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PROVIDENCE, Guyana — Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a second consecutive century stand which led Afghanistan to an 84-run win over New Zealand and put it in charge of Group C at the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. Gurbaz and Ibrahim put on 154 runs in a 125-run win over Uganda in Afghanistan's opening match and made 103 for the first wicket on Friday in a total of 159-6. At Dallas, Nicholas Kirton scored 49 off 35 balls to help Canada earn its first win at a T20 World Cup by 12 runs over Ireland in Group A. And Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by two wickets in the third match Friday.
