| 0.0 : .... Match Day .... |
| Hello and a very warm welcome to game number 32 of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup where New Zealand will go up against Scotland. The race for semi-final is getting intense and we are in for another exciting encounter from group 2 of this mega event. |
| New Zealand will be coming into this fixture high on confidence after having won their previous game against India and they are certainly looking favourites to grab the semi-final spot. The Kiwis have a world-class bowling attack and they proved their worth in their last game against India. Their top order has also spent some quality time in the middle and they have all to play for as the race for semi-final is well and truly on. |
| Scotland, on the other hand, are a good side but they haven't quite been able to bring their A game coming into the Super 12 stage. Their bowlers have done a decent job but it is their batters who need to step up if they are to stand a chance of winning against a strong New Zealand side. Right then, lots of match-ups to look forward to in this game and it promises to be an intriguing contest between Scotland's batters and New Zealand's bowlers. Stay tuned for toss and further updates. |
| TOSS - We are all in readiness for the flip of the coin as both the skippers are out in the middle. The flip of the coin lands in the favor of Kyle Coetzer. SCOTLAND ELECT TO BOWL FIRST! |
| Scotland (Playing XI) - George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (C) (In place of Craig Wallace), Matthew Cross (WK), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Alasdair Evans (In place of Josh Davey), Safyaan Sharif, Brad Wheal. |
| New Zealand (Unchanged Playing XI) - Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, Kane Williamson (C), Devon Conway (WK), Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Trent Boult. |
| Kane Williamson, the skipper of New Zealand, says that they would have bowled first as well as it looks like a good surface. Says that they are ready for the job. Informs that they are playing the same team. Adds that they have to maintain the standard same as they showed against India and would focus on their game. Tells that the players can play a variety of roles and that is why they are playing with the same team. |
| Kyle Coetzer, the skipper of Scotland, says they will bowl first. Informs that they have two changes as Kyle Coetzer and Alasdair Evans come in place of Craig Wallace and Josh Davey. Adds that setting totals has been challenging in this tournament so they would look to chase. Tells that they were expecting tough competition coming into the Super 12 stage and it is a brilliant opportunity for them to push their boundaries as far as they can against quality sides. |
| The players walk out and line up for their respective national anthems. It is Scotland's first followed by New Zealand's. Done with all the pre-match formalities. It is time for the action as the players of Scotland stride out to the middle. Martin Guptill and Daryl Mitchell are the openers for New Zealand. The players take the knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Brad Wheal to start with the ball. Here we go... |
| 0.1 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Brad Wheal starts off with a back-of-a-length delivery, around off, it lands and takes off slightly. Martin Guptill keeps his wits about himself and makes an early leave. |
| 0.2 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Brad sticks with the same line and length and the ball again bounces slightly more than what Martin expected. It moves away slightly too as the Kiwi makes his second leave on the trot. |
| 0.3 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, FOUR! New Zealand and Martin Guptill open their account. Brad changes his length and gets punished. A touch too full, around off, shaping away, Martin Guptill makes room and lofts this one over covers for a boundary. |
| 0.4 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Better length this time. Back of a length, around off and middle, following Martin as he moves to the leg side. He inside-edges this to the leg side for a quick single. |
| 0.5 : Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, FIVE WIDES. Uh-oh. Went wrong for Wheal there. On a length, but sliding down the leg side, Daryl Mitchell leaves it and the keeper fails to stop it too. Runs away to the fence. |
| Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Around off, on a length, Daryl Mitchell pokes at this but gets an outside edge, which goes down to third man and the batters collect a couple. |
| 0.6 : Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, On middle now, pushed to the mid on region for a quick single. 13 off the first over! |
| Who will bowl from the other end? Safyaan Sharif it is. |
| 1.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Daryl Mitchell, Good-length ball on off, defended out. |
| 1.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Daryl Mitchell, Slightly shortish, around off, Daryl Mitchell looks to pull but gets an inside edge, back onto the pad, to the off side. They scamper through for a single. |
| 1.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Back of a length, on the pads, MG looks to tuck but misses and gets hit high on the pad. |
| 1.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Around off, slashed hard to the man at backward point. |
| 1.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, No pace on this one, on a length around off, Martin taps this to backward point and looks for one, but is sent back. |
| 1.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Just a single off this over! A top start by Sharif. Outside off, on a length, sliced to the man at backward point again. |
| Alasdair Evans is into the attack now. |
| 2.1 : Alasdair Evans to Daryl Mitchell, On a length, around off, slower too, Daryl mistimes his shot, straight to the mid-wicket fielder. |
| 2.2 : Alasdair Evans to Daryl Mitchell, A single now as this is pushed to the mid on region. |
| 2.3 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, FOUR! BANG! That is what Guptill was waiting for! The width on offer is what Martin wanted and he got it! Outside off, Martin Guptill frees his arms and slaps this behind point for a boundary. |
| 2.4 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, FOUR! And again! The same delivery as the last one and Guppy dishes the same punishment! Width offered outside off, Martin Guptill smacks this through point again for a boundary. |
| 2.5 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Around off, tapped to the off side now. |
| 2.6 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, 9 off this one! On a length on off, defended out to the point region. |
| 3.1 : Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Daryl Mitchell pulls this one in between deep square leg and deep mid-wicket for a single run. |
| 0.0 : Change. Brad Wheal is back on. Went for 13 runs in his first over. |
| 3.2 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, In the air...safe! A touch shorter this time, around middle and leg, Martin Guptill looks to pull but mistimes it behind short fine leg. There is no one in the deep and it lands safe. Two taken. |
| 3.3 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Around middle and leg, the slower one, MG misses his tuck and the ball takes the pad and goes to the off side for a leg bye. |
| 3.4 : Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, WIDE. Short and down the leg side, DM leaves it after watching it closely. Wided. |
| Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, FOUR! There was power on this shot, no enough timing, but still enough for the ball to run away to the ropes. Around middle and off, Brad Wheal hits the deck hard this time, Daryl Mitchell pumps this one past the mid on fielder for a boundary. |
| 3.5 : Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Daryl Mitchell lofts this one over the bowler and they collect a couple before the fielder can cut the ball off this time. |
| 3.6 : Brad Wheal to Daryl Mitchell, Short on off, pulled to deep mid-wicket for a run. 12 off this one. A decent start by the Black Caps. |
| Safyaan Sharif is back into the attack. |
| 4.1 : Review time! Daryl Mitchell refers it upstairs after been given LBW. UltraEdge shows no bat there. Ball Tracker shows umpire's call on wickets hitting and the on-field decision stays. New Zealand retains the review. |
| Safyaan Sharif to Daryl Mitchell, OUT! LBW! Safyaan Sharif strikes and New Zealand lose their first wicket. Sharif hurls a good-length ball, around middle, jagging back in sharply. Daryl Mitchell looks to flick but he misses and gets hit high on his pad. Sharif puts in an appeal and the umpire raises his finger. Mitchell opts for a review but the Ball Tracker shows that the ball would have clipped the leg stump so it is umpire's call. |
| 0.0 : Kane Williamson walks out to the middle. |
| 4.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Kane Williamson, Back of a length, outside off. Kane Williamson hangs back and guides it to the gully fielder. |
| 4.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Kane Williamson, Back of a length, outside off. Kane Williamson punches it off the back foot to cover. |
| 4.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Kane Williamson, This is excellent stuff from Sharif! Length ball, jagging back in from middle. Kane Williamson blocks it watchfully. |
| 4.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Kane Williamson, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! This is a huge wicket for Scotland as Kane Williamson walks back without troubling the scorers! Williamson would be gutted as he was very unlucky here! Sharif sprays it down leg. Williamson looks to flick but it gets a nick and the ball goes behind to the left of the keeper. Matthew Cross dives there and takes a good catch. Sharif puts in an appeal, the umpire takes his time but raises his finger in the end. |
| Devon Conway is the new man in. |
| 4.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Devon Conway, Wide! Sharif spills this one way down leg. Devon Conway misses his nudge. Wide called by the umpire! |
| Safyaan Sharif to Devon Conway, Another dot to the end the over! Good-length ball, around off. Devon Conway pushes it back to the bowler. Just 1 run and two wickets off the over! |
| 5.1 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Short of a length, outside off. Martin Guptill punches it past covers and takes a couple of runs. |
| 5.2 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Wide! Full ball but way down leg. Martin Guptill misses his flick. Wided! |
| 0.0 : Alasdair Evans changes ends. |
| 5.2 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Good-length ball, angling in from middle. Martin Guptill gets an inside edge onto his pad as he tries to flick it. |
| 5.3 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Not where Martin Guptill intented it to go but he will take that! Banged in short, around off. Guptill looks to pull but it takes the splice of the bat and clears mid on, into the fence on the bounce. |
| 5.4 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Wide! Another ball, way down leg. Martin Guptill misses his flick. Wide called! |
| Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, SIX! BOOM! Length ball, on the pads. Martin Guptill stays back and whips it behind square on the leg side to collect a maximum! That biggie also brings up 3000 runs in T20Is for Guptill! |
| 5.5 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Good-length ball, darted on the pads. Guptill tickles it to fine leg for a run. |
| 5.6 : Alasdair Evans to Devon Conway, Length ball, around off. Devon Conway pushes it to mid off and scampers through for a single. At the end of the Powerplay, New Zealand are 52/2. |
| Time for some spin as Mark Watt is into the attack. |
| 6.1 : Mark Watt to Devon Conway, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Mark Watt strikes on his very first ball and it is Devon Conway who has to walk back to the hut now! Tossed up, outside off. Conway looks to play the reverse sweep but the ball brushes his gloves and goes straight to Matthew Cross behind the sticks who does not make any mistake. |
| 0.0 : Glenn Phillips walks out to the middle. |
| 6.2 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Leg bye! Flatter ball, down leg. Glenn Phillips misses his flick and gets hit on the pad. The ball rolls away to the leg side for a leg bye. |
| 6.3 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Floated, around middle. Martin Guptill prods and works it to long on for a single. |
| 6.4 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Flatter ball, coming in with the angle. Glenn Phillips hangs back and tucks it to mid-wicket. |
| 6.5 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Watt fires in a quicker ball, around off, coming in with the angle. Glenn Phillips rocks back and turns it to mid-wicket. |
| 6.6 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, A dot to end the over! Quicker ball, outside off. Glenn Phillips pushes it to cover off the back foot. |
| 7.1 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Greaves starts with a half-tracker, around middle. Guptill rocks back and pulls it wide of deep square leg for a couple. |
| 0.0 : Spin from both the ends as Chris Greaves to bowl now. |
| 7.2 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Tossed up, outside off. Martin Guptill prods to block this one out. |
| 7.3 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Shorter in length, around off. Martin Guptill stays back and pulls it to deep mid-wicket for a run. |
| 7.4 : Chris Greaves to Glenn Phillips, Just a tad short, outside off. Glenn Phillips punches it to deep cover off the back foot. A single taken. |
| 7.5 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Flatter ball, outside off, turning in late. Martin Guptill leaves it alone thinking that it is a wide but the ball was well inside the tramline. |
| 7.6 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Tossed up, around off. Martin Guptill defends it out off the front foot. |
| 8.1 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Full and on off, pushed to covers. |
| 8.2 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, A friendly full toss, angling on middle, eased down to long on for a single. |
| 8.3 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Angles it on the pads, drilled down to long on for one more. |
| 8.4 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Appeal for LBW but not given! Might be going down the leg side. A full ball, slanting on the pads. Glenn Phillips sits and looks to sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. |
| 8.5 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Short and on middle, pulled to mid-wicket for a single. |
| 8.6 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Tossed up on middle. Guptill works it on the leg side for a single. |
| 9.1 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Flatter and on off. Guptill pushes it wide of long on for a single. |
| 9.2 : Chris Greaves to Glenn Phillips, Quicker one now, full and on the leg pole. Glenn Phillips mistimes his heave back on the deck. |
| 9.3 : Chris Greaves to Glenn Phillips, A loopy ball, outside off, pushed through covers for a couple. |
| 9.4 : Chris Greaves to Glenn Phillips, Darted on the pads, flicked to square leg for a single. |
| 9.5 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Welcome boundary and a much-needed one for New Zealand! A short ball, outside off. Guptill sees the width and cuts it through point for a boundary. |
| 9.6 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Slightly full and on off. Guptill chops it to short third man. |
| 10.1 : Michael Leask to Glenn Phillips, Full and on middle. Glenn Phillips wrists it to deep mid-wicket with soft hands and collects a couple. |
| 10.2 : Michael Leask to Glenn Phillips, Two again! Hitting to the longer areas and collecting couples with ease! Full on middle, tucked to deep mid-wicket for a brace, |
| 10.3 : Michael Leask to Glenn Phillips, Angles it on the pads, kept out. |
| 0.0 : DRINKS! Scotland have started well with the ball and New Zealand's batters are finding it hard to time the ball on this slowish pitch. The Kiwis would hope that their set batter, Martin Guptill bats deep and takes them to a good total. Michael Leask comes to bowl now. |
| 10.4 : Michael Leask to Glenn Phillips, SIX! Maximum! Nice shot! Full and on off. Phillips gets on his knee and slog-sweeps it over mid-wicket for a biggie. New ball, please! |
| 10.5 : Michael Leask to Glenn Phillips, Short and on middle. Phillips mistimes his pull to square leg for a single. |
| 10.6 : Michael Leask to Martin Guptill, Now pulls it nicely but finds the deep square leg fielder. A single. |
| 11.1 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, In the air but safe! A length ball, on middle, was a cross-seamer. Martin Guptill closes the face of the bat too early as he looks to flick, gets a leading edge towards the vacant mid on region for a single. |
| 11.2 : Alasdair Evans to Glenn Phillips, Length and on middle. Blocked out. |
| 0.0 : Alasdair Evans (2-0-25-0)Â is back on. |
| 11.3 : Alasdair Evans to Glenn Phillips, Short in length, on middle. Glenn Phillips pulls it to deep square leg for one. |
| 11.4 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, SIX! Runs coming nicely for New Zealand! A length ball, angling on middle. Martin Guptill plays the pick up shot perfectly as he hits it over mid-wicket for a maximum. |
| 11.5 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, On middle, drilled down to long on for a single. |
| 11.6 : Alasdair Evans to Glenn Phillips, A length ball, on middle. Glenn Phillips whips it to deep square leg where the fielder overcooks it but does enough to keep it away from the fence. A single. |
| 12.1 : Chris Greaves to Glenn Phillips, Tossed up, around off, nudged through mid-wicket for one. |
| 12.2 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, SIX! Fifty for Martin Guptill too! What a cracking shot to get to your fifty! That went miles in the air and deep into the stands. Fuller, tossed up, around off, Martin Guptill gets low and mows a slog-sweep well over the deep mid-wicket fence. Guppy will be looking to continue! |
| 12.3 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Around off, pushed to covers. |
| 12.4 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, FOUR! Well played. 100 up for the Kiwis! On middle, fuller, Martin Guptill gets low and sweeps this one hard to the deep square leg fence. |
| 12.5 : Chris Greaves to Martin Guptill, Knocked down towards long on for a single. |
| 12.6 : Chris Greaves to Glenn Phillips, DROPPED! Michael Leask is the culprit and Glenn Phillips is handed a life! Chris Greaves floats this one up, lands it around off, Glenn Phillips whips this one aerially towards deep mid-wicket, but he has not timed this one well. Michael Leask runs to his left, keeps his eyes up, but with the sun beating down, he seems to not judge it properly and the ball pops out of his hands. Two taken. |
| 13.1 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Darted on the pad, Martin misses his flick and gets pinged on his pad. |
| 0.0 : Mark Watt is back into the attack. |
| 13.2 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, This full toss is bunted down to long off for an easy single. |
| 13.3 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Pushed straight to the fielder at covers. |
| 13.4 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Fuller outside off, worked through covers for a run. |
| 13.5 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Full and fast around off, MG only pushes it back to the bowler. |
| 13.6 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, WIDE. Just outside the tramline on the off side, left alone. |
| Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, A really good over by Watt! Around off, fuller, punched down to long off for one. |
| 14.1 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, SIX! Martin Guptill is on the charge here! A touch shorter, around off this time, Martin Guptill stands tall and heaves it towards deep square leg. It hangs around in the air for a long time and it goes just past the ropes in the deep. |
| 14.2 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Around off, heaved towards long on, on the bounce, for a single. |
| 0.0 : Brad Wheal (2-0-24-0)Â comes back to bowl |
| 14.3 : Brad Wheal to Glenn Phillips, Good-length ball on off, punched to covers. |
| 14.4 : Brad Wheal to Glenn Phillips, Slower, shorter, on off, Glenn Phillips mistimes his pull towards mid on. They scamper back for the second run. The direct hit is scored at the non-striker's end by the fielder but Guptill was well in. Two, in the end. |
| 14.5 : Brad Wheal to Glenn Phillips, On middle, pulled to deep square leg for one. |
| 14.6 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, Excellent yorker. Right in the blockhole, Guptill only jams this one out. |
| 15.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Glenn Phillips, Around off, powered hard, but only to the long on fielder for one. |
| 0.0 : Safyaan Sharif (2-0-2-2)Â is back on. |
| 15.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, A low full toss, around off, heaved to deep mid-wicket for one. |
| 15.3 : Safyaan Sharif to Glenn Phillips, One more run as this is hit down to long on. |
| 15.4 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, SIX! Well hit by Guppy! It was the slower one, shorter too, but the Kiwi batter judged this well. It is around off, Martin hangs back and pumps this one over deep mid-wicket. An 82m hit from him! |
| 15.5 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, Good length on off, Martin Guptill lofts this over covers and the long off fielder runs to his left and cuts this one out. Two taken. |
| 15.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Martin Guptill, SIX! You do not serve such deliveries to Martin! A juicy full toss, around middle, Martin Guptill does not need another invitation to smack this. He hammers this one well over deep mid-wicket. 17 off this over! |
| 16.1 : Alasdair Evans to Glenn Phillips, Back of a length, around off. Glenn Phillips stays back and heaves it to deep square leg for a single. |
| 16.2 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Slower ball, fuller in length, outside off. Martin Guptill drives but straight to the cover fielder. |
| 16.3 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Wide! Evans errs in his line and spills this one way down leg. Martin Guptill misses his flick. Wided! |
| Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Wide! Evans bangs it into the deck, outside off. Martin Guptill looks to cut it over the keeper but he misses. Wide called by the umpire. |
| Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, SIX! BANG! Slower ball, into the pitch, on middle. Guptill stays back and tonks it over deep mid-wicket for a maximum! |
| 16.4 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, A low full toss, around leg. Guptill stays low and whips it behind square on the leg side for a couple of runs. |
| 16.5 : Alasdair Evans to Martin Guptill, Another slower ball, fuller in length, around middle and leg. Martin Guptill gets low and sweeps it to deep square leg. The batters cross for a single. |
| 16.6 : Alasdair Evans to Glenn Phillips, Full ball, around off. Glenn Phillips looks to heave it away but it goes off the bottom half towards long on for a run. 13 runs off the over! |
| Change. Mark Watt (3-0-9-1) to bowl out! |
| 17.1 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Watt fires in a yorker, around leg. Glenn Phillips misses his heave. That is an excellent take from Matthew Cross behind the sticks. |
| 17.2 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Full ball, outside off. Glenn Phillips drills it to long off for a single. |
| 17.3 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Another ball, fuller in length, way outside off. Martin Guptill reaches out and carves it to deep cover for one. |
| 17.4 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, Quicker ball, outside off. Glenn Phillips digs it out to backward point. The fielder there fumbles and concedes a single. |
| 17.5 : Mark Watt to Martin Guptill, Leg bye! Watt fires in a quicker ball, on the pads. Guptill misses his slog-sweep and gets hit on the pad. The ball rolls away for a leg bye! |
| 17.6 : Mark Watt to Glenn Phillips, A single to end the over! Watt hurls a quicker ball, fuller in length, around off. Guptill squeezes it out to long off for a run. |
| 18.1 : Brad Wheal to Glenn Phillips, TWO LEG BYES! Full ball, darted on the pads. Phillips misses his heave and gets hit on the pad. The ball rolls away behind square on the leg side for a couple of leg byes! |
| 0.0 : James Neesham walks out. |
| 18.2 : Brad Wheal to Glenn Phillips, OUT! TAKEN! Glenn Phillips holes out and his struggle in the middle comes to an end. Wheal hurls a slower ball, into the pitch, around middle. Phillips looks to pull hard but he only manages a top edge and the ball loops up in the air towards deep mid-wicket. Chris Greaves there settles under it and takes a good catch. |
| 18.3 : Brad Wheal to Martin Guptill, OUT! CAUGHT! This is a huge wicket for Scotland as Martin Guptill falls 7 runs short of his hundred! Length ball, on middle. Guptill looks to clear long on but it takes the toe end and the ball goes straight to Calum MacLeod at long on who gulps it down. That brings an end to a fine innings from Guptill! Brad Wheal is on a hat-trick now! |
| 18.2 : Mitchell Santner is the new man in! |
| 18.4 : Brad Wheal to James Neesham, A low full toss, outside off. James Neesham pushes it to long off for a single. |
| 18.5 : Brad Wheal to Mitchell Santner, Well bowled! A well-directed yorker, outside off. Mitchell Santner digs it out and the batters take a run. |
| 18.6 : Brad Wheal to James Neesham, FOUR! That spoils a good over! Wheal bangs it into the deck, around off. Neesham stays back and pumps it through mid-wicket for a boundary. |
| 19.1 : Safyaan Sharif to Mitchell Santner, BEATEN! Full ball, just outside off. Mitchell Santner looks to drive but he misses. |
| 19.2 : Safyaan Sharif to Mitchell Santner, Short of a length, outside off. Mitchell Santner stays back and punches it to cover for a run. |
| 19.3 : Safyaan Sharif to James Neesham, Wide! Sharif spills this one down leg. James Neesham misses his whip and the umpire calls it a wide. |
| Safyaan Sharif to James Neesham, A yorker, around middle and leg. James Neesham squeezes it out towards mid-wicket and takes a couple of runs. |
| 19.4 : Safyaan Sharif to James Neesham, Excellent delivery! Sharif hurls a pin-point yorker, on the pads. James Neesham digs it out back to the bowler. |
| 19.5 : Safyaan Sharif to James Neesham, Another yorker, just outside off. James Neesham squeezes it out to wide of cover for one. Can Safyaan Sharif end well here? |
| 19.6 : Safyaan Sharif to Mitchell Santner, NOT OUT! TWO WIDES! Full ball, down leg. Mitchell Santner misses his flick and the umpire calls it a wide. James Neesham at the non-striker's end looks to steal a bye! The keeper collects the ball and throws it back to Sharif. He catches it and runs to whip the bails off at the non-striker's end. Mitchell Santner puts in a dive and he is well inside the crease. |
| 19.4 : Is that a run out? Replays show that Mitchell Santner had made it in. |
| 19.6 : Safyaan Sharif to James Neesham, Full ball, around leg. James Neesham digs it out to the leg side and comes back for the second run. NEW ZEALAND END ON 172/5! |
| The veteran of New Zealand cricket, Martin Guptill showed his presence today as he kept his calm initially before taking the bowlers for cleaners. He was clearly losing his breath during the overs and then he decided to deal with boundaries. In the end, he was fully exhausted and missed out on a terrific hundred. For Scotland, they ended things well as they gave away just 22 runs in the last three overs. |
| New Zealand were off to a nervy start as wickets were falling at regular intervals while Guptill was watching it from the other end. Glenn Phillips then joined Guptill in the middle to control things. it looked like both were playing on a completely different pitch after the drinks break as everything was coming off the middle of the willow. Phillips was playing the second fiddle while Guptill was going all guns blazing. Once both fell, The Kiwis failed to take the advantage of the last few over |
| Scotland actually did well to start and end the innings on a high. While the iron was hot, they failed to take wickets in the middle phase and the opponents took every advantage of it. Brad Wheal did well to scalp two wickets in quick succession and cut out 10-20 runs more from the set batters. Only Mark Watt was economical of all the bowlers as he gave away just 13 runs and took a wicket in his 4-overs spell. While Sharif showed his brilliance as he took two wickets and ended the innings supe |
| Safyaan Sharif is up for a quick chat. He says that it was hot and humid out there. Adds that they are quite clear about how to go about in the Powerplay as a bowling unit. Tells that the pitch is a bit two-paced and they tried to vary their pace on this deck. |
| Right then! 173 needed for Scotland to win. It will take some batting from Scotland to chase it out. Will they be able to do it? We will find out soon as the chase is about to start. |
| ... THE RUN CHASE ... |
| We are back for the chase. |
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