Defeat knocks Scotland out
NZ keep semi-final hopes alive
NZ 172-5: Guptill 93 (56)
Phillips 33 (37), Sharif 2-28
Scotland 156-5: Leask 42* (20)
Cross 27 (29), Boult 2-29
Super 12, Group 2, Dubai
John Blain
Former Scotland bowler on BBC Test Match Special
I know it was a full toss but if George Munsey just knocks that down for one they can continue the momentum.
It's key moments that Scotland and other associate nations don't either read or manage. The talent is there, we have seen that in isolation. It's about identifying those key moments in time and managing your way through it.
Matthew Cross and Richie Berrington keep trying to use their feet against Mitchell Santner, but the Kiwi spinner is bowling a very tight line and length.
Just four singles off the over, and only seven off two overs from Santner so far.
Target 173
Richie Berrington taps a single to keep the strike.
Mitchell Santner will continue next up.
Aatif Nawaz
BBC Test Match Special
George Munsey cannot believe it. A stunning sliding catch from Tim Southee.
Munsey c Southee b Sodhi 22 (Sco 66-2)
If in doubt, bowl rank full tosses.
Ish Sodhi sends one down, George Munsey tries to smack it out of the UAE but gets it off the toe end, putting Tim Southee at long-on in play.
And Southee does brilliantly, taking a sublime catch at full pelt.
Hammer blow for Scotland.
John Blain
Former Scotland bowler on BBC Test Match Special
That is what George Munsey can do. If Scotland can keep up this momentum they are still in the match.
Questions being asked of New Zealand here.
Oh my that's even better.
George Munsey has marmalised Ish Sodhi over mid-wicket for six more.
How are your nerves, Kane Williamson?
Shot! George Munsey lines up Ish Sodhi perfectly, gets one in his arc and carts it over square leg for a mighty six, Scotland's first of the day.
A fine start by Kyle Coetzer was undone by the cunning Trent Boult...
Matthew Cross dances around his crease but the canny Mitchell Santner just pauses and follows him each time.
A top over from Santner, just four from it. Scotland will mainly target the quicker bowlers but they need more runs per over off the spinners than that.
Especially with leg-spinner Ish Sodhi next up...
Aatif Nawaz
BBC Test Match Special
Get the feeling it was sliding down.
Huge appeal from Mitchell Santner for lbw against Matthew Cross.
The umpire and no other Kiwi player remotely bothered.
Munsey and Cross exchange singles to bring the 50 up for Scotland.
Key moment.
Slow left-armer Mitchell Santner is on.
Can Scotland keep up the scoring against the spinners?
Ravi Bopara
Former England all-rounder on BBC Test Match Special
If you don't swing the ball on a good wicket like this the batters will just throw their hands at it and will find the gaps, especially when the field is up.
Target 173
The dream of six straight fours is not to be.
Matthew Cross unleashes a mighty pull shot but can only toe end it straight back down into the pitch. Dot ball.
But a vital 20 off the over. Anything less and Scotland would've been out of it really.
Aatif Nawaz
BBC Test Match Special
What is going on?! Remarkable hitting from Matthew Cross!
REMEMBER THE NAME.
Matthew Cross looked like he needed telling which end of the bat was which last over he faced.
He now slaps Adam Milne over backward point for a fifth four in a row!!
My days.
Matthew Cross top edges it over the keeper for four more.
The ugliest of the four straight fours but they all count.
Aatif Nawaz
BBC Test Match Special
Matthew Cross is on fire. He didn't look like he could get bat on ball in the last over.