Time for the anthems at the 6,000-seater University Oval in Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island. The ground is bathed in glorious sunshine at the band strikes up with 'Flower of Scotland'.

Scotland are sporting a terrific kit by the way, blue with - get this - tartan shoulders and sleeves. We'll make sure to bring you pictures as soon as we get them.

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When it comes to the Scots in his ones to watch for the BBC website, former England captain Michael Vaughan picks the coach, his former England colleague Paul Collingwood.

"I'd have loved to see him in the England set up but he's out there with the Scots, he's trying to get them ready and prepared, they play England and he'll be desperate for them to cause a shock. so I'm interested to see what kind of impact he can have on a very inexperienced team.

"Can they get that one win, their first win in a World Cup? Let's just see how Paul Collingwood the coach does in this World Cup."

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In the first five matches of this tournament, every side batting first has scored 300 or more.

Can Scotland keep up that record against New Zealand's fearsome seam attack of Boult, Southee and Milne?

New Zealand are unchanged from their win over Sri Lanka in the opening game of the tournament:

New Zealand XI: B McCullum (capt), Guptill, Williamson, Taylor, Elliott, Anderson, Ronchi (wk), Vettori, Milne, Southee, Boult.

Scotland XI: Coetzer, MacLeod, Gardiner, Machan, Mommsen (capt), Berrington, Cross (wk), Davey, Taylor, Haq, Wardlaw.

* stats are pre-tournament

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum: "Against Sri Lanka here in the first half an hour to an hour the wicket had a bit about it so we think it's an opportunity for our seamers to get into the game. We have a great opportunity to execute our skills, the boys are excited and we're playing the same team."

Scotland skipper Preston Mommsen: "We were going to look to bat first anyway, it looks a good wicket to get runs on the board. We're feeling very confident, we're the best prepared team that's left Scotland and hopefully we can show that."

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New Zealand have won the toss and captain Brendon McCullum elects to bowl.

Scotland captain Preston Mommsen says he would have batted anyway. So there!

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Scotland batsman Michael Leask:, external "Game day. It's going to be a awesome occasion."

Scotland are not just looking to begin their 2015 World Cup campaign with a bang - they're searching for a first ever victory at this tournament, having lost all eight matches across the 1999 and 2007 campaigns.

Foregone conclusion or potential banana skin? The latter, according to New Zealand coach Mike Hesson, who insists his team won't take the Scots lightly.

"I think I've stated before, I think there will be number of upsets in this tournament and I think that if sides take any side lightly, they'll get turned over," he said. "We'll certainly prepare and scout as best we can with Scotland. We don't have a heck of a lot of footage, but what we do we've got some good information. We'll prepare as well as we do for any international.''

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Day Four of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Tonight, we turn our attentions to Group A, and that means a first look at Grant Bradburn's Scotland. They take on hosts New Zealand, who were mightily impressive in putting Sri Lanka to the sword in their first match. New Zealand will be fully expecting to put more points on the board in their bid to qualify for the quater-finals; Scotland hoping to shock the world.

The toss in Dunedin is around ten minutes away.

The words 'Scotland' and 'World Cup' haven't always coexisted happily in the same sentence.

From eight first round exits at football's global showpiece, to semi-final heartbreak against England in the 1991 rugby tournament, the international stage has not been kind to the Scots.

But if there's one thing guaranteed the get the Scottish blood pumping, it's the chance to upset the odds against a supposedly superior foe. History shows that you write the Scots off at your peril. Ask them to beat an unheralded Morocco side to get out of their World Cup group and they'll lose 3-0. Put them in front of 20,000 bloodthirsty English shoulders at Bannockburn with only a few pikes between them, and they'll win every time.

Tonight they take on New Zealand, one of the strongest sides in world cricket, on home turf. Ireland may have upset the West Indies last night but this would be a shock of an entirely different order. They couldn't, could they?