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Netherlands beat Scotland by 7 wickets in 1st T20I of Oman Quadrangular Series

by Alastair Symondson Wednesday 13 February 2019

Ryan ten Doeschate 16* saw the Netherlands home to a 7 wicket win over Scotland

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The Netherlands won the toss and decided to field against Scotland, at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman today, in the first T20I of the Quadrangular Tournament.

Match Summary

Scotland 153-7 (Calum MacLeod 53, George Munsey 32, Craig Wallace 27; Fred Klaassen 2-38, Timm van der Gugten 2-35)

Netherlands 154-3 (19.5overs) – (Tobias Visee 71, Stephan Myburgh 24; Safyaan Sharif 1-28)

Result - Netherlands won by 7 wickets

A combined bowling effort was followed by Tobias Visee's 43-ball 71 as @KNCBcricket completed a seven-wicket win over @CricketScotland in the first T20I of the quadrangular series.#NEDvSCO SCORECARD ?? https://t.co/zKtuDdFeTS pic.twitter.com/QUfkkeyp1U
— ICC (@ICC) 13 February 2019

Scotland scored a competitive 153-7 in their 20 overs with Calum MacLeod 53, George Munsey 32 and Craig Wallace 27 the top run getters and Fred Klaassen 2-38 and Timm van der Gugten 2-35 the main wicket takers for the Netherlands.

In reply, the Netherlands scampered home just, by 7 wickets, with one ball to spare - Tobias Visee 71 and Stephan Myburgh 24, the stars with the bat and Alasdair Evans 0-19 (off 4 overs) and Safyaan Sharif 1-28 were the top bowlers for Scotland.

Netherlands - Pieter Seelaar(c), Wesley Barresi, Ryan ten Doeschate, Scott Edwards(w), Tobias Visee, Max ODowd, Stephan Myburgh, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Shane Snater, Fred Klaassen

Scotland - Michael Leask, Kyle Coetzer(c), Matthew Cross(w), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Alasdair Evans, Safyaan Sharif, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Ruaidhri Smith

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