Cricket: Bermuda Defeat Scotland In Dubai

Janeiro Tucker won the toss in Bermuda’s ICC World Cup Twenty20 Qualifier opening match today [Nov 15] against Scotland in Dubai and decided to bat at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Dion Stovell was the top scorer with 29 from 20 deliveries, Lionel Cann scored 27 from 25 and Allan Douglas Jr. scored 21 from 11. With figures of 3.0-0-16-2 Gordon Goudie led the Scotland bowling attack.

In reply Scotland fell 18 runs short of their target as only two players scored in double figures, Kyle Coetzer scored 37 and Richie Berrington added 29. Jacobi Robinson returned figures of 2.0-0-08-3 and captain Janeiro Tucker bowled 3.5-0-22-3.

Bermuda’s Inning

..29 (20) Dion Stovell c Calum MacLeod b Majid Haq
..07 (13) Tre Manders c Richie Berrington b Safyaan Sharif
..11 (15) David Hemp c & b Majid Haq
..27 (25) Lionel Cann b Gordon Goudie
..04 (12) Janeiro Tucker c Iain Wardlaw b Gordon Goudie
..21 (11) Allan Douglas Jr. c Majid Haq b Iain Wardlaw
..15 (14) Malachi Jones b Iain Wardlaw
..06 (05) Kamau Leverock Not Out
..12 (05) Kwame Tucker Not Out
..17 Extras (5w-12lb)
149 Total for 7 wickets after 20 overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-36 (Manders), 2-48 (Stovell), 3-55 (Hemp), 4-79 (Tucker), 5-105 (Cann), 6-129 (Douglas Jr.), 7-129 (Jones)

Scotland Bowlers

4.0-0-39-2 Iain Wardlaw
4.0-0-29-0 Neil Carter
3.0-0-27-1 Safyaan Sharif
4.0-0-23-2 Majid Haq
2.0-0-03-0 Calum MacLeod
3.0-0-16-2 Gordon Goudie

Scotland Innings

..29 (28) Richie Berrington b Derrick Brangman
..00 (00) Calum MacLeod Run Out
..05 (04) Matt Machan c Derrick Brangman b Kamau Leverock
..37 (39) Kyle Coetzer st Kwame Tucker b Derrick Brangman
..26 (19) Rob Taylor b Jacobi Robinson
..04 (06) Safyaan Sharif c Kamau Leverock b Janeiro Tucker
..07 (06) Gordon Goudie c Malachi Jones b Jacobi Robinson
..00 (02) David Murphy c Lionel Cann b Jacobi Robinson
..00 (04) Majid Haq st Kwame Tucker b Janeiro Tucker
..03 (05) Neil Carter lbw Janeiro Tucker
..06 (06) Iain Wardlaw Not Out
..14 Extras (13w-1lb)
131 Total All Out after 19.5 overs

Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (MacLeod), 2-8 (Machan), 3-65 (Berrington), 4-109 (Taylor), 5-109 (Coetzer), 6-118 (Goudie), 7-119 (Murphy), 8-120 (Haq), 9-122 (Sharif), 10-131 (Carter)

Bermuda Bowlers

4.0-0-21-0 Malachi Jones
2.0-0-24-1 Kamau Leverock
3.5-0-22-3 Janeiro Tucker
4.0-0-26-0 Dion Stovell
4.0-0-29-2 Derrick Brangman
2.0-0-08-3 Jacobi Robinson

Final Score: Bermuda 149/7 Scotland 131

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