Scotland beat Dutch to boost T20 World Cup hopes

Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier

Scotland 148-9: Hairs 52, Tear 32, De Leede 3-17

Netherlands 142-7: Croes 52*, Levitt 22, Greaves 3-26

By six runs, Scotland won.

The Netherlands’ bowlers defeated Scotland to defeat them, boosting their chances of qualifying for the T20 World Cup.

The Scots won the toss and batted first, but Noah Croes accidentally caught George Munsey off the third ball of the day.

The Dutch bowlers also quickly defeated Brandon McMullen, Michael Leask, Matthew Cross, Mark Watt, and Safyaan Sharif.

Richie Berrington (28) and Charlie Tear (32) also contributed to Scotland’s post-148-9 success, and Oli Hairs’ 52 posed some resistance.

Early in the Netherlands’ innings, McMullen took the wickets of Max O’Dowd and Zach Lion-Cachet, and Sharif took the 22-run wicket of Michael Levitt.

Scott Edwards, Bas de Leede, who went lbw, and Teja Nidamanuru were all added by Chris Greaves.

With 20 overs remaining, England won by six runs when Brad Currie bowled Roelof van der Merwe for 20 while Croes and Aryan Dutt were both 52 and six not out.

After a rain-soaked opening game against Guernsey, Doug Watson’s side recover to win one game and draw one more. Italy and Jersey, the Scots’ next opponents, share the same record, while Jersey has three points in three games. The top two will advance to India and Sri Lanka’s World Cup in 2015.