New Zealand beat Scotland by seven wickets
London, June 6 (IANS) New Zealand started their World Twenty20 campaign with a convincing seven-wicket win over Scotland in a rain-affected match at The Oval here Saturday. Presistent rain proved to be a dampner as the match was reduced to a seven-over affair but both the sides played exciting cricket that saw New Zealand prevailing with one over to spare.
Put into bat, Scotland scored a formidable 89 for four in seven overs with Kyle Coetzer top-scoring with 33 off 15 balls and openers Ryan Watson and Navdeep Poonia making 27 runs each. The New Zealand bowlers, barring Man of the Match Ian Butler (3/19), were relentlessly punished by the Scottish batsmen.
For New Zealand, stand-in captain Brendon McCullum (18) and Jesse Ryder (31) played destructive innings as 50 runs came up in three overs. Ryder’s 12-ball innings was studded with two sixes and three fours and Ross Taylor scored an unbeaten 21 to steer home comfortably.
Scotland Innings
Ryan Watson c Taylor b Butler 27 (10)
Navdeep Poonia run out (McGlashan) 27 (15)
Kyle Coetzer c McGlashan b Butler 33 (15)
Jan Stander not out 0 (1)
Collin Smith b Butler 0 (1)
Extras (lb 2) 2
Total (4 wickets in 7 overs) 89
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Watson, 2.1 overs), 2-89 (Coetzer, 6.4), 3-89 (Poonia, 6.5), 4-89 (Smith, 6.6)
Bowling:
Ian O’Brien 1 0 16 0
James Franklin 1 0 12 0
Ian Butler 2 0 19 3
Jacob Oram 2 0 21 0
Jesse Ryder 1 0 19 0
New Zealand Innings
Brendon McCullum run out (Coetzer/Smith) 18 (7)
Jesse Ryder c MacLeod b Wright 31 (12)
Ross Taylor not out 21 (10)
Jacob Oram c Stander b Watson 8 (6)
Scot Styris not out 8 (4)
Extras (w 1, nb 3) 4
Total (3 wickets in 6 overs) 90
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Ryder, 2.5 overs), 2-59 (McCullum, 3.2), 3-68 (Oram, 4.3)
Bowling:
Calum MacLeod 1 0 19 0
Gordon Drummond 2 0 25 0
Craig Wright 1 0 20 1
Ryan Watson 1 0 4 1
Jan Stander 1 0 22 0
Toss: New Zealand chose to field
Result: New Zealand won by seven wickets
Player of the match: Ian Butler (New Zealand)
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Daryl Harper (Australia)
TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
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