Match Date: Nov 07, 2021
Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Toss: Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), L Rusere (Zimbabwe)
Match Result: New Zealand won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match: Trent Boult
| Afghanistan innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Hazratullah Zazai | c Santner b Boult | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Mohammad Shahzad (WK) | c Conway b Milne | 4 | 11 | 1 | – |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | lbw b Southee | 6 | 9 | 1 | – |
| Gulbadeen Naib | b Sodhi | 15 | 18 | 1 | – |
| Najibullah Zadaran | c Neesham b Boult | 73 | 48 | 6 | 3 |
| Mohammad Nabi (C) | c and b Southee | 14 | 20 | – | – |
| Karim Janat | c Sodhi b Boult | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Rashid Khan | c Williamson b Neesham | 3 | 7 | – | – |
| Mujeeb Zadran | not out | 0 | 1 | – | – |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | did not bat | ||||
| Hamid Hassan | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 5 (1 b, 1 lb, 3 w) | ||||
| Total | 124/8 (20 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Mohammad Shahzad, 2.2 ov), 2-12 (Hazratullah Zazai, 3.1 ov), 3-19 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 5.1 ov), 4-56 (Gulbadeen Naib, 9.6 ov), 5-115 (Mohammad Nabi, 17.6 ov), 6-119 (Najibullah Zadaran, 18.2 ov), 7-121 (Karim Janat, 18.4 ov), 8-124 (Rashid Khan, 19.6 ov) | |||||
| New Zealand bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Southee | 4 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Boult | 4 | 0 | 17 | 3 | – | – |
| Milne | 4 | 0 | 17 | 1 | – | – |
| Neesham | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | – | – |
| Santner | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Sodhi | 2 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – |
| New Zealand innings | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Martin Guptill | b Rashid Khan | 28 | 23 | 4 | – |
| Daryl Mitchell | c Mohammad Shahzad b Mujeeb Zadran | 17 | 12 | 3 | – |
| Kane Williamson (C) | not out | 40 | 42 | 3 | – |
| Devon Conway (WK) | not out | 36 | 32 | 4 | – |
| Glenn Phillips | did not bat | ||||
| James Neesham | did not bat | ||||
| Mitchell Santner | did not bat | ||||
| Adam Milne | did not bat | ||||
| Tim Southee | did not bat | ||||
| Ish Sodhi | did not bat | ||||
| Trent Boult | did not bat | ||||
| Extras | 4 (2 lb, 2 w) | ||||
| Total | 125/2 (18.1 overs) | ||||
| Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Mitchell, 3.1 ov), 2-57 (Guptill, 8.5 ov) | |||||
| Afghanistan bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls |
| Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | – | – |
| Mujeeb Zadran | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | – | – |
| Hamid Hassan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | – |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | – |
| Gulbadeen Naib | 1.1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | – |