Welcome to the highlights of Scotland vs UAE - The 124th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 (2023 - 2027 Cricket World Cup Qualification ribbons) One-Day International cricket tournament between Scotland and United Arab Emirates was played at Forthill, Dundee on August 09, 2026.
Match Overview:
Brandon McMullen and Jack Jarvis' combined 5-wickets before Matthew Cross's superb 66 sets up to Scotland hard-fought one-wicket victory over UAE, despite a maiden century by Adeeb Usmani in a see-saw 124th match of a ICC Cricket World Cup League 2.
Match Stats:
- Adeeb Usmani became the third UAE batsman to score a century against Scotland in ODIs after Rameez Shahzad and Rahul Chopra.
- Adeeb Usmani's 116 was the fifth highest score for UAE in one-day international and the second highest-score by an UAE batsman against Scotland in ODIs after Rameez Shahzad's unbeaten 121 at ICCA Dubai in 2018.
- Adeeb Usmani became the 13th UAE batsman to score a hundred in ODIs.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
UAE scored 231-8 in the allotted 40 overs - match reduced from 50 to 40-overs per a side - due to rain - with top scorer by Adeeb Usmani cracked a career-best 116 off 126-balls - which was his 1st ODI hundred - including 11-fours & 3-sixes.
Akshdeep Nath struck 32 off 40-balls including 4-fours, Sohaib Khan blasted a 30 off 25-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours with strike rate of 120 and Harpreet Singh scored 22 off 24-balls contained 3-fours.
Scotland best bowler by Brandon McMullen picked up 3-wickets for 30-runs in 8-overs including two maidens, Jack Jarvis took 2-wickets and one for Safyaan Sharif - Mark Watt.
Scotland chase down the target of 232, finishing at 235 for 9 in 39.5 overs with top scorer by Matthew Cross blasted a 66 off 51-balls.
Michael Jones cracked a 44 off 52-balls including 3-fours & a six, Richie Berrington struck 39 off 58-balls included 4-fours.
Finlay McCreath cracked a 28 off 41-balls including 3-fours and Mark Watt hit 21 off 14-balls contained 2-fours & a six.
UAE best bowler by Muhammad Jawadullah picked up 3-wickets for 47-runs in 8-overs, Akshdeep Nath, Muhammad Arfan both took 2-wickets and one for Junaid Siddique.
Matthew Cross named Player of the match for his match-winning brilliant 66 off 51-balls including 6-fours & a six with strike rate of 129.41.
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