MacLeod stars in Scottish win - Cricket News Update
Opening batsman Calum MacLeod top scored with 99 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AS-Scotland-c46175 thumped Canada by four wickets in the Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship in Ayr on Thursday. This was the second ODI of the series, which was played at the Cambusdoon New Ground.
Scotland won the toss and elected to field first and took advantage of seaming conditions by dismissing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Gunasekera-c2231 top scored with 53 off 75 deliveries which included five boundaries and two
sixes. Debutant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RM-Haq-c2336 snapping
2 wickets for just 19 runs in an impressive spell.
It was not all smooth sailing for Scotland however, who found the conditions testing themselves. The top order was rocked early on but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Calum-Scott-MacLeod-c49129 unleashed a gem of an innings where he fell one shy of a century in the end. His innings did not include
any sixes yet, out of 127 deliveries faced he managed to smash 12 boundaries. The knock was lauded by his team mates and Scottish cricket fans, as it held the run chase together and laid the foundation which initially looked difficult. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Scotland-c756 eventually
reached the target in 42.1 overs, yet lost six wickets in the process. They finished with a final score of 177-6. The pick of the Canadian bowlers was http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durand-Soraine-c54799, who managed to get 2 wickets for 57 runs.
Rain had clouded most games for the most part of Canada’s tour to Scotland. Overcast conditions, along with a seaming wicket, resulted in a low scoring affair this time around. The four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup was also washed out due to rain, with the
first ODI completely rained out. After this victory, Scotland are placed at second on the ICC qualifier’s rankings, above the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033, who still have two games to play.
Scotland’s win by a margin of 47 runs gives them a realistic chance of qualifying for the 2015 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-David-Steindl-c81581 has expressed optimism over Scotland’s chances where his side now sits pretty at
second, behind http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 in the table.
The Irish who drew with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 in the Intercontinental Cup to top the table, look like clear favorites to win the championship and qualify for yet another world cup appearance. The current champions of the ICC Intercontinental Cup are Afghanistan, who
have already taken part in the ICC World T20 in the Caribbean in 2010.
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