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BBC News
09-07-2025
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Italy on verge of T20 World Cup after stunning Scotland
ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Regional Final: Italy v ScotlandItaly 167-6 (20:00 overs): Gay 50, Stewart 44; Leask 3-18Scotland 155-5 (20:00): Munsey 72, Berrington 46; Manenti 5-31Italy won by 12 runsScorecard Italy took a major step towards qualifying for the T20 World Cup for the first time with a surprise 12-run victory over Scotland in the win takes the Italians to the top of the five-strong Europe Regional Final group table, with the Scots sitting third behind Jersey after three games each and the hosts in fourth with a match in won the toss in Voorburg, Italy set a total of 167-6 after their 20 overs and, although George Munsey struck an impressive 72, Harry Manenti took all five wickets as the Scots fell short on currently ranked 32 in the world, first competed in T20 World Cup qualifying in 2019 and have finished third on all three occasions since. The Italians face the 15th-ranked Dutch, who will be favourites to defeat winless Guernsey later on Wednesday, in their final game on the same day, Scotland take on Jersey in what is now a must-win game for either to have a chance of qualifying as one of the top two hopes had been delivered a blow without a ball being struck when their opening game against Guernsey was called off by rain, but they then defeated the Dutch by six runs on Italy opener Emilio Gay and Grant Stewart helped Italy post a competitive total, with significant contributions at either end of their innings, against the side 29 places above them in the rankings after they elected to 50, which included two sixes and six fours, came from just 21 balls, while Stewart finished unbeaten on 44 having hit three sixes and two fours in his 27-ball stay at the crease to help his side reaches 167 for six from their full reply, the Scots looked to be on their way when opener Munsey and captain Richie Berrington put on 105 for the third wicket before Munsey fell with 16 balls they were only able to reach 155 for five with Berrington, who plundered three maximums, finishing unbeaten on 46 as Manenti, who had earlier scored a run-a-ball 38 with the bat, took all five wickets for 31 runs.
BBC News
20-06-2025
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- BBC News
Scotland end T20 series with win over Nepal
T20 Tri-Series, GlasgowScotland 193-5: Munsey 78, McMullen 42; Bhurtel 2-20Nepal 159 : Singh 43*, Airee 34; Greaves 3-27Scotland win by 34 runsScorecard Scotland signed off the T20 Tri-Series with a comfortable 34-run victory over Nepal to move into next month's World Cup qualifiers in more confident Munsey starred with the bat, whacking 78 from 39 balls to help the Scots set an imposing target of 194 at a sweltering Clydesdale in who had enjoyed two wins from their three matches in the series with Scotland and the Netherlands, never really looked like chasing who hit an associate-record 191 in a recent ODI against the Dutch, resumed that form as he managed six sixes before being caught chasing another boundary."Everyone mucked in and got the job done," Munsey told BBC Scotland."I really enjoy getting going when I can especially in front of a home crowd. I just love hitting sixes."I've just got to get myself in and be smart and enjoy the moment, thankfully it happened today."When Munsey departed he and Brandon McMullen had steered Scotland to 134-2, but when McMullen was bowled by Sandeep Lamichhane four balls later Doug Watson's side briefly struggled as Finlay McCreath and Richie Berrington were caught before reaching double figures. But Matthew Cross and and Michael Leask steadied the ship and shared an unbeaten partnership of 48 to see Scotland close to 200 chase started in erratic fashion after Kushal Bhurtel's ramp shot from McMullen's delivery in the first over was smartly taken by Finlay McCreath on the the time captain Rohit Paudel chipped one from Mark Watt to Chris Greaves, the tourists were 82-5 in the 11th Singh Airee lead the fightback with an effective 34 from 33 balls, but up stepped Greaves to bowl him, and then Lamichhane in consecutive deliveries to leave Nepal 117-8 and their hopes of victory looking grabbed his third of the day when he had Rijan Dhakal caught, and despite Rupesh Singh lasting until the end with a haul of 43, Nepal's resistance ended when Lalit Rajbanshi was run will now look to next month's qualifiers in the Netherlands when they face the Dutch, Italy, Jersey, and Guernsey for a place at the World Cup in India and Sri Lanka next ended with two wins and two losses in the three-way series, as did Nepal and the Netherlands."The key takeaways for me is the squad is growing now," head coach Watson told BBC Scotland. "We have 15 guys here who played with their heart on their sleeve for Scotland. They're developing nicely but it's a young group. "We've had some really tough and close games which bodes well for the future."
Hans India
13-06-2025
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- Hans India
Netherlands Stun Scotland With Record 370-Run Chase in ICC CWC League 2
Chasing a big score in any cricket format is very hard. Even top teams often struggle under pressure when the target is huge. In One Day Internationals (ODIs), it becomes even tougher. But on June 12, the Netherlands did something incredible — they chased down 370 runs to beat Scotland in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2. In this match, held on Thursday at Forthill, Dundee, Scotland batted first and made a huge total of 369/6 in 50 overs. Their star opener, George Munsey, played a brilliant knock of 191 runs, scoring more than half of his team's total. Captain Matthew Cross added a valuable 59, and Michael Leask contributed 28 runs towards the end of the innings. Among Dutch bowlers, Michael Levitt was the only one who bowled economically and managed to take 2 wickets. In reply, the Netherlands chased the target successfully, scoring 374/6 in 49.2 overs. Though wickets kept falling from one end, opener Max O'Dowd stayed at the crease and led the team to victory with a match-winning unbeaten century. O'Dowd remained not out on 158 off 130 balls, hitting 12 fours and 4 sixes. He received strong support from teammates Teja Nidamanuru, who scored 51 runs, and Noah Croes, who made 50. This successful chase became the fourth-highest run chase in ODI history. The top spot still belongs to South Africa, who chased 434 runs against Australia in Johannesburg in 2006. For his brilliant performance, Max O'Dowd was named Player of the Match, guiding the Netherlands to their second-highest ODI run chase ever with his outstanding innings against Scotland.
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.
