T20 World Cup 2021 Highlights, New Zealand vs Scotland: New Zealand beat Scotland by 16 runs

Tim Southee to Kyle Coetzer, WIDE! Full and way down the leg side. Kyle Coetzer misses his flick. Wided.

Tim Southee to Kyle Coetzer, On middle. Kyle Coetzer flicks it back on the pads and the ball rolls away to covers.

Tim Southee to Kyle Coetzer, WIDE! Spills a bouncer, on middle. Left alone for a wide. 

Tim Southee to Kyle Coetzer, FOUR! Finds the gap! A length ball, on off. Kyle Coetzer drives it through covers. The fielder tries to chase it down but to no avail as the ball wins the race. 

Tim Southee to George Munsey, A length ball, on off. Munsey stays back and punches it to covers.

Trent Boult to Kyle Coetzer, Short of a length, on off, punched to point.

Trent Boult to Kyle Coetzer, Full ball, swinging in on the pads. Kyle Coetzer misses his flick and gets hit on the pads.

Trent Boult to Kyle Coetzer, FOUR! Nicely done! Back of a length, outside off. Kyle Coetzer hangs back and punches it through covers. Kane Williamson gives it a chase, he puts in a dive but the ball wins.

Trent Boult to George Munsey, Edged, but safe! Length ball, outside off, shaping away late. Munsey looks to drive on the up but it takes the outside edge towards third man. George Munsey and Scotland are up and running!

Trent Boult to George Munsey, Back of a length, around off. George Munsey blocks it off the back foot.

Trent Boult to Kyle Coetzer, FOUR! Good shot! A full ball, very full, on middle. Kyle Coetzer tucks it past mid on and the ball races away to the fence.

We are back for the chase. The players of New Zealand are out to the middle. George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer are the openers. Trent Boult to start with the ball. 

... THE RUN CHASE ...

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. 

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.

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 superbly.

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 overs.

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. 

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!