13:04 GMT: Start of play for the day
Netherlands won the toss and will bowl
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the eighteenth match in the 2007 Cricket World Cup and it is the first so-called 'meaningless' game of this exciting tournament as the Netherlands take on Scotland in the Group A battle-of-the-minnows from Warner Park in Basseterre, St Kitts.
Neither side can qualify for the Super Eight stage of the tournament, as those places in this group have rather predictably been taken by South Africa and Australia, who play in the eagerly awaited game on Saturday but there will be plenty of pride to be played for today as both of these sides will not want to go home completely empty handed.
Both the Netherlands and Scotland have been on the receiving end of horrible trouncings at the hands of the ODI big two. Scotland fell by 7 wickets to South Africa with over half the overs to spare while Australia disposed of them by 203 runs in their opening game. The Netherlands will certainly not be forgotten, especially Daan van Bunge who was smashed for six sixes by Herschelle Gibbs in SA's 221 run win while Australia helped themselves to batting practise with a 229-run success.
Who starts favourites today? The bookies will probably not be offering too varying odds on these two but Scotland have come here as the ICC Trophy winners, having beaten the Netherlands on the way.
The eighteenth game of the tournament, at Warner Park, is the sixth game to be staged on this impressive new stadium. West Indies win over India opened the ground in May 2006 and, of course, all the Group A games have taken place here. It has certainly proved its worth and will, no doubt, remain an integral part of the West Indies scene in years to come.
This will be the third time that Scotland have played the Netherlands in ODI history and they have won both games. The first, at Ayr in August 2006 was reduced to 20 overs per side and Scotland came through by 4 wickets with a ball to spare while, in Nairobi at the World Cricket League, a nail-biter gave Scotland a two-run victory as Netherlands were all out for 205 with a ball to spare, chasing Scotland's 207-8.
Graeme Smith is the new leading run-scorer on this ground, having hit 158 runs in his 2 games to date (average 79.00) while Brad Hogg and Glenn McGrath share the honours of the most wickets with 5 (Hogg average 8.60 and McGrath average 9.40).
The highest individual score for Netherlands v Scotland is 45 by Billy Stelling at Nairobi in 2006/2007.
The highest individual score for Scotland v Netherlands is 58 by Fraser Watts at Nairobi in 2006/2007.
The best bowling performance for Netherlands v Scotland is 2-15 also by Billy Stelling at Ayr in 2006.
The best bowling performance for Scotland v Netherlands is 3-18 by Ryan Watson at Ayr in 2006.
Asoka deSilva from Sri Lanka is joined by New Zealander Tony Hill in the middle for this game while Mark Benson is the third umpire and Steve Bucknor the fourth. Javagal Srinath is the match referee.
Netherlands team: Zuiderent, DJ Reekers, RN ten Doeschate, DLS van Bunge, TBM de Leede, MBS Jonkman, WF Stelling, PW Borren, *+J Smits, ES Szwarczynski, Mohammad Kashif
Scotland team: DF Watts, RM Haq, *CM Wright, GM Hamilton, NFI McCallum, DR Brown, +CJO Smith, GA Rogers, JAR Blain, PJC Hoffmann, NS Poonia
The match is delayed due to light showers at the stadium
The umpires are out there and the players are walking in
13:51 GMT: Start of session's play
NS Poonia and RM Haq to open the batting
13:51 GMT: Start of innings
WF Stelling comes on to bowl
0b10Stelling to Poonia
outside the off angling away and left alone
0b20outside the off moving away and on the way taking the edge from Poonia
Poonia c Smits b Stelling (0 runs, 2 balls, 0x4, 0x6)
RR Watson comes in to bat
0b31Stelling to Watson
0b40Stelling to Haq
0b51nb
0b60
0b71lb
End of over 1:(3 runs scored) Scotland 3-1 (Haq 0*, 4 balls, Watson 1*, 1 balls)




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DJ Reekers comes on to bowl
1b10Reekers to Haq
pitched up on the middle and leg played to the on side
1b20
1b30
1b40
1b54
1b61
End of over 2:(5 runs scored) Scotland 8-1 (Haq 5*, 10 balls, Watson 1*, 1 balls)




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2b10Stelling to Haq
2b20
2b31
2b40Stelling to Watson
2b50
2b60
End of over 3:(1 run scored) Scotland 9-1 (Haq 6*, 13 balls, Watson 1*, 4 balls)
OverBallRuns
3b10Reekers to Haq
3b20
Haq b Reekers (6 runs, 15 balls, 1x4, 0x6)
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GM Hamilton comes in to bat
3b30Reekers to Hamilton
3b42
3b50
3b60
End of over 4:(2 runs scored) Scotland 11-2 (Watson 1*, 4 balls, Hamilton 2*, 4 balls)
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4b10Stelling to Watson
4b20
4b31lb
4b40Stelling to Hamilton
4b50
4b61
End of over 5:(2 runs scored) Scotland 13-2 (Watson 1*, 7 balls, Hamilton 3*, 7 balls)
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5b10Reekers to Hamilton
5b20
5b31wd
5b40
5b51
5b60Reekers to Watson
5b70
End of over 6:(2 runs scored) Scotland 15-2 (Watson 1*, 9 balls, Hamilton 4*, 11 balls)




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6b10Stelling to Hamilton
6b20
Hamilton lbw b Stelling (4 runs, 13 balls, 0x4, 0x6)
DR Brown comes in to bat
6b30Stelling to Brown
Brown lbw b Stelling (0 runs, 1 balls, 0x4, 0x6)
NFI McCallum comes in to bat
6b40Stelling to McCallum
6b50
6b60
End of over 7:(0 runs scored) Scotland 15-4 (Watson 1*, 9 balls, McCallum 0*, 3 balls)




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7b10Reekers to Watson
7b20
7b30
7b41wd
7b51
7b60Reekers to McCallum
7b70
End of over 8:(2 runs scored) Scotland 17-4 (Watson 2*, 13 balls, McCallum 0*, 5 balls)
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8b10Stelling to Watson
8b20
8b30
8b40
8b50
8b62lb
End of over 9:(2 runs scored) Scotland 19-4 (Watson 2*, 19 balls, McCallum 0*, 5 balls)
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9b10Reekers to McCallum
9b22on the off played uppishly through slips and the ball runs to third man
9b30outside the off bit wide played to point no run
9b40outside the off going for the sut misses
9b50
9b60
End of over 10:(2 runs scored) Scotland 21-4 (Watson 2*, 19 balls, McCallum 2*, 11 balls)
OverBallRuns
10b10Stelling to Watson
came forward to drive that ball took the outer edge and rolled to point fielder. Not coming to the pitche of the ball
10b20
10b30
10b40
10b50
10b60
End of over 11:(0 runs scored) Scotland 21-4 (Watson 2*, 25 balls, McCallum 2*, 11 balls)




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11b10Reekers to McCallum
11b21outside the off and ran it to third man for a single
11b30Reekers to Watson
on the stumps, played defensively
11b44just short and punched to widish mid on
11b54
11b61
End of over 12:(10 runs scored) Scotland 31-4 (Watson 11*, 29 balls, McCallum 3*, 13 balls)




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12b10Stelling to Watson
12b20
12b31; 1nb
12b41Stelling to McCallum
12b54Stelling to Watson
12b60
12b70
End of over 13:(7 runs scored) Scotland 38-4 (Watson 16*, 35 balls, McCallum 4*, 14 balls)
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TBM de Leede comes on to bowl
13b11de Leede to McCallum
13b20de Leede to Watson
pitched up on the stumps and played defensively
13b30pitched up and played defensively off the front foot
13b40pitched up and driven back to the bowler
Watson c and b de Leede (16 runs, 37 balls, 3x4, 0x6)
CJO Smith comes in to bat
13b50de Leede to Smith
good length outside the off and left alone
13b60good length outside the off and played to gully
End of over 14:(1 run scored) Scotland 39-5 (McCallum 5*, 15 balls, Smith 0*, 2 balls)
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14b11wdStelling to McCallum
14b20
14b30
14b40
14b50
14b60
14b70
End of over 15:(1 run scored) Scotland 40-5 (McCallum 5*, 21 balls, Smith 0*, 2 balls)
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Third Power play taken
15b11de Leede to Smith
played square of the wicket for the single
15b20de Leede to McCallum
15b34swept off the front to deep backward squareleg
15b40good length on the stumps and defended
15b50
15b60pitched up and driven to mid off no run
End of over 16:(5 runs scored) Scotland 45-5 (McCallum 9*, 26 balls, Smith 1*, 3 balls)




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MBS Jonkman comes on to bowl
16b14Jonkman to Smith
pitched up and Smith comes forwward shwcked between covers and mid off, great shot
16b20
16b30
16b40
16b54just short outside the off and cut to third man fence
CricketArchive Oracles say that the Scotland 50 took 16.5 overs
16b61short on the legs and pulled to fine leg fieldsman for a comfortable single
End of over 17:(9 runs scored) Scotland 54-5 (McCallum 9*, 26 balls, Smith 10*, 9 balls)




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15:01 GMT: Drinks interval
15:04 GMT: Play resumes
17b10de Leede to Smith
on the stumps played defensively
17b20on the wickets pushed back to the bowler
17b30just outside the off and hit firmly to point, no run
17b41
17b50de Leede to McCallum
17b66on the middle and leg and swept over fineleg for the maximum
End of over 18:(7 runs scored) Scotland 61-5 (McCallum 15*, 28 balls, Smith 11*, 13 balls)
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18b10Jonkman to Smith
18b20
18b30
18b40
18b50on the leg trying to turn hit on the pads
18b64pitched up and lofted over the bowler for the boundary
End of over 19:(4 runs scored) Scotland 65-5 (McCallum 15*, 28 balls, Smith 15*, 19 balls)
OverBallRuns
19b11wdde Leede to McCallum
wide outside the off
19b20
19b30
19b41wdagain outside the off
19b54overpitched and driven back to the straight boundary
19b60
19b71
19b84de Leede to Smith
End of over 20:(11 runs scored) Scotland 76-5 (McCallum 20*, 33 balls, Smith 19*, 20 balls)
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20b11lbJonkman to McCallum
20b20Jonkman to Smith
played to point no run
20b30on the leg played to square leg for no run
20b40
Smith b Jonkman (19 runs, 23 balls, 4x4, 0x6)
CM Wright comes in to bat
20b50Jonkman to Wright
20b60
End of over 21:(1 run scored) Scotland 77-6 (McCallum 20*, 34 balls, Wright 0*, 2 balls)




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Mohammad Kashif comes on to bowl
21b10Mohammad Kashif to McCallum
21b20
21b30
21b40
21b54
21b60
End of over 22:(4 runs scored) Scotland 81-6 (McCallum 24*, 40 balls, Wright 0*, 2 balls)




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22b11wdJonkman to Wright
22b21
22b30Jonkman to McCallum
22b40
McCallum c Stelling b Jonkman (24 runs, 43 balls, 3x4, 1x6)
JAR Blain comes in to bat
22b50Jonkman to Blain
22b60
22b70
End of over 23:(2 runs scored) Scotland 83-7 (Wright 1*, 3 balls, Blain 0*, 3 balls)
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23b10Mohammad Kashif to Wright
23b20on the stumps and pushed to the bowler no run
23b30
23b40bowls outside the off bit wide, Wright coming to drive and beaten, Smits takes off the bails
Wright st Smits b Mohammad Kashif (1 runs, 7 balls, 0x4, 0x6)
GA Rogers comes in to bat
23b50Mohammad Kashif to Rogers
23b60
End of over 24:(0 runs scored) Scotland 83-8 (Blain 0*, 3 balls, Rogers 0*, 2 balls)
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24b10Jonkman to Blain
24b21
24b30Jonkman to Rogers
24b44
24b50
24b62
End of over 25:(7 runs scored) Scotland 90-8 (Blain 1*, 5 balls, Rogers 6*, 6 balls)
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25b10Mohammad Kashif to Blain
played to forward short leg
25b21trying to defend took the edege and keeper misses the same
25b34Mohammad Kashif to Rogers
outside the off run to third man fence
25b44short of length and put away to widish lonb on boundary
25b50flighted outside the off beaten and keeper misses a stumping chance
25b60
End of over 26:(9 runs scored) Scotland 99-8 (Blain 2*, 7 balls, Rogers 14*, 10 balls)




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RN ten Doeschate comes on to bowl
26b11wdten Doeschate to Blain
straying down the leg
CricketArchive Oracles say that the Scotland 100 took 26 overs
26b21wdagain straying down the leg
26b30on the stumps pitched up and driven to off no run
26b41
26b50ten Doeschate to Rogers
pitched up and driven back to the bowler
26b64wide and short outside the off, put away to point boundary
26b74outside the off played to third man fence
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26b80
End of over 27:(11 runs scored) Scotland 110-8 (Blain 3*, 9 balls, Rogers 22*, 14 balls)




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27b10Mohammad Kashif to Blain
27b20outside the off and flighted, played defensively
27b30on the stumps pushed to short mid wicket no run
27b40again outside the off and pushed to short mid wicket
27b50this time played to point, no run
27b60on the stumps and pushed back no run
End of over 28:(0 runs scored) Scotland 110-8 (Blain 3*, 15 balls, Rogers 22*, 14 balls)
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28b10ten Doeschate to Rogers
28b20on the stumps pitched up and played back the track
28b30yorker length
28b40pitched up and played to covers no run
28b50pitched up and played to mid off and well fielded
28b61pitched up and driven through the covers for the single
End of over 29:(1 run scored) Scotland 111-8 (Blain 3*, 15 balls, Rogers 23*, 20 balls)
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29b10Mohammad Kashif to Rogers
tossed up on the off and played to point no run
29b20flat delivery on the stumps and played back the track
29b30afain bowled flat played to short leg
29b40on the stumps played defensively
29b51outside the off pushed to the vacant covers and took a single
29b60Mohammad Kashif to Blain
outside the off good length played defensively
End of over 30:(1 run scored) Scotland 112-8 (Blain 3*, 16 balls, Rogers 24*, 25 balls)
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30b10ten Doeschate to Rogers
on the stumps and played defensively
30b21turned to the leg for the single
30b30ten Doeschate to Blain
on the middle and off turned to short covers no run
30b43this time nicely played to midwicket and ran three
30b50ten Doeschate to Rogers
on the stumps good length played defensively
30b61just short and played square on the off
End of over 31:(5 runs scored) Scotland 117-8 (Blain 6*, 18 balls, Rogers 26*, 29 balls)




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31b10Mohammad Kashif to Rogers
outside the off coming in trying to play took the edge to the keeper. A good catch taken
Rogers c Smits b Mohammad Kashif (26 runs, 30 balls, 5x4, 0x6)
PJC Hoffmann comes in to bat
31b20Mohammad Kashif to Hoffmann
31b34outside the off and ofted over covers
31b41again lofts and the ball lands safely
31b50Mohammad Kashif to Blain
on the stumps and played defensively
31b60on the stumps played defensively
End of over 32:(5 runs scored) Scotland 122-9 (Blain 6*, 20 balls, Hoffmann 5*, 3 balls)




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DLS van Bunge comes on to bowl
32b11van Bunge to Hoffmann
on the leg and plays to square leg for the single
32b21van Bunge to Blain
took it on the full and played to long on for the single
32b30van Bunge to Hoffmann
good length flighted and playyed defensively
32b40on the off, Hoffman going for the swing misses, and Smit whips the bails, Third Umpire says not out
32b51drives wide of the body, the ball rolls to gully and he gets a single
32b61van Bunge to Blain
End of over 33:(4 runs scored) Scotland 126-9 (Blain 8*, 22 balls, Hoffmann 7*, 7 balls)
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16:12 GMT: Drinks interval
16:14 GMT: Play resumes
33b10Mohammad Kashif to Blain
33b20outside the off and coming in played to point
33b34lofted to long on
33b46this time lofts over mid wicket for the Six!
33b50good length, driven back and the bowler misses a chance
33b60turned to short leg, very tough chance
End of over 34:(10 runs scored) Scotland 136-9 (Blain 18*, 28 balls, Hoffmann 7*, 7 balls)
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34b10van Bunge to Hoffmann
hits high and a good catch taken
Hoffmann c ten Doeschate b van Bunge (7 runs, 8 balls, 1x4, 0x6)
That is the end of the Scotland Innings
Last over 35:(0 runs scored) Scotland 136 all out (Blain 18*, 28 balls)
16:23 GMT: End of innings
16:24 GMT: The Netherlands run chase will start in a few minutes
Watson's balls adjusted by -1
McCallum's balls adjusted by 1
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