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BBC News
16-05-2025
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Scotland post record score in big win over Dutch
Cricket World Cup League 2, UtrechtScotland 380-9 (50 overs): Berrington 105, McMullen 101; Klein 3-60Netherlands 235 (42.1 overs): De Leede 74; McMullen 4-55, Currie 3-49Scotland win by 145 runsScorecard Scotland struck their highest one-day international total in a dominant 145-run victory over the Netherlands in hundreds from Brandon McMullen (101) and captain Richie Berrington (105), after a quickfire 80 from opener George Munsey, propelled Scotland to 380-9 from their 50 superb McMullen then took four wickets as the hosts were bundled out for 235 in 42.1 is a result that revives Scotland's hopes of retaining their Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 (CWCL2) crown with a home series against the Dutch and Nepal to come next month in Scots are third in the table with nine wins from 16 games, while the Netherlands lead the way with 12 wins from 20. Having been asked to bat first at Kampong Cricket Club, Munsey got Scotland off to a flying start despite losing opening partner Charlie Tear for just left-hander struck 12 fours and two sixes in his 56-ball knock and it set the tone for the entire the other end, McMullen batted with style and poise on his way to a chanceless hundred, his fourth in ODIs and an innings that takes his batting average to 48.74 in the was joined at the crease by Berrington, who rolled back the years to bring up his fourth ODI 38-year-old accelerated in stunning fashion, going from 50 to 100 in just 24 deliveries. Despite a late flurry of wickets, Scotland passed the 371 they made in their famous win over England in 2018 - their previous record is also the highest score posted in the CWCL2, beating the 348 made by United Arab Emirates against Namibia in reply, the Dutch were always behind the rate and lost wickets at regular Currie took three scalps, Jack Jarvis two and Safyan Sharif one to cap off a near-perfect day for Berrington's Bas de Leede (74) offered any resistance for the Dutch, before he was stumped by wicketkeeper Matthew Cross off McMullen's bowling."Munsey and McMullen were outstanding," Berrington said. "To get us in that position and then to kick on and get to 380 was a phenomenal effort. "On another day there might have been a few more out there as well. Don't forget the bowlers too - they came out and did the job again."We knew it was important to finish this series strong. We've managed to do that, we've shown a lot of character and can take a bit of momentum into another important series back in Scotland."
BBC News
10-05-2025
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Munsey ton in vain as Scotland lose to Netherlands
WCL2, AmstelveenNetherlands 282-7 (50 overs): Scotland 263-9 (50 overs): Munsey Netherlands win by 19 runsScorecard Scotland failed to chase down a target of 283 against the Netherlands in Cricket World Cup League 2 despite a superb 106 from opener George been shocked by United Arab Emirates on Thursday, Richie Berrington's side came into the contest under pressure to choosing to bat first, half-centuries from Max O'Dowd (64), Zach Lion-Cachet (78) and captain Scott Edwards (70) helped the Dutch post 282-7 in their 50 seamer Brad Currie finished with bowling figures of 4-52 for Scotland, including three wickets in the final over of the reply, the Scots were reduced to 61-3, with Charlie Tear, Brandon McMullen and Berrington all failing to reach double McCreath (38) put on 92 for the fourth wicket with Munsey, who brought up his second one-day international hundred off just 90 batters fell in the space of five overs though, swinging momentum back towards the Matthew Cross chipped in with 47, but Scotland fell 19 runs short, leaving them with seven wins from 14 matches, while the Netherlands top the table with 11 wins from 18. The Scots face UAE on Wednesday before taking on the Dutch again on Friday.
BBC News
08-05-2025
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Scotland suffer heavy WCL2 defeat by UAE
WCL2, AmstelveenUnited Arab Emirates 296-6 (50 overs): Chopra 101, Sharma 56, Wassem 41Scotland 199 (43.3 overs): Munsey 43, McCreath 33; Singh 4-30, Khan 3-41UAE win by 97 runsScorecard Scotland slumped to a disappointing 97-run defeat by the United Arab Emirates, damaging their faltering defence of the World Cup League 2 crown. The Scots made heavy weather of a three-wicket win over the same opponents on Sunday and on this occasion were comprehensively beaten by the lowest-ranked team in the captain Rahul Chopra made his first one day international century (101) to help steer his side to Aryansh Sharma contributed 56 and Muhammad Waseem (41) added some late fireworks with his skipper, who made the most of his escape from a big lbw claim on response was lacklustre, losing a succession of batters to poor Munsey was out for 43 in the 19th opener shortly after the departure of fellow opener Charlie Tear (27).Richie Berrington and Finlay McCreath threatened to drag Scotland back into the contest but fell in quick succession for 32 and 33 left them on 164-5 at the end of the 35th over and from there the challenge quickly fizzled out as Simranjeet Singh finished with four wickets and Aayan Khan claimed three."Credit to UAE," Berrington told "It wasn't our best day. At this level, you need to be a lot more consistent." It is just a third win from 14 competition outings for UAE, while Scotland sit mid-table with seven victories from their 13 the Netherlands hosting this tri-nation sequence, Scotland meet the hosts next on Saturday.
