SCO vs NZ LIVE: Allen, Sodhi guide NZ to 68-run win

SCO vs NZ LIVE Score: Scotland vs NewZealand Live: Finn Allen scored a fine century and Ish Sodhi followed it up with a fine four-wicket haul as New Zealand clinched a comfortable 68-run win on Wednesday. Allen scored his maiden T20I century to power the Kiwis to 225. Ish Sodhi in response took four wickets as the hosts could only manage 157 in their innings. Follow SCO vs NZ 1st T20 Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.

Chasing 226 to win, Scotland were off to a sedate start with George Munsey and Calum MacLeod struggling to get off the blocks quickly. The duo did put on 62 for the first wicket before the spinners struck gold for the Kiwis. Ish Sodhi spun a web around the Scotland batsmen as they slipped from 62/0 to 88/5 in no time. The rest of the batting failed to make much as Scotland eventually managed to get to 157, handing New Zealand a 68-run win.

Earlier in the day, Finn Allen scored his maiden T20I century as the Kiwis put on a massive 225 on the board. Martin Guptill and Allen put on 85 for the first wicket, with the former becoming the leading run-getter in T20 internationals. Following Guptill’s departure Allen continued his onslaught to reach his ton in style.

James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips all chipped in with valuable cameos to help the Kiwis put on a winning score.

SCO vs NZ LIVE: Finn Allen century, Ish Sodhi four-fer make light work of Scotland, New Zealand take 1-0 lead with 68-run win – Check Highlights

New Zealand innings

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Martin Guptill	c MH Cross b RD Berrington	40	31	4	2	129.03
Finn Allen	st MH Cross b MRJ Watt	101	56	8	6	180.36
Glenn Phillips	c MA Leask b Hamza Tahir	23	16	1	1	143.75
Daryl Mitchell	Not out	23	13	0	2	176.92
James Neesham	c CS MacLeod b CB Sole	30	9	2	3	333.33
Michael Bracewell	runout (MH Cross / Hamza Tahir)	0	0	0	0	0.00
Extra	8 (b 0, w 2, nb 5, lb 1)
Total	225/5 (20)
Yet To Bat	D Cleaver, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, LH Ferguson, Ben Sears

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Hamza Tahir	3	28	1	9.33
Chris Sole	4	72	1	18.00
Safyaan Sharif	4	48	0	12.00
Mark Watt	4	32	1	8.00
Chris Greaves	4	31	0	7.75
Richie Berrington	1	13	1	13.00

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
MJ Guptill	1-85	8.5
Glenn Phillips	2-136	13.4
Finn Allen	3-175	17.3
James Neesham	4-223	19.5
Michael Bracewell	5-225	19.6

Scotland innings

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
George Munsey	c Finn Allen b Ish Sodhi	28	28	2	1	100.00
Calum MacLeod	c & b Mitchell Santner	33	24	3	1	137.50
Oliver James	c & b Ish Sodhi	7	4	0	1	175.00
Richie Berrington (C)	b Ish Sodhi	2	4	0	0	50.00
Matthew Cross (WK)	c Ish Sodhi b Ben Sears	3	6	0	0	50.00
Chris Greaves	b Ish Sodhi	31	22	4	0	140.91
Michael Leask	c MJ Guptill b Mitchell Santner	12	8	2	0	150.00
Mark Watt	Not out	17	12	3	0	141.67
Safyaan Sharif	c D Cleaver b LH Ferguson	14	12	1	1	116.67
Chris Sole	Not out	2	1	0	0	200.00
Extra	8 (b 1, w 4, nb 1, lb 2)
Total	157/8 (20)
Yet To Bat	Hamza Tahir

BOWLING	O	R	W	ECON
Lockie Ferguson	4	35	1	8.75
Michael Bracewell	3	24	0	8.00
Ben Sears	3	27	1	9.00
James Neesham	2	17	0	8.50
Ish Sodhi	4	28	4	7.00
Mitchell Santner	4	23	2	5.75

Fall Of Wickets	FOW	Over
HG Munsey	1-62	8.1
Oliver James	2-70	8.6
CS MacLeod	3-72	9.4
RD Berrington	4-73	10.1
MH Cross	5-88	12.1
MA Leask	6-117	15.1
CN Greaves	7-130	16.4
SM Sharif	8-155	19.5

Scotland (Playing XI): George Munsey, Calum MacLeod, Matthew Cross(w), Richie Berrington(c), Ollie Hairs, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir

New Zealand Playing XI: Martin Guptill, Finn Allen(w), Dane Cleaver, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Ben Sears

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