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.
New Zealand vs Scotland, 32nd Match, Group 2 at Dubai, T20 World Cup, Nov 03 2021 - Match Result
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.
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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.
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.
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.
full and follows Leask backing away from leg, beats him between leg stump and the body missing a heave.
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.
length ball full on middle, Leask goes big over cow corner. This match is still alive!
slower ball lands full on fifth stump, Greaves through the shot a touch early and edges a slog off the toe that flutters short of Conway, fumbled off a bounce to allow a single.
short on the stumps, pulls this flat to wide midwicket for one.
length ball on the body follows Greaves clearing the front leg, misses a heave off the thigh that caroms to point for an extra.
Fay: "Bidding for comments? Gradually we are seeing the negative effects of IPL". Super King Commenters? So many puns to make out of that.
short on the body, pulled flat through square leg.
another wide yorker gone away outside the guidelines.
slower wide yorker, outside the guidelines with Leask way way out in front. Wide called.
short on the body, pulls this flat through square leg for one.
39 off 12. Scotland still clinging on to faint hope. South on for his last over.
another charge, another drag short in response, another Leask tonk flat through wide long-on to the rope again.
charges again, Sodhi drags the length back and wider on sixth stump but Leask will not be denied, slamming this tennis backhand style through long-on over the non-striker's head.
full toss on off stump, shuffles across to slaughter this into the 15th row over square leg.
flighted full and wide, charges again and skies a heave that falls into no man's land between long-on and long-off for a pair.
Taimoor: "You can create a model based on Pay per click to post comments during the match. Have slots for end of over comments where people can bid for the slot highest one gets the slot and the remaining get their money back. Bids can be anywhere from 0.1$ to 1$". Auction comments to the highest bidder. Now we're getting creative.
floats this full and wide, Leask charges but mistimes it into the ground.
goes to reverse sweep a full ball and scuffs it along the turf for one to short third man.
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Dubai International Cricket Stadium | |
Toss | Scotland, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2021/22 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match number | T20I no. 1388 |
Match days | 3 November 2021 - day (20-over match) |
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Match Referee | |
Points | New Zealand 2, Scotland 0 |
Over 20 • SCOT 156/5
New Zealand won by 16 runs