Opening batter Martin Guptill, who we know can provide ample muscle, stuttered his way to a 35-ball 28, while the Black Caps could only score 36 runs from the final four overs. Not a shabby total, but not as many as they would have hoped for. An "active discussion" in government is ongoing, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said to be in favour of the boycott, the Times newspaper said. "I've bent most the world to my will and done it with nothing but passion and skill. I'll be back," he wrote on Twitter. Europe finished unbeaten in the fourballs and shared the spoils with Team USA in the afternoon session at the Inverness Club in Ohio, although all the talk post-round was about the incident at the par-five 13th in the first fourballs match.