Guptill brilliance helps New Zealand see off steely Scotland
Opener's 93 sets up big batting finish; Scotland chase fizzles after brief dominance
03/11Result
32nd Match, Group 2, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Dubai, Nov 3 2021
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
156/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
03/11Result
32nd Match, Group 2, ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Dubai, Nov 3 2021
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
156/5 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
MJ Guptill
93(56) 6x4 - 7x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 29 runs
- 0x4 - 4x6
MA Leask
42(20) 3x4 - 3x6
Control %45%
- Productive Shot
- slog shot
- 22 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
Best performances - Bowlers
SM Sharif
- O4
- M0
- R28
- W2
- Eco7.00
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
TA Boult
- O4
- M0
- R29
- W2
- Eco7.25
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
Match Details
Toss
Scotland , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
3 November 2021 (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, Scotland 0
Scorecard Summary
NEW ZEALAND 172/5 (20 OVERS)
- Martin Guptill93 (56)
- Glenn Phillips33 (37)
- Safyaan Sharif2/28 (4)
- Brad Wheal2/40 (4)
SCOTLAND 156/5 (20 OVERS)
- Michael Leask*42 (20)
- Matthew Cross27 (29)
- Trent Boult2/29 (4)
- Ish Sodhi2/42 (4)
Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: @PeterDellaPenna
END OF OVER:20 | 9 Runs | SCOT: 156/5 (17 runs required, RR: 7.80)
- Chris Greaves8 (10b)
- Michael Leask42 (20b)
- Adam Milne4-1-36-0
- Tim Southee4-0-24-1
5.32 pm So New Zealand keep going on the path toward the semis while Scotland's tournament continues to lose steam after their perfect opening round.
Martin Guptill has been named Player of the Match. No surprises there. Scotland were in it until he exploded in the second half of the first innings. That's it for coverage of this match. Flip on over to the India v Afghanistan ball-by-ball feed for continued coverage of today's T20 World Cup doubleheader.
For Alex Malcolm and the scoring team, I'm Peter Della Penna. Take care!
19.6
1
Milne to Greaves, 1 run, full on middle, drives this firmly to mid-off, bringing up a half-century partnership off the final ball. But Scotland will go down by 16 runs in the end.
19.5
1
Milne to Leask, 1 run, full on the stumps, scuffs a drive down the ground for one.
DaWolf: "Credit to Scotland for a good fight here. They are losing with heart." DaWolf with DaTruth. Valiant effort here. Better than a lot of teams we've seen wilt spinelessly in this event.
19.4
4
Milne to Leask, FOUR, full on off, backs away to carve this over extra cover, no protection on the ring with mid-off up in the ring too and it goes to the rope.
19.3
2
Milne to Leask, 2 runs, full on the legs, heaves this flat through midwicket. But that essentially will mathematically clinch victory for New Zealand barring an illegal delivery, or five.
19.2
0
Milne to Leask, no run, full and follows Leask backing away from leg, beats him between leg stump and the body missing a heave.
19.1
1
Milne to Greaves, 1 run, goes for yorker, spears it in full on middle, drives this flat to long-on.
26 off 6 needed for Scotland. Milne to defend it. Greaves starts on strike.
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| First Round Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.754 |
| NAM | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -0.523 |
| IRE | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.853 |
| NED | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.46 |
| First Round Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SCOT | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.775 |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.733 |
| OMA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.025 |
| PNG | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.655 |
| Group 1 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| ENG | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2.464 |
| AUS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.216 |
| SA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0.739 |
| SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -0.269 |
| WI | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.641 |
| BAN | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -2.383 |
| Group 2 | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| PAK | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1.583 |
| NZ | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1.162 |
| IND | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1.747 |
| AFG | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1.053 |
| NAM | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -1.89 |
| SCOT | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | -3.543 |