Dominant New Zealand breeze past Afghanistan

A dominant New Zealand outfit continued their march to the quarter-finals with a win over lowly Afghanistan. (Source: Reuters)

Afghan fans were looking forward to the game against the co-hosts but had to settle for another defeat. (Source: Reuters)

Daniel Vettori showed class of old as he came into the attack early and picked up the wicket of Usman Ghani in the 3rd over on a duck. Vettori finished with figures of 4 for 18. (Source: Reuters)

Trent Boult continued his good form as he picked up another 3 wickets to take his tournament total to 13. (Source: AP)

After early wickets, Samiullah Shenwari put up another half century but seemed to be lone ranger against a dominant New Zealand bowling attack. (Source: AP)

In the end the Afghanistan batting order succumbed to the New Zealand bowling attack in 48 overs at the score of 186. (Source: Reuters)

Martin Guptil and Brendon McCullum got New Zealand a solid start as Hamid Hassan and company struggled to find a breakthrough, with McCullum finally departing for 42 with the score at 53. Guptil got his half century and took the momentum forward. (Source: AP)

Corey Anderson and Ross Taylor finally finished things off as New Zealand chased down the modest Afghanistan total in just 36.1 overs. (Source: Reuters)