World Cup Qualifier: Scotland beat Ireland after nerve-wracking encounter

 Scotland defeated Ireland

In the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe, Scotland defeated Ireland by one wicket after a nerve-wracking encounter.

Two matches were played in Bulawayo on Wednesday in which Scotland defeated Ireland by one wicket while Oman defeated UAE by five wickets. Against Ireland, Scotland won the toss and decided to bowl first, after which Ireland scored 286 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted overs. On behalf of Ireland, Curtis Kempfer scored 120, George Duque Riel scored 69 and Andy McBrien scored 32 runs.

Bowling for Scotland, Brendan McMullen guided five wickets to the pavilion while Chris Soule and Mark Watt took a wicket each. The target of 287 runs given by Ireland was achieved by Scotland on the last ball of the innings. Chasing the target, Scotland's first 7 batsmen were bowled out for 152 runs, but the brilliant partnership of Michael Liske and Mark Watt led the team to victory. Michael Liske scored 91 runs off 61 balls with the help of four sixes and nine fours while Mark Watt played an innings of 40 runs off 43 balls.

Scotland needed two runs off the last ball of the innings when Michael Liske hit Mark Adair for a boundary. On the other hand, in the eighth match of the event, Oman won the toss and decided to field against UAE, after which UAE scored 227 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the allotted 50 overs. On behalf of UAE, Ayan Afzal Khan scored 58 runs, Viritiya Aravind scored 49 runs, and Rameez Shehzad scored 38 runs. On behalf of the Omani team, Jay Odedra dismissed three players while Bilal Khan and Fayyaz Butt dismissed two players each. In response to the innings of UAE, Oman easily achieved the target of 228 runs in 46 overs for five wickets.

While batting for Oman, Aqib Ilyas scored 53 runs, Shoaib Khan scored 52 runs and Mohammad Nadeem scored 50 runs while Rohan Mustafa and Junaid Siddiqui took two wickets each for UAE. If we talk about the points table of the tournament, in Group A, Zimbabwe is first with four points, West Indies is second with two points, Nepal is third with two points while USA and Netherlands are at fourth and fifth position respectively with no points. are Similarly, in Group B, Oman is first with four points, Sri Lanka is second with two points, Scotland is third with two points while Ireland and UAE are in fourth and fifth position respectively with no points.