NZ VS SCO - 32nd Match, Super 12 Group 2, ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2021

These were Kyle Coeter's words pre-game of the support Scotland needs. "I would encourage everyone back in Scotland to keep supporting this group of players and the organisation as best possible. Because we know that there will be someone out there and someone who wants to come on that journey with us. And it's so important that we group together as a group of players and as an organisation and find that path that is going to take us to the next level and we are gonna have to have some help getting there. We need to have some bold and brave plans and bold and brave people to be involved with us to help us get there." After the potential they showed today, they sure deserve that support and the cricket world would love to see them develop. We leave you here on that note. But join us on the other game as India bat first against Afghanistan. See you!

Kane Williamson: We certainly knew coming into this tournament that there were match winners all around. It ebbed and flowed and we got a good first innings total. We were patchy with the ball but we need to move on. Credit to Scotland for the way they played and hit the ball out of the park.We were tested and we need to learn from this. Guptill is a power player. He is hitting the ball beautifully. We really needed his innings. Also Glenn Phillips, and that partnership was necessary to get us to a good total. A quick turnaround now, recover as quickly as possible for the next challenge. There are always things to work on, and there are definitely a few things we want to touch on. We need to adjust quickly to surfaces. It was a hard fought match. We will go to Sharjah and take it from there. Every game is valuable and we know we try and prepare as well as possible for all of them. The next game is the only game that matters. For us it is all about playing the cricket we want to play and stay committed to that.

Kyle Coetzer: We will have to go back and look at those opportunities that we couldn't take, the next little step and keep them under pressure. We picked up a couple of quick wickets at the back end of the powerplay. Maybe that's something we need to look at. They controlled the innings well, Martin Guptill played an outstanding knock. This is the best pitch we have played on thus far. If you restricted another 10 runs, the game could have been different. Often I don't like to keep bowlers bowling more than 2 overs in T20 cricket. It's about trying to change the pace and try and not let the batter to settle against set bowlers. That was the idea there to chop and change as much as you can. Mark Watt was excellent again today. Greaves was unlucky. There were opportunities. We need to look back at those. Mark is very confident at the moment. Trusts himself to use the crease, the depth, the angles. He backs himself to nail any of the deliveries he is looking to bowl. This is our best performance in the Super 12, but we have to go back and see. We were actually a couple of runs ahead of NZ at the 10-over mark. We have to try and extend the game. Leask got us close. Ultimately we left that gap too big.

Martin Guptill, Man of the Match: [On him tiring during batting] We have a day off tomorrow, so I won't be doing much then. We didn't have a great start. It wasn't a rescue mission, but Glenn and I had to assess. I have played a lot of cricket with him, and we have put up a lot of partnerships for Auckland. A few missed balls and we were able to get them away and get some momentum. Not ideal with the running, but we got there in the end. Afghanistan are a great side and we can't take them lightly.

17:29 Local Time, 13:29 GMT, 18:59 IST: Well done, Scotland. New Zealand weren't sure till the final over. If only those bowling changes were better after Conway's dismissal. If only they had paced the chase better. If only those freebies didn't go to hand. This game could have had a different result. Munsey's dismissal was the turning point after Coetzer got them off to a brisk start. But kudos to Kane Williamson too. He could have easily continued bowling Santner, but he cut the spinner and brought back Southee. Four dots and the set Cross perished to pressure. Two body blows for Scotland and they were always behind from that point. Leask put in a valiant effort, but the others just couldn't come to terms with the pitch and the bowling. Boult, Southee, Santner all brilliant, but Milne is a worry for New Zealand. You expect a legspinner to get hit in this format. But they will be very happy with Guptill getting quality runs and Phillips spending time in the middle.

Milne to Chris Greaves, 1 run, just a gentle full ball, hit to long-off. New Zealand four points

Milne to Leask, 1 run, low full toss, Leask digs this out to long-on. Leask is down that he couldn't get his side over the line

Milne to Leask, FOUR, Milne misses the yorker and Leask stays leg-side of the ball to muscle this over mid-off

Milne to Leask, 2 runs, slower delivery on the leg stump, Leask drags this wide of long-on. New Zealand have done this

Milne to Leask, no run, oh Leask misses a slot ball and New Zealand almost home with this dot ball. Full and angling in, following the batter, mighty swing from Leask but missed

Milne to Chris Greaves, 1 run, slot ball but he's only hit this along the ground to long-on. Played that on the move, no timing

Adam Milne [3.0-1-27-0] is back into the attack

26 needed. Milne to bowl. New Zealand's game

Southee to Leask, SIX, finally Leask connects the slog. Stepped down the pitch to this knuckle ball and hit it over deep mid-wicket

Southee to Chris Greaves, 1 run, plays the sweep shot to this slower delivery and bottom edges this on the bounce to Conway

Ram P: "A 20 run less total from NZ and they would have been in some trouble. Credit to Scotland's batters though for not giving it up easy."

Southee to Leask, 1 run, drags the slower delivery from wide of off stump but only one run to deep mid-wicket

Southee to Chris Greaves, leg byes, 1 run, yet another swipe across the line to a back of a length delivery missed. On the body and rolling to off-side for a run

Southee to Leask, 1 run, Leask swings too hard at this short of length delivery down leg and mistimes the pull through backward square leg

Southee to Leask, wide, another wide, this time too wide of off stump

Southee to Leask, wide, Southee looks to bowl the slow wide full ball, too wide. Was the knuckle ball from Southee