Mark Chapman (left) was declared player of the match.© Twitter
Mark Chapman completed a memorable few days with an unbeaten century in Edinburgh as New Zealand thrashed Scotland by seven wickets in a one-day international on Sunday. Chapman followed up his T20-best 83 in the Scots’ swashbuckling innings of 102 on Friday, with an unbeaten 101 as New Zealand, beating finalists in the last two 50-over World Cups, overcame their non-Test hosts. Also proved to be very strong. Long white ball format. Chapman, 28, shared an unbroken fourth wicket partnership of 175 runs with Daryl Mitchell (74 not out) as the Black Caps won with 25 balls to spare as they finished 307-3 in reply to Scotland’s 306.
“The stage at which the boys left us was fantastic, it really set the innings up,” Mitchell said.
“It was good to be out midway with ‘Chappi’ and get the job done.
“His innings was fantastic. It’s nice to see him (Chapman) score an ODI century, I’m really excited for him,” he said.
It was Chapman’s second century in seven career ODIs, following an unbeaten 124 against the UAE in 2015.
Martin Guptill (47) and opening partner fin allenWith exactly 50, the fourth-wicket pair got off to a good start before easing New Zealand home despite the off-spinner. Michael Leskyis 2-46.
Liske had a decent match overall, scoring 85 runs and sharing a stand of 92 Matthew Cross (53) who retained Scotland in the game after trailing 107-5.
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All-rounder Lisk faced 55 balls, which included nine fours and four sixes.
New Zealand Michael Bracewell And jacob duffy Took three wickets each.
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