2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland

2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland
Date 1 July, 2008 – 3 July, 2008 Location Scotland Result  New Zealand win
Teams
Ireland	New Zealand	Scotland
Captains
Kyle McCallan	Daniel Vettori	Ryan Watson
Most runs
Gary Wilson 60 Ryan Haire 56 Kyle McCallan 49	Brendan McCullum 188 Hamish Marshall 161 Ross Taylor 120	Gavin Hamilton 121 Colin Smith 70 Qasim Sheikh 41
Most wickets
Andrew White 2 Thinus Fourie & Phil Eaglestoone & Reinhardt Strydom & Kyle McCallan & Andre Botha 1	Jacob Oram & Grant Elliott 4 Tim Southee & Michael Mason 3	Dewald Nel 5 John Blain 3 Gordon Goudie 2

A tri-series in Scotland took place between 1 July and 3 July involving New Zealand, Ireland and Scotland. On 1 July, New Zealand beat Ireland by 290 runs. This became a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Points Table

Group Stage
Pos	Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Points
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	0	4
2	Scotland	2	1	1	0	0	2
3	Ireland	2	0	2	0	0	0

Source: Cricinfo

Tri-Series

1st Match-New Zealand vs Ireland

1 July (scorecard)

New Zealand  402/2 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 112 (28.4 overs)
Brendon McCullum 166 (135) Phil Eaglestone 1/60 (7 overs)		Peter Connell 22* (26) Tim Southee 3/23 (6 overs)

New Zealand won by 290 runs Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, Scotland Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Germany) & Steve Davis (AUS)

• New Zealand's 290 run win over Ireland is a new world record for the biggest margin of victory by runs. The previous world record was India's 257 run drubbing of Bermuda in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

2nd Match-Ireland vs Scotland

2 July (scorecard)

Ireland  210/8 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 211/5 (47.3 overs)
Ryan Haire 54 (63) Dewald Nel 4/25 (9 overs)		Gavin Hamilton 115 (150) Andrew White 2/17 (4.3 overs)

Scotland won by 5 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, Scotland Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Germany) & Steve Davis (AUS)

3rd Match-New Zealand vs Scotland

3 July (scorecard)

Scotland  101 (33.2 overs)	v	New Zealand 102/2 (14.4 overs)
Qasim Sheikh 18 (43) Grant Elliott 3/14 (7 overs)		Ross Taylor 61* (41) Dewald Nel 1/34 (6 overs)

New Zealand won by 8 wickets Mannofield Park, Aberdeen, Scotland Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Germany) & Steve Davis (AUS)