Scotland vs. USA Cricket 2013: Scorecard and Recap from Dubai

Scotland beat USA by seven wickets with seven balls remaining to secure a simple World Cup Qualifier warm-up victory at the ICC Academy in Dubai.

Peter Steindl’s team batted second in an encounter that remained comfortable for the Scots.

Calum MacLeod produced a total of 46 runs from 43 balls at the top of the order, while Kyle Coetzer blitzed 35 from just 24 balls after Richie Berrington was the first to be dismissed on 10.

While MacLeod eventually fell to Neil McGarrell, 16 runs from Matt Machan and 11 from Rob Taylor were enough to clinch victory for a Scotland side that never looked like losing this one.

Alongside McGarrell, both Timroy Allen and Danial Ahmed grabbed wickets for the Americans.

Richie Berrington	b Allen	10
Calum MacLeod	b McGarrell	46
Matt Machan	b Danial Ahmed	16
Kyle Coetzer	not out	35
Rob Taylor	not out	11
	EXTRAS	16
	TOTAL	134

The USA had previously failed to exert any kind of dominance during an ill-fated batting spell that was largely rescued through Steven Taylor’s healthy total of 55 runs from 51 balls.

Adam Sanford also managed to add 28 as the nation’s batting efforts came to a close, but this performance was riddled with uninspiring displays from a middle order of Orlando Baker (six runs, 12 balls), Allen (eight runs, 12 balls) and Elmore Hutchinson (two runs, four balls).

Iain Wardlaw took the bowling plaudits with three wickets for Scotland, while Majid Haq also grabbed two leg before wicket calls. Neil Carter and Safyaan Sharif completed the rout with one wicket each.

Steven Taylor	c Murphy b Wardlaw	55
Akeem Dodson	c Machan b Carter	16
Orlando Baker	lbw b Haq	6
Timroy Allen	b Sharif	8
Elmore Hutchinson	lbw b Haq	2
Adam Sanford	not out	28
Japen Patel	c MacLeod b Wardlaw	4
Neil McGarrell	b Wardlaw	1
Karan Ganesh	not out	0
	EXTRAS	13
	TOTAL	133

Scotland now face Namibia on Nov. 13 before heading into a competitive Group B match with Bermuda. USA will look to improve on the loss with a clashes against Nepal and Canada.

All stats from ESPNcricinfo.