The

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toured in July 2022 to play two

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(T20I) matches and a single

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(ODI). The matches were all played at

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. The fixtures in Scotland made up the third leg of New Zealand's tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland, following a Test series in England and limited overs fixtures in Ireland. New Zealand won the opening T20I match by 68 runs, after

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scored 101 runs. New Zealand scored their highest team total in a T20I match in the second fixture, with 254/5, with them going on to win by 102 runs and take the series 2–0. New Zealand won the one-off ODI match by seven wickets, with Mark Chapman scoring 101

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. It was Chapman's first ODI century for New Zealand, after he had previously scored one for Hong Kong in November 2015.

Background

The

was scheduled to tour Scotland in June 2020 to play a

(ODI) match and a

(T20I) match. It would have been the first time since 2008 that the New Zealand team have toured Scotland. New Zealand were also scheduled to tour Ireland in the same month to play three ODIs and three

s (T20Is). Originally scheduled to be a one-off ODI match,

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announced the addition of the T20I match in December 2019. The

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put the tour in doubt. In April 2020, David White, Chief Executive of

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, said that the tour would be "most unlikely" to happen. Later the same month,

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, Chief Executive of

, said that they were willing to host the matches behind closed doors if necessary. However, the tour was postponed on 15 May 2020 as a result of the pandemic.

Squads

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was ruled out of New Zealand's squad due to an Achilles injury with

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named as his replacement.

T20I series

1st T20I

2nd T20I

Only ODI

References

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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