World Cup League 2: Scotland undergo five-wicket defeat by UAE in skipper Kyle Coetzer’s swansong

Kyle Coetzer’s final match as Scotland captain ended in defeat to the UAE

ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2

UAE 172-5: Aravind 54, Muhammad 36

Scotland 171 all out: Sharif 30, Munsey 29

UAE won by five wickets

Scorecard

Scotland were unable to give departing captain Kyle Coetzer a winning send-off as United Arab Emirates inflicted a five-wicket loss in World Cup League 2.

In the fourth and final match of their USA tour, Scotland batted first and were all out for 171.

UAE eased to the target to avenge their defeat of two days previously, spoiling 38-year-old Coetzer’s 110th and final match as captain.

Scotland’s Richie Berrington rued his side’s “mistakes with the bat”.

He added: “It was disappointing to end this series of games with a loss, especially with it being Kyle’s final game as captain.

“If we had got another 60 runs in these conditions then we would have been in a much stronger position at the halfway stage and, in turn, we could have put the UAE under more pressure in the second…

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