Afghanistan beat a rusty New Zealand, who had not played any warm-up matches, by a crushing 84 runs in Guyana to make it two big victories out of two.

As they had done against Uganda, the openers laid a firm foundation after being sent in, Rahmanullah Gurbaz hitting 80 from 56 balls to help his side to 159-6. Fellow opener Ibrahim Zadran racked up 44 from 41 to go with his 70 against Uganda. Having put on 154 in the Uganda win, their initially steady but increasingly expansive 103 in 14.3 overs made them the first opening pair to score consecutive century partnerships in a men’s T20 World Cup...