U17 Euro Championships 2009: Scotland v Denmark
Scotland got their tournament off to the best possible start in the 2009 U17 European Championships, comprehensively defeating Denmark by nine wickets in a little over two hours at Shaw's Bridge.
Invited to bat in overcast conditions and on a pitch no doubt freshened by the morning's rain, the Danes immediately found themselves behind the game: Patrick Sadler and Peter Ross removed their top three in a flash, and there was no let-up from there.
Indeed, with both Jamie Bowick and Aman Bailwal claiming a brace of wickets, and with Sadler and Ross - who finished with the enviable figures of 10-6-7-3 - returning to help Kyle Smith polish off the tail, no Danish batsman was allowed to post double figures. In fact, none got past five, the final total of 55 boosted only by 20 extras.
Such a target was unlikely ever to challenge a strong Scottish batting line-up, and - ultimately - it did not: Freddie Coleman and Matthew Cross both cleared the ropes, and though Cross would be ousted by Sohaib Zahid, it took only six overs for the match to be finished.
Report from ICC Europe/Cricket Europe
