Scotland misplaced to Afghanistan by 55 runs within the closing warm-up recreation earlier than they start their T20 World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to England on 4 June.
Afghanistan received the toss and opted to bat in Trinidad then bought off to a flier largely due to opener Gulbadin Naib, who scored 69 from simply 30 balls.
When he was dismissed by Chris Greaves within the tenth over, Afghanistan had already gone previous 100 and regarded set for a large whole.
Nonetheless, Scotland’s bowlers recovered comparatively nicely within the second half of the innings to limit Rashid Khan’s aspect to 178-8, with Chris Sole (3-35) the choose of the bowlers.
In reply, George Munsey (28) began shortly however his wicket sparked a mini-collapse as Scotland slumped to 44-5 within the eighth over.
Mark Watt’s 25-ball 34 helped scale back the margin of defeat, however the top-order’s failure meant Scotland had been by no means actually in with an opportunity.
After their assembly with England in Barbados, Scotland will face Namibia (6 June), Oman (9 June) and Australia (16 June) in Group B.