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WT20Q: Scotland v USA at Abu Dhabi, Tue 9 Feb 2010
Good morning from Abu Dhabi, where we have the first major competitive ICC match between Scotland and the USA. Follow it ball-by-ball above, and with exclusive Scottish commentary below, starting at 06.00 GMT... U.S.A. win by six wickets [report] [scorecard]
Over by over:
Scots now have to beat Afghanistan and Ireland to progress
A poor game by the Scots, coming to life in last three overs
U20: Off second ball from Nel, USA get two to win by six wickets
U19: 119-4 Huge skier, Smith running back inton the sun, drops
Good running catches in the deep by Berrington/Watts
U18: 114-4 Watson strikes twice in three balls
U17: 114-2 Stander, bowling fuller, traps Wright in front, 62
U16: 111-1 Haq again, but USA cruising
U15: 99-1 Coetzer again, but Wright reaches 50, 4 to fine leg
U14: 92-1 Drummond returns for his third over, best of bowlers
U13: 86-1 Coetzer has a go
U12: 82-1 USA continue to score, but in no hurry
U11: 75-1 Nel returns, Wright 43*, Cush 22*
U10: 67-1 Better over from Haq
U9: 64-1 Watson now has an over, Cush hits him for six
U8: 54-1 Haq bowling, but too leg-side
U7: 47-1 Berrington bowling, but not threatening
U6: 41-1 Jan Stander bowling all over the place, 3x4s
U5: 27-1 Wright pulls savagely to Hamilton, mid-wkt, dropped
U4: 22-1 Drummond almost has Lennox Cush c at deep mid-on
U3: 17-1 Nadkarni lbw Nel 1 - but Nel is straying down leg
U2: 6-0 Drummond feeding the leg glance
U1: 3-0 Nel showing some pace, but also a wide
Dreadlocked Carl Wright+ to open for USA with Sushil Nadkarni
Not a challenging total, unless the uneven bounce persists
S20: Scotland finish on 120-7, Stander 19*, Smith+ 3*
S19: 114-6 Stander and Drummond strike out, Stander six to m-wk
S18: 101-5 Stander/Berrington score off five of six balls faced
S17 89-5 Watson c Shuja b Darlington 14, at deep mid-off
S16: 87-4 Berrington glides very fine past keeper for four
S15: 78-4 Berrington joins Watson, singles continue
S15: Hamilton played on trying a reverse sweep, bowled 41
S14: 74-3 Hamilton is on 41*, Watson on 8*
66-3
S12: 63-3 Singles off Cush, caution cannot be thrown off
S11: 58-3 More of the same off Dhaniram
S10: 53-3 Hamilton, Watson, taking 2s and 3s off Lennox Cush
S9: 44-3 Watts run out going for second, having scored 6
S8: 40-2 Hamilton four tucked round the corner to fine leg
S7: 28-2 Watts joins Hamilton
S5: 21-2 Poonia hits four, then edges to wicket-keeper
S4: 16-1 Poonia hook just clears mid-on, Hamilton 4+3
S3: 6-1 Hamilton playing and missing, uneven bounce apparent
S2: 5-1 Coetzer c Nadkarni B Shuja 0 top-edged hook to extrra
S1: 5-0Darlington bowling, straight four for Poonia
McCallum, Goudie and Lyons are not playing this match
Navdeep Poonia and Kyle Coetzer to open
