Scotland vs Canada

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2026 · Forthill, Dundee · 7 August 2026

Scotland won by 9 runs

Scotland won by 9 runs. FDW McCreath top-scored with 112 for Scotland.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2026
Ground: Forthill, Dundee
Date: 7 August 2026
Toss: Canada, chose to field
Result: Scotland won by 9 runs
Player of the match: FDW McCreath
Debuts: Zainullah Ihsan (Scotland), Meet Patel (Canada)
Umpires: DH Mclean and Gazi Sohel
Match referee: G McCrea

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Canada won the toss and chose to field. Zainullah Ihsan and Meet Patel played their first ODIs.

Scotland batted first and made 281 for 7. FDW McCreath top-scored with 112 off 139 balls, and MA Jones made 36. Zahid Shirzad took 3 for 55 for Canada.

Chasing 282, Canada made 272 all out. YS Samra top-scored with 78 off 64 balls, and Ansh Patel made 41. BJ McMullen took 3 for 43 for Scotland. The innings was built on a 84-run stand for the eighth wicket between Ansh Patel and Saad Bin Zafar.

Scotland won by 9 runs.

SCOTLAND: 281 FOR 7

Batter	How out	R	B
HG Munsey	b Kaleem Sana	0	2
FDW McCreath	c Kaleem Sana b Zahid Shirzad	112	139
BJ McMullen	b Zahid Shirzad	17	25
RD Berrington	b Saad Bin Zafar	29	38
MA Jones	c YS Samra b Kaleem Sana	36	48
MH Cross	c Zahid Shirzad b Meet Patel	23	20
MRJ Watt	c NR Kirton b Zahid Shirzad	15	16
SM Sharif	not out	22	8
O Davidson	not out	11	4

Did not bat: JJ Davidson, Zainullah Ihsan

Extras 16 · Total 281 for 7

Bowler (Canada)	O	M	R	W
Kaleem Sana	10	1	61	2
Zahid Shirzad	10	1	55	3
Meet Patel	5	0	37	1
Ansh Patel	10	0	46	0
Saad Bin Zafar	10	0	38	1
H Thaker	5	0	34	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (HG Munsey), 2-24 (BJ McMullen, 7 ov), 3-83 (RD Berrington, 20 ov), 4-153 (MA Jones, 34 ov), 5-208 (MH Cross, 42 ov), 6-246 (FDW McCreath, 47 ov), 7-269 (MRJ Watt, 49 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	HG Munsey (0) and FDW McCreath (0)	0
second	BJ McMullen (17) and FDW McCreath (1)	24
third	RD Berrington (29) and FDW McCreath (26)	59
fourth	MA Jones (36) and FDW McCreath (34)	70
fifth	MH Cross (23) and FDW McCreath (27)	55
sixth	FDW McCreath (24) and MRJ Watt (14)	38
seventh	MRJ Watt (1) and SM Sharif (22)	23
eighth	SM Sharif (0) and O Davidson (0)	12

CANADA: 272 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
YS Samra	c MH Cross b BJ McMullen	78	64
M Spoors	c Zainullah Ihsan b JJ Davidson	9	18
Pargat Singh	lbw b BJ McMullen	1	12
H Thaker	b BJ McMullen	23	52
NR Kirton	run out (MH Cross, MRJ Watt)	16	18
S Movva	b O Davidson	22	34
Meet Patel	c BJ McMullen b O Davidson	11	22
Saad Bin Zafar	not out	40	39
Ansh Patel	run out (O Jones, MH Cross)	41	32
Kaleem Sana	b Zainullah Ihsan	1	2
Zahid Shirzad	c HG Munsey b SM Sharif	3	3

Extras 27 · Total 272 all out

Bowler (Scotland)	O	M	R	W
JJ Davidson	6	0	40	1
BJ McMullen	10	1	43	3
MRJ Watt	10	0	39	0
SM Sharif	8.2	1	42	1
Zainullah Ihsan	6	0	46	1
O Davidson	9	0	48	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-32 (M Spoors, 4 ov), 2-49 (Pargat Singh, 7 ov), 3-130 (YS Samra, 23 ov), 4-133 (H Thaker, 25 ov), 5-153 (NR Kirton, 29 ov), 6-180 (Meet Patel, 36 ov), 7-181 (S Movva, 36 ov), 8-265 (Ansh Patel, 48 ov), 9-267 (Kaleem Sana, 48 ov), 10-272 (Zahid Shirzad, 49 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	M Spoors (9) and YS Samra (13)	32
second	Pargat Singh (1) and YS Samra (14)	17
third	YS Samra (51) and H Thaker (23)	81
fourth	H Thaker (0) and NR Kirton (3)	3
fifth	NR Kirton (13) and S Movva (6)	20
sixth	Meet Patel (11) and S Movva (16)	27
seventh	S Movva (0) and Saad Bin Zafar (1)	1
eighth	Ansh Patel (41) and Saad Bin Zafar (36)	84
ninth	Kaleem Sana (1) and Saad Bin Zafar (1)	2
tenth	Zahid Shirzad (3) and Saad Bin Zafar (2)	5

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