article_snippet: Afghanistan required a seventh-wicket partnership of 86 between Najibullah Zadran and Samiullah Shenwari to post a respectable 186 all out, having chosen to bat, but a 19-ball 42 from Brendon McCullum ensured there would be no shock in Napier.
article_snippet: Afghanistan at the Cricket World Cup .
article_snippet: Right now we are caught up in the middle of a World Cup,' Daniel Vettori said. '
article_snippet: we have an important game on Friday (group game against Bangladesh), and then probably the most important of we careers the following Saturday (quarter-final). '
article_snippet: I didn't go into the Cricket World Cup thinking about that milestone
article_snippet: , I didn't believe I would take this many wickets in this few games.'
article_snippet: McCullum has developed into an imposing captain, known for McCullum ingenuity and outrageously attacking fields –
article_snippet: McCullum now sits in the company of greats such as Muttiah Muralitharan, Wasim Akram and Glenn McGrath .
article_snippet: New Zealand's Ross Taylor gets a handshake from Afghanistan's Hamid Hassan (left) after the match .
article_snippet: Shenwari, undoubtedly Afghanistan's best batsman in this tournament, was the anchor of his side's innings, and his made 54 off 110 balls before falling to Corey Anderson.
article_snippet: An entertaining cameo from Afghanistan's Hamid Hassan (16 off 21) took Afghanistan to 186, but for the fifth consecutive World Cup match New Zealand bowled out their opposition.
article_snippet: The number of orange target T-shirts seemed to double after the resumption of play with the crowd undoubtedly expecting McCullum to send a few balls into the stand and help the crowd earn a share of the pot of money for the 'one-handed crowd catch' promotion.
article_snippet: Two comical run-outs saw Martin Guptill (57) and Grant Elliott (19) further add to the nerves of the McLean Park crowd, but Ross Taylor, the birthday boy, held McCullum nerve to steer New Zealand home.