But Joshua has rebuffed the suggestion he may "step aside" from his rematch with Usyk. Scotland battled gamely for long periods of the contest but lost their third game in a row as they were undone by Guptill's 18th T20 international half-century, which featured seven sixes. "You go into every game wanting to score but when you've had a run like that, you go into every game feeling like you're going to score and I think that's the difference. You're just more confident in taking chances. The prospects of an upset grew as George Munsey (22 off 18) blasted Ish Sodhi (2-42) for consecutive sixes only to watch in disbelief as Tim Southee slid around the long on boundary to pouch a brilliant two-handed catch.