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Match Details
NZ vs SCO 1st Match, SCO vs NZ 2022
SCO
157-820.0
New Zealand won by 68 runs 🏆
NZ
20.0225-5
Player of the Match
Finn Allen
New Zealand101(56)
SCO - 2nd Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 48 | 46 | 10 Over | 78 | 73 | 15 Over | 104 | 117 |
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NZ - 1st Innings| Session | Open | PASS | 6 Over | 52 | 48 | 10 Over | 85 | 90 | 15 Over | 140 | 146 | 20 Over | 206 | 225 |
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10.45 PM IST| That's a wrap from us then here!! We have seen an amazing game of cricket today as New Zealand proved to be more strong than the hosts. The Scotland fans will be hoping that their side bounces back in the second T20I which is on Friday here in Edinburg, don't forget to tune into that game. This is Tugral Azmi signing off along with my co-commentator Ajay Ahire along with our scorer Manish Bishnoi. Goodbye and Goodnight :)
Mitchell Santner(New Zealand skipper): "We got off to a great start and it started to spin in the middle which was great for us. You know it helps when you bowl in tandem(Bowling with Ish Sodhi). Finn showed a glimpse in Ireland and today he got that big one. I think this performance shows the depth of our squad and it's great for a team."
Richard Berrington(Scotland skipper): "Not the best day for us and certain areas that we need to look after and move on with the improvements. I think we leaked a few more runs at the back end. They took the game away from us at the backend. I think it's just good to be back playing the T20. Graves bowled really well in the middle and that's a good sign for us."
Finn Allen(Player of the match): "Absolutely nice to get on there in the middle and score some runs. Nice to get those on the board and happy that I got that hundred for the country. Guptill is a calm character and it's so good to work with him in the middle. It was a great surface to bat on surely."
10.30 PM IST| New Zealand continued their winning streak in the first T20 as well and take the lead by 1–0 with the performance. New Zealand's best bowling helped the Scotland team beat this match very easily by 68 runs.
In reply to the target set by the visitors, the host started
in an opposite manner scoring 46 runs without losing any wicket in the
powerplay which laid a good foundation for them to go on and win this game. When
Scotland's openers came to chase, both the batters were handling Scotland's
innings and were also scoring runs at a brisk rate. When none of the bowlers succeeded in getting any wickets, Sodhi took charge and got Munsey (28 off 28) to take the first one. Shortly after, Sodhi gave Ollie a cheap return of the pavilion in the same manner. It was only a few seconds that Munsey and Ollie were out that Calum MacLeod (33 off 24) became the victim of Santner. Sodhi did not give the Scottish captain a chance to stay in the next over and on the score of just two runs, he uprooted his wicket with his spin.
The Scotland team's batsmen could not achieve much even after a strong start, losing 5 wickets for only 88 runs. Greaves and Leask managed Scotland's faltering effort, they scored 29 runs for the sixth wicket, but the New Zealand bowlers did not give any batters enough time to stay in the game. Greaves made 31 off 22 balls and he lost his wicket after being caught in Sodhi's googly. Mark Watt (17* off 12) played a quick-fired unbeaten knock. The Scottish players failed with both bat and ball and eventually suffered a 68-run defeat.
However, from the bowling side, today was a good day for the Kiwis, first, they put a big target of 225 on the board while batting and when their bowlers' turn came, they also showed their best performance. Then their bowlers uprooted the opponent’s wickets with their deadly bowling attack. Ish Sodhi was an effective and impactful bowler throughout the innings. He was the pick of the bowlers for New Zealand he took 4 wickets and gave away 28 runs in his 4 overs. Mitchell Santner also took a couple of wickets. Lockie Ferguson also managed to take a wicket. This is New Zealand's fourth straight victory in T20 Internationals after winning the game by 68 runs.
OVER 20
Scotland
157/8
Chris Sole
2(1)
Mark Watt
17(12)
Lockie Ferguson
1-35(4.0)
19.6 L Ferguson to C Sole
2 A couple of runs to end the match here. Fuller length that comes back in towards the batter. Sole heaves that one towards the deep square leg region for a brace here. With that, The kiwis beat Scotland by 68 runs...
19.5 L Ferguson to S Sharif
W WICKET!!! Edge and taken...Sharif has to depart here. Ferguson picks up a wicket here. Ferguson runs in from over the wicket and hits the fuller length a tad outside the off. Sharif makes room to play that one but he gets the thin edge of the bat and it goes to the keeper. He departs for 14 and they are 8 down now.
19.4 L Ferguson to S Sharif
0 Back of a length on the off. Sharif misses the ramp to the keeper.
19.3 L Ferguson to S Sharif
0 Yorker length outside the off. Sharif steers it straight towards the point.
19.2 L Ferguson to M Watt
1b A wide ball this time. Back of a length but outside the off stump line.
19.2 L Ferguson to M Watt
nb Full toss outside the off. Watt looks to scoop that one but he misses it to the keeper.
19.1 L Ferguson to M Watt
0 Yorker length on the off. Watt digs that one back towards the mid-off.
OVER 19
Scotland
153/7
Safyaan Sharif
14(9)
Mark Watt
17(9)
Jimmy Neesham
0-17(2.0)
18.6 J Neesham to S Sharif
6 SIXX!!! What a strike this from Sharif...He sends that one over the ropes for a maximum. Neesham bowls that one on a good length on the leg stump line. Sharif heaves that one over the deep midwicket for a maximum here.
18.5 J Neesham to M Watt
1 Fuller on the woods. Watt clips it towards the deep midwicket for a single.
18.4 J Neesham to S Sharif
1 Back of a length into the batter. Sharif pulls it towards the deep square leg for a single.
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