New Zealand vs UAE Match Scorecard: New Zealand has defeated the UAE team badly by 10 wickets. The whole world was stunned to see the devastation caused by Team Seifert and Finn Allen at the Chepauk ground. Both of them hit shots all around the field and thrashed the UAE bowlers. New Zealand had a target of 174 runs, which it achieved 28 balls earlier.

In this match, UAE team won the toss and chose to bat first. Thanks to captain Muhammad Wasim’s 66 runs and Alishan Sharafu’s 55 runs, the UAE team managed to score 173 runs. During this time, Glenn Phillips also lost 27 runs in a single over.

New Zealand’s bumper win

The New Zealand team, which came to chase the target of 174 runs, achieved this target without losing any wicket. Tim Seifert played a stormy inning of 89 runs in 42 balls. He hit 12 fours and 3 sixes in this innings. On the other hand, Finn Allen was also not left behind, who scored 84 runs in 50 balls. He also hit 5 fours and 5 sixes in his stormy innings. This is New Zealand’s biggest win in terms of wickets in T20 World Cup history. Before New Zealand, 5 teams have registered a win of 10 wickets in the T20 World Cup.

This is New Zealand’s second consecutive victory in the T20 World Cup 2026. On the basis of this victory, New Zealand has secured the first position in the points table of Group D. He left South Africa behind, which is currently in second place with 2 points. Now the next match of the Kiwi team will be with South Africa on 14 February.

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The associate teams have made a lot of noise so far in the 2026 T20 World Cup. Now UAE has scored 173 runs against New Zealand. Glenn Phillips and Matt Henry were especially badly beaten. Captain Muhammad Wasim and Alishan Sharafu played half-centuries to take UAE to such a score from where it can dream of causing a big upset by defeating New Zealand.

In this match being played at Chepauk Stadium, Chennai, UAE won the toss and chose to bat first. Opener Aryansh was out cheaply after scoring 8 runs, but captain Muhammad Wasim along with Alishan Sharafu made a partnership of 107 runs and made the Kiwi bowlers yearn for wickets. He made this century partnership in 77 balls. This is the first time in the T20 World Cup that an associate team has made a century partnership against a full member country.

Captain Muhammad Wasim scored 66 runs in 45 balls, on the other hand, Sharafu contributed 55 runs in 47 balls. Apart from him, no batsman of the UAE team could play a big innings, but Mayank Kumar helped UAE reach a big score by playing a quick inning of 21 runs in 13 balls.

New Zealand used 7 bowlers in bowling, out of which Glenn Phillips proved to be particularly expensive. He did take one wicket, but gave away 30 runs in 2 overs. Phillips lost 27 runs in the 17th over of the innings. Whereas Matt Henry took 2 wickets, but gave away runs at an economical rate of more than 9. UAE’s score in 17 overs was 129/3. The team scored 44 runs in the last 3 overs.

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