United Arab Emirates vs Scotland

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2025 · VRA Ground, Amstelveen · 4 May 2025

Scotland won by 3 wickets

Scotland won by 3 wickets. HG Munsey top-scored with 78 for Scotland.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 - 2025
Ground: VRA Ground, Amstelveen
Date: 4 May 2025
Toss: Scotland, chose to field
Result: Scotland won by 3 wickets
Player of the match: HG Munsey
Debuts: S Kalyan (United Arab Emirates), SS Kang (United Arab Emirates), FDW McCreath (Scotland)
Umpires: Rizwan Akram and R Black
Match referee: Philip Thompson

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Scotland won the toss and chose to field. S Kalyan, SS Kang and FDW McCreath played their first ODIs.

United Arab Emirates batted first and made 225 for 9. Waseem Muhammad top-scored with 61 off 72 balls, and SM Sharma made 39. The innings was built on a 78-run stand for the sixth wicket between D Parashar and Waseem Muhammad. That was well below the 2020s average first-innings total at VRA Ground, 281 across 10 ODIs.

Chasing 226, Scotland made 226 for 7. HG Munsey top-scored with 78 off 101 balls, and BJ McMullen made 58. The innings was built on a 101-run stand for the second wicket between BJ McMullen and HG Munsey, 45% of the total.

Scotland won by 3 wickets.

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 225 FOR 9

Batter	How out	R	B
A Sharma	c JJ Davidson b BJ McMullen	30	37
S Kalyan	b C Cassell	11	23
V Aravind	b MRJ Watt	19	39
R Chopra	b MRJ Watt	11	13
A Sharafu	run out (MH Cross, BJ McMullen)	6	23
Waseem Muhammad	b JJ Davidson	61	72
D Parashar	c FDW McCreath b J Jarvis	33	60
SM Sharma	c BJ McMullen b JJ Davidson	39	31
Junaid Siddique	run out (MH Cross, C Cassell)	1	2
Muhammad Jawadullah	not out	0	–

Did not bat: SS Kang

Extras 14 · Total 225 for 9

Bowler (Scotland)	O	M	R	W
BJ McMullen	10	0	49	1
JJ Davidson	10	0	40	2
C Cassell	10	0	37	1
MRJ Watt	10	0	34	2
J Jarvis	10	1	54	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-41 (S Kalyan, 9 ov), 2-43 (A Sharma, 10 ov), 3-57 (R Chopra, 14 ov), 4-78 (A Sharafu, 21 ov), 5-89 (V Aravind, 23 ov), 6-167 (D Parashar, 42 ov), 7-202 (Waseem Muhammad, 47 ov), 8-219 (Junaid Siddique, 48 ov), 9-225 (SM Sharma, 49 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	S Kalyan (11) and A Sharma (29)	41
second	A Sharma (1) and V Aravind (1)	2
third	R Chopra (11) and V Aravind (3)	14
fourth	A Sharafu (6) and V Aravind (10)	21
fifth	V Aravind (5) and Waseem Muhammad (6)	11
sixth	D Parashar (33) and Waseem Muhammad (40)	78
seventh	Waseem Muhammad (15) and SM Sharma (17)	35
eighth	Junaid Siddique (1) and SM Sharma (16)	17
ninth	SM Sharma (6) and Muhammad Jawadullah (0)	6

SCOTLAND: 226 FOR 7

Batter	How out	R	B
HG Munsey	c Waseem Muhammad b SS Kang	78	101
MH Cross	run out (SM Sharma)	2	4
BJ McMullen	c R Chopra b Muhammad Jawadullah	58	50
RD Berrington	c R Chopra b SS Kang	6	10
FDW McCreath	b Junaid Siddique	35	56
CM McBride	c R Chopra b SM Sharma	9	19
MA Leask	b Junaid Siddique	0	3
MRJ Watt	not out	14	22
J Jarvis	not out	16	13

Did not bat: JJ Davidson, C Cassell

Extras 8 · Total 226 for 7

Bowler (United Arab Emirates)	O	M	R	W
D Parashar	8.2	0	60	0
SM Sharma	8	1	39	1
Junaid Siddique	10	1	56	2
Muhammad Jawadullah	10	0	44	1
SS Kang	10	1	26	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-3 (MH Cross, 1 ov), 2-104 (BJ McMullen, 18 ov), 3-114 (RD Berrington, 21 ov), 4-168 (HG Munsey, 33 ov), 5-190 (FDW McCreath, 38 ov), 6-190 (MA Leask, 38 ov), 7-201 (CM McBride, 42 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs
first	MH Cross (2) and HG Munsey (1)	3
second	BJ McMullen (58) and HG Munsey (41)	101
third	RD Berrington (6) and HG Munsey (3)	10
fourth	HG Munsey (33) and FDW McCreath (18)	54
fifth	FDW McCreath (17) and CM McBride (3)	22
sixth	MA Leask (0) and CM McBride (0)	0
seventh	CM McBride (6) and MRJ Watt (5)	11
eighth	MRJ Watt (0) and J Jarvis (0)	25

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