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Opener Martin Guptill's blistering 56-ball 93, which was built around monstrous sixes and authoritative batting, set up a 16-run win for New Zealand over a spirited Scotland
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Opener Martin Guptill's blistering 56-ball 93, which was built around monstrous sixes and authoritative batting, set up a 16-run win for New Zealand over a spirited Scotland in the T20 World Cup here on Wednesday.
In all, Guptill smashed seven sixes and six fours as New Zealand posted 172 for five in the Group 2 Super 12 match. Scotland replied with 156 for five in their allotted 20 overs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium
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Michael Leask blazed away to an unbeaten 42 off 20 balls, but his effort was not enough for the Scots.
Most of his big hits were directed towards the mid-wicket region and by the time he was done with his knock, Guptill was overcome with exhaustion in the extreme heat.
One of New Zealand's prolific run-scorers over many years, Guptill added 105 runs for the fourth wicket with Glenn Phillips (33) to put his team in a commanding position.
Asked to bat first, New Zealand were off to a brisk start with Guptill leading the way in the company of Daryl Mitchell (13).
As many as 13 runs came in the match's very first over bowled by Bradley Wheal (2/40), but Safyaan Sharif (2/28) made an excellent start in the next over, giving away just one run.
Playing this game in place of an injured Josh Davey, Alasdair Evans was smashed for two successive boundaries by Guptill through the point region, the batter cutting with utter disdain on both occasions.
Mitchell too got himself a boundary against Wheal but the opener was trapped in front of the wicket by Sharif in the fifth over. The on-field umpire's decision was challenged, albeit unsuccessfully, by the batter.
In the middle of the fine first spell, seamer Sharif got the big wicket of New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (0) four balls later, as a diving Matthew Cross completed a good catch behind the stumps after the batter failed to connect properly while playing it down the leg side.
Unperturbed by the double blows, Guptill smashed Evans for a maximum over backward square leg fence, as the Kiwis collected a productive 52 runs during power play, with 16 of them coming in the sixth over.
With that big hit, Guptill became only the second batter after Indian captain Virat Kohli to cross 3000 runs in T20 Internationals.
Earlier, Scotland won the toss and elected to bowl against New Zealand.
Scotland has made a couple of changes with skipper Kyle Coetzer and Alasdair Evans coming in place of Josh Davey and Craig Wallace.
New Zealand is playing with the same XI that defeated India on Sunday.
New Zealand needs to win their remaining three matches to make the last four. They will also be eyeing dominant wins to improve their net run rate which could come into play later on.
Scotland full scorecard| BATTING | Dismissals | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| George Munsey | c Southee b Sodhi | 22 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 122.22 |
| Kyle Coetzer (c) | c Southee b Boult | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 154.54 |
| Matthew Cross † | b Southee | 27 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 93.1 |
| Richie Berrington | c †Conway b Sodhi | 20 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 117.64 |
| Calum MacLeod | b Boult | 12 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Michael Leask | not out | 42 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 210 |
| Chris Greaves | not out | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Total: 156-5 in 20 Overs | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | DOTS |
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | 12 |
| Tim Southee | 4 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| Adam Milne | 4 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| Mitchell Santner | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 5.75 | 8 |
| Ish Sodhi | 4 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 10.5 | 7 |
| BATTING | Dismissals | Runs | Balls | Minutes | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Martin Guptill | c MacLeod b Wheal | 93 | 56 | 92 | 6 | 7 | 166.07 | |
| Daryl Mitchell | lbw b Sharif | 13 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 118.18 | |
| Kane Williamson (c) | c †Cross b Sharif | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Devon Conway † | c †Cross b Watt | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Glenn Phillips | c Greaves b Wheal | 33 | 37 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 89.18 | |
| James Neesham | not out | 10 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 166.66 | |
| Mitchell Santner | not out | 2 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| Total: 172-5 | ||||||||
| BOWLING | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy | Dots | Fours | Sixes |
| Brad Wheal | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Safyaan Sharif | 4 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 2 |
| Alasdair Evans | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Mark Watt | 4 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 3.25 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Greaves | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 8.66 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Michael Leask | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
First Published: Nov 03 2021 | 12:12 PM IST
