Scotland v Netherlands: Dutch captain Jeroen Smits wins the toss and decides to field in favourable bowling conditions It proves the right decision as Billy Stelling has Navdeep Poonia caught behind by Smits second ball of the innings Majid Haq is bowled through the gate and when Gavin Hamilton is adjudged lbw, Scotland are reeling on 15-3 Dougie Brown follows Hamilton back to the pavilion next ball after being trapped lbw - Stelling has 3-4 off four overs Ryan Watson and Neil McCallum steady the innings but when Tim de Leede holds a caught and bowled Scotland are 39-5 McCallum and Colin Smith put on 38 for the sixth wicket, but they fall in quick succession to leave Scotland 83-7 Glenn Rogers top scores with 26 as he and John Blain provide some lusty lower-order hitting to propel Scotland to 136 Blain then strikes early, removing Darron Reekers and Eric Szwarczynski in consecutive overs to leave the Dutch 32-2 But Baz Zuiderent and Ryan ten Doeschate move the score on past 100 without the loss of further wickets Ten Doeschate hammers 70 from 68 balls as he guides the Netherlands to an emphatic eight-wicket win over Scotland Canada v New Zealand: Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming put on a century opening stand for the Black Caps But Fleming's run-a-ball 66 comes to an end when he steers Kevin Sandher to Ian Billcliff at mid-wicket Peter Fulton and Scott Styris pile on the runs but they too fall when well set as New Zealand progress to 253-3 Craig McMillan falls cheaply, but Vincent completes a well-crafted century before returning a catch to John Davision Brendon McCullum then clubs five sixes to record the fastest World Cup fifty, off just 20 balls, as New Zealand post 363-5 Davison gets the Canadian reply off to a flying start, racing to his half century inside the opening 10 overs Davison is removed by Michael Mason for 53 but Geoff Barnett continues to make the Kiwi attack toil as Canada pass 100 Ashish Bagai is bowled by New Zealand's Daniel Vettori for 37 as Canadian wickets start to fall in St Lucia Canada's Umar Bhatti is clean bowled as Jeetan Patel cleans up the tail helping the Black Caps earn a 114-run victory
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