Scotland Suffer Heavy Wcl2 Defeat By Uae

WCL2, Amstelveen

United Arab Emirates 296-6 (50 overs): Chopra 101, Sharma 56, Wassem 41

Scotland 199 (43.3 overs): Munsey 43, McCreath 33; Singh 4-30, Khan 3-41

UAE triumph by 97 runs

Scorecard

Scotland slumped to a disappointing 97-run conclusion by nan United Arab Emirates, damaging their faltering defence of nan World Cup League 2 crown.

The Scots made dense upwind of a three-wicket triumph complete nan aforesaid opponents connected Sunday and connected this juncture were comprehensively beaten by nan lowest-ranked squad successful nan tournament.

UAE skipper Rahul Chopra made his first 1 time world period (101) to thief steer his broadside to 296-6.

Opener Aryansh Sharma contributed 56 and Muhammad Waseem (41) added immoderate precocious fireworks pinch his skipper, who made nan astir of his flight from a large lbw declare connected 30.

Scotland's consequence was lacklustre, losing a succession of batters to mediocre shots.

George Munsey was retired for 43 successful nan 19th opener soon aft nan departure of chap opener Charlie Tear (27).

Richie Berrington and Finlay McCreath threatened to resistance Scotland backmost into nan title but fell successful speedy succession for 32 and 33 respectively.

That near them connected 164-5 astatine nan extremity of nan 35th complete and from location nan situation quickly fizzled retired arsenic Simranjeet Singh vanished pinch 4 wickets and Aayan Khan claimed three.

"Credit to UAE," Berrington told ICC.TV. "It wasn't our champion day. At this level, you request to beryllium a batch much consistent."

It is conscionable a 3rd triumph from 14 title outings for UAE, while Scotland beryllium mid-table pinch 7 victories from their 13 matches.

With nan Netherlands hosting this tri-nation sequence, Scotland meet nan hosts adjacent connected Saturday.