Bangladesh vs. Scotland: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from Cricket World Cup

Bangladesh moved closer to a World Cup quarter-final place as they chased down a big total to beat Scotland in their Pool A clash in Nelson on Thursday.

Tigers captain Mashrafe Mortaza won the toss and chose to field but then saw the Associate Nation make 318-7 in their 50 overs, powered by 156 from opener Kyle Coetzer.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Coetzer	c Sarkar	b Nasir Hossain	156	198	134	17	4
MacLeod	c Mahmudullah	b Mortaza	11	9	11	2	0
Gardiner	c Sarkar	b Taskin Ahmed	19	29	32	3	0
Machan	c and b Rahman		35	64	50	2	1
Mommsen	c Sarkar	b Nasir Hossain	39	82	38	2	1
Berrington	c Mushfiqur Rahim	b Taskin Ahmed	26	27	16	1	2
Cross	c Rahman	b Taskin Ahmed	20	21	14	1	1
Davey	not out		4	6	3	0	0
Haq	c Sarkar	b Shakib	1	2	3	0	0
Evans	not out		0		0	0	0
Extras		1nb 5w 0b 1lb	7
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Mortaza			8	0	60	1
Shakib			10	0	46	1
Taskin Ahmed			7	0	43	3
Rubel Hossain			8	0	60	0
Mahmudullah			5	0	29	0
Rahman			7	0	47	1
Nasir Hossain			5	0	32	2

However, they reached the total with 11 balls to spare to secure a six-wicket win that takes them to five points in the standings. A win against England in Adelaide on March 9 or against New Zealand four days later will see them reach the last eight.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Tamim Iqbal	lbw	b Davey	95	132	100	9	1
Sarkar	c Cross	b Davey	2	7	5	0	0
Mahmudullah		b Wardlaw	62	87	62	6	1
Mushfiqur Rahim	c MacLeod	b Evans	60	66	42	6	2
Shakib	not out		52	76	41	5	1
Rahman	not out		42	43	40	4	2
Extras		1nb 8w 0b 0lb	9
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Wardlaw			9.1	0	75	1
Davey			10	0	68	2
Evans			10	1	67	1
Machan			7	0	45	0
Haq			10	0	49	0
Berrington			2	0	18	0

Coetzer made the first century by a Scotland batsman at a World Cup off 103 balls which included 12 boundaries and two sixes.

He then accelerated to 150, the first by an Associate Nation player in a World Cup match, before departing in the 45th over when caught at deep mid-wicket off Nasir Hossain. Cricket Record shared some stats regarding "most 150+ scores in ODIs":

The Northamptonshire man received solid middle-order support from Matt Machan (35) and Preston Mommsen (39), sharing a 141-run partnership for the fourth wicket with the latter. Cricket World Cup highlighted Scotland's record-setting performance:

The small ground has seen plenty of runs in the tournament so far, and that continued as, after the early loss of Soumya Sarkar, the Tigers went about their run chase.

Tamim Iqbal (95) and Mohammad Mahmudullah (62) put on 139 for the second wicket, and Mushfiqur Rahim made 60 from just 42 balls to reduce the run rate to less than one per ball. Cricket World Cup pointed out that Iqbal currently has the highest score by a Bangladesh player:

Rahim’s departure left Bangladesh needing 72 off the final 12 overs if they were to maintain their perfect record against Scotland, though their last completed encounter was in 2006. Based on their losing track record, statistician Mohandas Menon pondered the question of whether Scotland could get their first win:

Shakib Al Hasan (52 from 41 balls) and Sabbir Rahman (42 from 40 balls) saw Bangladesh home as Scotland, who lost to Afghanistan after a 19-run last-wicket stand, fell short again.