
Afghanistan vs New Zealand: Head-to-Head Record and 2026 T20 WC
Before you do, three issues need a decision, because they would change the article’s facts:
1. **2024 match details conflict.** The research notes give Providence Stadium, Guyana, with the date reported as 6, 7 or 8 June 2024. The content plan gives 7 June 2024, “Group C,” and NZ 75-10 in 15.2 overs. The research notes say NZ were 75 all out. Gate 4 will override the HTML with the verified value, but the research gives no verified date, so the article would still carry a disputed date.
2. **Several plan claims have no source in the research notes.** These are the 2025 warm-up result (NZ by 2 wickets, 13 balls remaining), the ICC full-membership date (2017), and the 05:30 UTC start time. Under Gate 3 these must be sourced or moved to the rumor list. The 2025 warm-up is the only support for one of the four H2 questions, so I’d recommend dropping it if no source turns up.
3. **The content plan dates a 183-5 scoreline to 7 February 2026.** The verified facts date the match 8 February 2026, so the plan’s timeline entry conflicts with them.
Other items to settle:
– **Internal links:** The two supplied links (All Blacks vs France recap, Club World Cup 2025 winner) have no meaningful topical overlap with “afghanistan vs new zealand,” so Gate 6 and the internal-link relevance rule would likely drop them. Do you have cricket-specific internal URLs?
– **Publication date:** Gate 7 requires today’s ISO date for datePublished and dateModified. I don’t have today’s date, so please provide it.
– **Research confidence is low:** Gate 10 requires the rumor list to be at least as long as the confirmed list. Once the article is supplied, I’ll apply that check.