- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.4 woeful drive, chipped up in the air, easy catch for Cairns moving around from the mid on 2/110.1 simply pathetic, the lamest of nudge to the 1st slip, appeared to want to glide it to the 3rd man, but there's 2 slips! got what he deserved anyway 12/37 swinging down the line and into the pads, pitched up, long appeal, Koertzen succumbs to the plead, ball would've hit middle and leg 11/224.4 misplays a poor drive, floats away on the on side, and easily caught at the mid wicket area 66/427.2 ball is swinging in, Stanger with a clanger, playing down the wrong line, ball grabs the outside edge and lands in the delicate underbelly of Astle at 1st slip, woof 68/626.4 pushing across the line outside the off stump, a reasonable thick edge on it, Parore with an excellent diving catch in front of the 1st slip, very well taken 68/535.1 easy as you like, deceives the batsman with a little pace, pushed back to the bowler, one of the more easier catches you're ever likely to see 100/742 trying to loft over the covers, not played well, Vettori gets to make a cameo appearence, New Zealand must chase 122 in 21.2 overs 121/1035.2 and another one bites the dust, trying the forward defence, misses, into the leading pad, Robinson rules in favour of the appeal 100/837.1 going for another big shot, swipes over the mid wicket from outside the off stump, Twose positions himself well to collect it at deep mid wicket 110/9Extras24 (b 1, lb 7, nb 3, w 13)TOTAL121 all out (42.1 Overs, RR: 2.86)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Mike Smith, 3.4 ov), 2-11 (George Salmond, 6.6 ov), 3-12 (Mike Allingham, 10.1 ov), 4-66 (Gavin Hamilton, 24.4 ov), 5-68 (James Brinkley, 26.4 ov), 6-68 (Ian Stanger, 27.2 ov), 7-100 (Greig Williamson, 35.1 ov), 8-100 (John Blain, 35.2 ov), 9-110 (Asim Butt, 37.2 ov), 10-121 (Alec Davies, 42.1 ov)
31/05Result
30th Match, ICC World Cup at Edinburgh, May 31 1999
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
123/4 (17.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
31/05Result
30th Match, ICC World Cup at Edinburgh, May 31 1999
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![Scotland]( "Scotland")
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![New Zealand]( "New Zealand")
123/4 (17.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 and so ends the great openign the batting experiment, bowled around his legs, not anywhere near it 0/12.3 what a disaster area of a player, swinging outside the off stump, looking for the big heave ho over the extra cover, feathers and edge to the keeper 19/211.5 utterly misjudging the pace of it, ball rebounds off the bat and floats to the bowler, McMillan just trying some forward defence 81/313 playing for the nudge thru the covers, bottom edge, into the stumps, Fleming stops celebrating 92/4Extras12 (b 1, lb 2, nb 4, w 5)TOTAL123/4 (17.5 Overs, RR: 6.89)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Matthew Hart, 0.2 ov), 2-19 (Nathan Astle, 2.3 ov), 3-81 (Craig McMillan, 11.5 ov), 4-92 (Stephen Fleming, 12.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB JAR Blain 7 0 53 3 7.57 2 3 Asim Butt 5 0 33 0 6.6 2 1 GM Hamilton 5.5 0 34 1 5.82 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
New Zealand , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
31 May 1999 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
New Zealand 2, Scotland 0
Match Notes
- RG Twose 50 off 44 balls, 5x4 1x6
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