Welcome to the highlights of Scotland vs Canada - The 123rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 (2023 - 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualification ribbons) One-Day International cricket tournament between Scotland and Canada was played at Forthill, Dundee on August 07, 2026.
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| Finlay McCreath celebrates his maiden century © Cricket Scotland / X |
Match Overview:
A brilliant maiden century by Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen and Oliver Davidson's combined 5-wickets sets up to Scotland narrow 9-run victory over Canada, despite Yuvraj Samra's quick-fire 65-ball 78 in a historic 123rd match of a ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.
Match Stats:
- The ODI between Scotland and Canada marked the 5000th match in one-day international cricket history.
- The 1000th ODI in cricket history was played during the 1995 England vs West Indies series in Nottingham. The match went to a reserve day. While it took 24 years to play the first 1000 ODIs, the next 4000 ODIs were completed in just 31 years.
- Scotland's 281 was their fourth highest score against Canada in one-day internationals.
- Finlay McCreath's 112 was his highest score for Scotland in one-day international and the fourth highest-score by an Scotland batsman against Canada in ODIs.
- Finlay McCreath became the fifth Scotland batsman to score a century against Canada in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
Scotland scored 281-7 in 50 overs with top scorer by Finlay McCreath cracked a career-best 112 off 140-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including 9-fours & 2-sixes.
Michael Jones struck 36 off 48-balls including six, Richie Berrington cracked a 29 off 39-balls included 4-fours.
Matthew Cross hit 23 off 21-balls including 2-fours & a six, Safyaan Sharif hammered a unbeaten 22 off 8-balls included 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 275.
Brandon McMullen struck 17 off 25-balls including 3-fours and Mark Watt scored 15 off 16-balls contained a boundary.
Canada best bowler by Zahid Shirzad picked up 3-wickets, Kaleem Sana captured two-wickets and one for Meet Patel - Saad Bin Zafar.
Canada bowled out for 272 in 49.2 overs with top scorer by Yuvraj Samra hammered a 78 off 65-balls including 8-fours & 4-sixes with strike rate of 120.
Ansh Patel blasted a 41 off 32-balls including 4-fours with strike rate of 128.12, Saad Bin Zafar cracked a run-a-ball unbeaten 40-runs included 4-fours.
Harsh Thaker scored 23 off 52-balls including a boundary, Shreyas Movva scored 22 off 34-balls included a six and Nicholas Kirton hit 16 off 18-balls contained 2-fours.
Scotland best bowler by Brandon McMullen picked up 3-wickets for 43-runs in 10-overs including a maiden, Oliver Davidson captured two-wickets, Jasper Davidson, Safyaan Sharif and Zainullah Ihsan each took one-wickets.
Finlay McCreath named Player of the match for his brilliant batting performance to scored a career-best 112-runs knocked off facing 140-balls including 9-fours & 2-sixes.
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