring a fluent 74. He rotated the strike effectively and punished loose deliveries, guiding the innings through the middle phase. The pair built a crucial partnership that shifted the momentum firmly in New Zealand’s favor.
Although Afghanistan’s bowlers managed to pick up a few wickets and attempted to apply pressure with tight spells, the target proved insufficient. The New Zealand batters maintained control and completed the chase comfortably with five wickets in hand.
The victory provides New Zealand with a strong start to the tournament and boosts their confidence ahead of tougher encounters. Afghanistan showed flashes of promise but will need greater consistency with both bat and ball to challenge top sides in the competition.
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]]>Ardern said New Zealand, which had not recorded any infections in the community for six months, could not take any chances with the “game changer” Delta strain.
“We have seen what can happen elsewhere if we fail to get on top of it. We only get one chance,” Ardern said in a televised national address.
The New Zealand leader cited Australia’s struggles to contain the highly transmissible Delta variant for her “short, sharp” reaction to the case, which was found in a 58-year-old Auckland man.
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]]>Having lost day three’s play due to rain, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson declared their second innings at 169-6 at lunch.
England openers Rory Burns and Dom Sibley arrived at the crease focusing only on blunting the new-ball bowling attack in a bid to save the Test match.
The pair showed incredible patience in adding 49 runs by the 24th over before Burns (25) was caught in the slip cordon off Neil Wagner’s bowling.
Zak Crawley (2) did not last long at the crease as he dragged Tim Southee’s outswinging delivery straight to gully.
Captain Joe Root (40) was the only wicket to fall in the final session when he was trapped leg-before by Wagner.
Sibley continued to frustrate the bowlers at the other end and finished with 60 off 207 deliveries, while Ollie Pope was unbeaten on 20.
Root along with Sibley frustrated the Kiwi bowlers and they kept the opposition at bay.
Sibley along with Ollie Pope ensured that the hosts walk away with a draw. For New Zealand, Wagner returned with two wickets while Southee took one wicket.
Earlier, New Zealand hoped to turn the result in their favour as they added to their overnight score of 62-2 with the loss of another four wickets before rain forced an early lunch.
England debutant Ollie Robinson was once again lethal in his opening spell, picking off the first wicket of the morning session as New Zealand nightwatchman Wagner edged a bouncer through to wicketkeeper James Bracey.
The tourists continued to look for boundaries to give their bowlers a chance to fight for a win but lost wickets at regular intervals.
Tom Latham was trapped leg-before on 36 by Stuart Broad before a flying Bracey caught Ross Taylor (33) off Mark Wood’s bowling.
Henry Nicholls (23) was caught trying to reverse-sweep Joe Root’s off-spin but not before New Zealand had added 97 crucial runs in the morning session.
Despite Burns’s determined 132, England were bowled out for 275 on day four as New Zealand secured a first-innings lead of 103, with pace bowler Tim Southee taking a superb six wickets for 43 runs.
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]]>The New Zealand Government has started this campaign by releasing a two-minute video. The video features comedian Tom Sainsbury, who is involved in the ‘Social Observation Squad’. Sainsbury chases tourists to some of the most famous places in the country and urges them to stop traveling under social influence. Actually, many people travel only so that they can maintain their influence in the society and they can look cool. In such a situation, these people get photographs taken at certain places, so that it seems that they had traveled to a country.
This campaign has been started by the government at a time when most travelers are not getting entry to travel in many countries of the world. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern recently said that New Zealand’s borders will be kept closed until this year in view of the coronavirus. However, the country will make arrangements for travel to neighboring countries Australia and other bilateral countries. The reason behind not giving entry to outsiders in the country is also that so far the authorities believe that people who have been vaccinated can also spread corona.
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