Squeegees & classy Scotland see off angry Georgians

Summary

Scotland have four wins out of four and sit eight clear in group
McTominay slews in fifth goal in four qualifiers to put Scotland two up
Kvaratskhelia lashes stoppage-time penalty over crossbar after Hickey handball
Players taken off amid sodden conditions in seventh minute after McGregor had just given hosts lead
After two inspections, game was to resume at 21:15 BST, but Georgia did not emerge from changing room - game finally restarted at 21:35

Live Reporting

Colin Moffat

Postpublished at 21:14 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Scott Mullen
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
So, 20 minutes from when the game was meant to finish, Scotland are back out to defend a lead from six minutes in.
Ominously, still no sign of the Georgians...
Postpublished at 21:12 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
A massive cheer as the Scotland players come back out.
No sign of Georgia.
Are we on for another Tallinn fiasco with an opposition no-show?
Stuck in the puddle with youpublished at 21:09 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Scott Mullen
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
Still looks a bit moist out there. Stewards are pushing water off at one goal while ground staff concentrate on the other.
Stewards to the left of me, ground staff to the right...
Norway in controlpublished at 21:06 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Norway now lead Cyprus 3-0, with Erling Haaland banging in a double.
That game kicked off at the same time as we did at Hampden and it's now approaching 65 minutes.
A memorable curtain closerpublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
Nothing else, it's one to tell the grandkids about in years to come...
The final game of the season won't be forgotten for a long time.
A new resumption timepublished at 21:01 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Word is, we will start again at 21:15 unless the rain decides to start tumbling down again.
There is still loads of water being brushed from the goalmouths.
Pitch battlepublished at 21:00 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Tom English
BBC Scotland's chief sports writer on Twitter
Can imagine club managers of these lads are apoplectic at the prospect of their players battling away on this pitch.
Postpublished at 20:58 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
The players are being called back in.
No idea if that's a good thing or not.
Postpublished at 20:56 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
It's been over an hour since Callum McGregor opened the scoring.
Image source, SNS
Image caption,
McGregor strikes to make it 1-0 just moments before the game was stopped
'Played in worse'published at 20:56 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Michael Stewart
Former Scotland midfielder on Viaplay
Football has been played in a lot worse conditions than this.
The pitch is in a much better state than it was.
Postpublished at 20:55 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
The rain has stopped!
Austin MacPhee's hair has dried out. The Scotland coach is recognisable once again.
Decision timepublished at 20:53 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
The match officials head back up the tunnel.
Will we see them again this evening?
Headline of the night so far...published at 20:51 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Image source, Twitter
Postpublished at 20:51 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Michael Stewart
Former Scotland midfielder on Viaplay
The Georgian players will be more than happy if this gets called off.
The ground staff have done an outstanding job. I'm surprised there were no old school forks used...
Postpublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Scott Mullen
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
Telling, perhaps, that the Georgians aren't doing anything with a ball at their feet.
Instead, they are doing some light jogging to the tune of Yes Sir I Can Boogie, while some of their coaches drop the ball - which doesn't bounce - then shrug their shoulders.
Tartan Army still singing in the rainpublished at 20:47 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
Fair play to the faithful fans, by the way.
As the players re-emerge, they are in fine voice yet again.
Taking it all in their stride... I wonder how many actually remember Scotland are 1-0 up?
Warm-up beginspublished at 20:46 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
We've got some players on the pitch again, with both teams knocking the ball around.
The rain is heavy though and the Georgians don't look too happy.
Postpublished at 20:43 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Amy Canavan
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
Game of I-spy, anyone? Twiddling thumbs, here...
I spy folks worried about travel arrangements and loads of bairns hoping this match finishes late and they get a day off school tomorrow.
Weather gods are at it...published at 20:41 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
Scott Mullen
BBC Scotland at Hampden Park
Good news or bad news?
Good news - Game looking like it's back on.
Bad news - It's started chucking down again.
Play to resume at 21:00?published at 20:40 British Summer Time 20 June 2023
Scotland 1-0 Georgia
The ground staff have been ordered to focus on the penalty areas.
As things stand, the players will be back for a warm-up at 20:45, with the game hopefully resuming at 21:00.