Scotland beat Namibia thanks to Brandon McMullen masterclass

Scotland beat Namibia thanks to Brandon McMullen masterclass

Brandon McMullen took three wickets after which hit an excellent century to lead Scotland to victory over Namibia in World Cup League Two.

The hosts set an honest goal of 198 all out, because the Scots struggled to break the partnership of Louren Steenkamp – who top-scored with 67 – and captain JJ Smit (43).

The middle-order pair placed on 87 earlier than Smit was caught by Michael Leask off the bowling of McMullen.

After that, Namibia may solely placed on 22 runs for the autumn of 4 wickets and had been all out in 49 overs.

Scotland’s openers wobbled at the beginning of their reply, although, and had been each out LBW to Ruben Trumpelmann – George Munsey dismissed for a two-ball duck, whereas Finlay McCreath solely managed two from 15 deliveries.

However, McMullen, who posted figures of 3-47 with the ball, compiled a masterful century earlier than retiring with cramp on precisely 100.

It takes the 26-year-old previous the two,000-run mark for Scotland and was his fifth ODI century for his nation.

McMullen was assisted by captain Richie Berrington, who scored a notable 43, earlier than Mark Watt and Matthew Cross mixed to knock off the remaining 41 runs with 12 overs to spare.

It is a return to kind for the Scots, who had been overwhelmed by Oman within the week in a recreation restricted to 20 overs every due to climate situations.

The earlier two video games had been each washouts, the primary and not using a ball being bowled and the second after Namibia had racked up a rating of 189-9.

Defending champions Scotland stay second within the World Cup League Two desk, having now performed 4 extra video games than leaders USA.

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