New Zealand made it two wins out of two in Pool A with a bizarre three-wicket victory against Scotland in Dunedin.

The Scots were reduced to 12-4 in the fifth over before Matt Machan (56) and Richie Berrington (50) put on 97.

Four batsmen fell first ball, a World Cup first, and only the third such instance in a one-day international, as they were 142 all out in the 37th over.

But New Zealand had more alarms than expected in a curious run chase, before winning with 25.1 overs to spare.

The Scots are in their third World Cup campaign and are yet to win a match in nine attempts, but came closer at the University Oval than anyone could have believed after such a destructive start.

They thrashed their higher ranked fellow qualifiers Ireland by 179 runs in a recent warm-up game yet it quickly became apparent they would not be emulating the Irish team's victory over West Indies on Monday.

Facing an in-form New Zealand on their own patch was a rather different proposition to a fragmented Windies, and the co-hosts, semi-finalists six times, justified their position as one of the leading contenders for the trophy with a fine display in the field after winning the toss.

Left-arm seamer Trent Boult expertly exploited the conditions, swinging the ball back into the right-handers at pace to claim wickets with his opening two deliveries in the second over.

Tim Southee also struck with consecutive deliveries and there was concern the lowest World Cup total of 36 by Canada was in jeopardy.

But Sussex left-hander Machan played with calm assurance in a 79-ball innings to restore some respectability with the purposeful Berrington.

However, wily spinner Daniel Vettori wrapped up the innings with successive wickets and the Kiwis had almost 40 minutes of batting before the official lunch interval.

Skipper Brendon McCullum and opening partner Martin Guptill appeared to want to reach the target in the nine overs bowled before the break, with number of wickets lost not affecting a team's overall run-rate in the group table, and both were caught behind in the mini-session.

The prolific Kane Williamson top-scored with 38 but edged seamer Josh Davey in the 18th over, one of four wickets to fall for 31 in a surprisingly ragged batting display from the Kiwis, who next face England in a day-night fixture in Wellington on Friday.

Scotland captain Preston Mommsen said he was "very proud" of his side after they ran the co-hosts so close

Once again India beat Pakistan in Worldcup this time man of the match Viratkholi . This is the first time india playing against pakistan in wc with out sachin. Our batting side is helprd by Kholi ,Raina, Dhawan and by bowling Shami helped us in a good way. Though pakistan skipper Mishbah tried a lot but he can't reach the score.

England suffered humiliation at the hands of Australia in their opening World Cup match. A crowd of 84,000 saw Aaron Finch, dropped second ball before he had scored, make 135 as Australia reached a formidable 342 for nine, the highest score England had ever conceded at a World Cup.

In reply Eoin Morgan’s side managed only 231 and lost by 111 runs, dismissed by the medium pace of Mitchell Marsh, who took five for 14 in one seven-over spell.

Only James Taylor saved some of England’s blushes, making an unbeaten 98 before the last man, Jimmy Anderson, was run out in confusing circumstances. Taylor had been given out lbw, but the stumps were then thrown down as well with Anderson out of his ground. Taylor was reprieved on review but Anderson given out instead.

The International Cricket Council later confirmed that he should not have been. A statement said: “The ball should have been deemed dead when the batsman (James Taylor) was given out leg before wicket (lbw). No further runs or dismissals were possible … the game ended incorrectly and an error was made.”

If it was a horror story for the England team, then it was doubly so for the captain. Morgan was dismissed for a six-ball duck, his fourth in five innings including one in his only warm-up game. However, Morgan, caught behind attempting to pull a short ball from Marsh, still insisted that he is frustrated rather than concerned. “I don’t feel too bad over that dismissal,” he said. “I toe-ended a pull and I think the ball stuck in the pitch a little. As a rule I am a huge nick-off candidate, I know that, and if that was how I was getting out, then I would be worried. But there is no pattern to it.”

Morgan defended the bowling tactics at the end of the innings that saw Australia score 105 runs in the last 10 overs. “We have different plans for different players,” he said. “It varies. It is certainly not easy at the end, and the ultimate is not just to restrict but to take wickets. We think the plans are sound but our execution has not been as good as it might be. We are looking for a higher standard of skill all round.”

Morgan praised Steven Finn following his five-wicket haul – which included a hat-trick – and Taylor, who had moved from three to six in order to accommodate Gary Ballance, and who added 92 for the seventh wicket with Chris Woakes, and went on to hit 11 fours and two sixes, one driven straight off the paceman Mitchell Starc.

“It was outstanding, especially in the circumstances,” said Morgan. “It was typical Taylor. He played himself in and then took advantage of that. We are looking for guys who can go on and post the sort of score that will win games. Here he batted closer to his natural position at five or six.”

Well, as close to the perfect game from New Zealand. They probably would have preferred one of their set batsmen to go on and notch a three figure score, but they’ll be satisfied that they start the World Cup with a professional performance.

Sri Lanka have issues, not least in the bowling department, where Malinga looks a pale shadow of his former self. Have Sri Lanka made an error in keeping him on this tour? He’ll no doubt bowl himself into form - there are more than enough games - but 10 overs, 0 for 84, is a huge worry.

Still, no need for total doom and gloom just yet. Thanks for joining me - I’m off to feel real again