T20 World Cup: Scotland beat Papua New Guinea & Bangladesh see off Oman

Berrington leads Scotland to second T20 World Cup win

By Callum Matthews
BBC Sport

ICC Men's T20 World Cup, Al Amerat Cricket Ground, Oman

Scotland 165-9 (20 overs): Berrington 70 (49), Cross 45 (36); Morea 4-31

Papua New Guinea 148 (19.3 overs): Vanua 47 (37); Davey 4-18

Scotland won by 17 runs

Scorecard

Scotland are one win away from qualifying for the Super 12s stage of the Men's T20 World Cup after claiming a second victory in three days.

Scotland, who shocked Bangladesh on the opening day of the tournament, beat Papua New Guinea by 17 runs in Oman.

Bangladesh overcame a scare to see off Oman by 26 runs later on Tuesday and avoid an early exit.

Scotland will progress as winners of Group B if they beat Oman on Thursday at 15:00 BST.

Scotland could qualify before they play again - if PNG beat Bangladesh in the 11:00 game. If Bangladesh win and Scotland lose, run-rate will decide which two sides will qualify.

Scotland collapse but bowlers do the job

Scotland, ranked 14th in the world, made 165-9 Al Amerat as Richie Berrington hit 70 off 49 balls and Matt Cross 45 from 36.

The pair put on 92 from 26-2, with Berrington hitting six fours and three sixes - one of which went 97m, the longest of the tournament - in making Scotland's first half-century at a T20 World Cup.

However, he and Callum McLeod were dismissed in the 19th over, and four wickets fell in the last, including three off the final three balls.

PNG, playing in their first World Cup, slipped to 35-5 in reply before being bowled out for 148 in the final over.

Norman Vanua, who made 47 off 37 deliveries, and Kiplin Doriga took 45 from three overs to revive PNG's hopes and leave them needing 46 from 24 balls.

But left-arm spinner Mark Watt pushed one wider to have Dorgia stumped for 18, before Somerset's Josh Davey, who finished with T20-best figures of 4-18, had Vanua and Chad Soper caught behind.

Bangladesh bounce back

In the later game, Bangladesh, who are ranked sixth in the world and have beaten Australia and New Zealand in the past three months, were bowled out for 153 by Oman from the final ball of their innings.

They were 21-2 before Mohammed Naim, who was dropped twice in making 64 from 50 balls, and Shakib Al Hasan, put on 80.

Shakib was run out for 42 at the non-striker's end as he casually jogged a single, sparking a collapse of eight wickets for 52 runs in the final seven overs.

Oman left-arm seamer Bilal Khan finished with 3-18 and Fayyaz Butt, who played for Pakistan in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup, claimed 3-30.

Oman were in a decent position at 81-2 but lost captain Zeeshan Maqsood and Jatinder Singh, who made 40 from 33 balls, in the space of 10 balls before folding.

Five wickets tumbled in the final five overs as Oman limped to 127-9, with Mustafizur Rahman taking 4-36 and Shakib 3-28.

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