Scotland defeated the Netherlands by 71 runs in The Hague within the newest match of their tri-series warm-up for the T20 World Cup.
George Munsey helped his aspect declare their first win of the collection, top-scoring with 72 off 44 balls as they set their hosts a goal of 159.
The Netherlands had been victorious by 41 runs in Saturday’s opener, then misplaced to Eire on Sunday, earlier than Monday’s assembly between Eire and the Scots was deserted due to rain.
However right here the Dutch succumbed to Doug Watson’s aspect, with Mark Watt contributing 19 with the bat earlier than taking 4 wickets for under 12 runs because the Netherlands had been bowled out for 87 in 14.5 overs.
Scott Edwards hit 29 off 25 balls for the house aspect, whereas Bas de Leede additionally scored effectively with 27. Bowler Logan van Beek took three wickets for 13 runs as Scotland made their whole for the lack of seven wickets.
Oli Hairs received them off to a shiny begin, scoring 15 earlier than being caught by Michael Levitt. Munsey then launched into gear with a flurry of boundaries to place his aspect firmly within the ascendancy.
Van Beek took two wickets from three balls because the Dutch rallied, and later had Munsey caught off a Vivian Kingma supply, earlier than Matthew Cross chipped in with 14 and Watt’s late burst carried Scotland to 158.
Watt took the wickets of Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein and Kingma in 4 balls to get his aspect over the road with room to spare earlier than Thursday’s third and ultimate assembly.