Live Cricket Score Match 1, Hong Kong vs Scotland, Desert T20 2017: Scotland win by 24 runs

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog and updates for the Dessert T20 Challenge. This is the first match of the tournament between Hong Kong and Scotland, and will be played at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Eight teams are participating in the tournament and have been divided into two groups, Group A and Group B, each consisting of four teams. Each team will play three games, one match each with the other members of their respective groups for their chance to the semi-final. The participating teams are Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Namibia, Netherlands, Oman, Scotland and UAE.

Hong Kong are coming off a victory in their last match against Kenya and will be confident heading into this match under the captaincy of hard-hitter Babar Hayat. Hayat himself had hit a 68-ball 78, which shows his good form. Opener Christopher Carter was the other performer, scoring 41 off 63. Among the bowlers, there are Nadeem Ahmed, Ehsan Khan and Tanveer Ahmed. Players like Anshuman Rath, Aizaz Khan, Nizakat Khan will be interesting to watch out for. Of their last five matches, Hong Kong have won three, marking a good performance by the team.

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Scotland, on the other hand, have a similar record as they have also won three of the last five matches they played. Their last encounter was with Hong Kong, which they won and this will provide them with a lot of confidence facing the same opponents. Calum MacLeod had scored 102 runs in the match while Kyle Coetzer’s 48 and Craig Wallace’s 52 were commendable efforts. With the ball, Chris Sole was the most effective bagging 4 wickets while Con de Lange and Alasdair Evans bowled really well.

Squads:

Hong Kong: Kyle Christie, Aizaz Khan, Anshuman Rath, Babar Hayat (c), Christopher Carter(wk), Ehsan Khan, Ehsan Nawaz, Cameron McAulsan, Nadeem Ahmed, Nizakat Khan, Shahid Wasif, Tanveer Ahmed, Waqas Barkat, Waqas Khan

Scotland: Richie Berrington, Kyle Coetzer (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Josh Davey, Con de Lange, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Craig Wallace, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal