Levitt leads Dutch to comfortable win over Scotland

Scotland vs. the Netherlands in the Men’s Twenty20 at Clydesdale

Netherlands 198-7 (20 overs): Levitt 90, Davidson 2-29

Scotland 181-9 (20 overs): McMullen 51, Nidamanuru 3-30

By 17 runs, the Netherlands won.

Scotland lost to the Netherlands by 17 runs in Glasgow as a result of back-to-back defeats in their T20 Tri-Series.

Michael Levitt, the opener in the Netherlands, outlasted the restraints with a score of 90 off 57 deliveries for an impressive total of 198-7.

Despite some solid fielding from the Scots, including a fine boundary catch from George Munsey to dismiss Vikramjit Singh, the visitors’ score was greatly increased by Max O’Dowd (21) and Scott Edwards (31).

Before makeshift opener Mark Watt ran himself out in the third over, the Scots started slowly.

The Dutch were unbeaten after Richie Berrington was dismissed for just two after a controversial catch at backward square-leg, which caused the ball to appear to bounce before it reached fielder Aryan Dutt.

Scotland’s chase was together, but they still needed more than 100 runs when he also fell for Teja Nidamanuru’s 51-run part-time spin.

Michael Leask scored five impressive sixes to resurrect Scottish hopes on a surface better suited for quick scoring than Nepal’s low-scoring loss on Tuesday.

To the delight of the men in orange, he was caught by Max O’Dowd off Roelof van der Merwe’s long-on bowling.

Dutt limited the Scots to just 10, leaving them with only 27 remaining after the final over, earning a comfortable victory.

Before heading to the Netherlands for the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier next month, Berrington’s team travels to Nepal on Friday.

After the first innings, Berrington said, “We felt like we were playing with the one short side.”

“Our execution was good at times, but not for long enough throughout the game,” we thought.

You always have a chance when Michael Leask is in the middle, but one of us couldn’t stay there long enough.