Record 191 for Munsey - but Scotland still lose to Dutch

Cricket World Cup League 2: Scotland v Netherlands, Forthill

Scotland 369-6: Munsey 191, Cross 59; Levitt 2-41

Netherlands 374-6: O'Dowd 158no, Nidamanuru 51; Sharif 3-62

Netherlands triumph by 4 wickets

Scorecard

George Munsey's mammoth innings of 191 for Scotland - a grounds by a subordinate from an subordinate federation - proved to beryllium not capable arsenic nan Netherlands pulled disconnected nan highest pursuit successful Cricket World Cup League 2 history.

Max O'Dowd struck 158 of his ain successful Dundee, including a six down nan crushed to clinch victory, arsenic nan visitors went past Scotland's 369-6 pinch 4 wickets to spare successful a melodramatic last over.

The tally of 374-6 equalled nan Dutch grounds people for a one-day world and was nan highest pursuit ever by an subordinate nation.

Safyaan Sharif became Scotland's all-time starring wicket-taker successful ODIs arsenic he took 3-62, but it was to beryllium to nary avail arsenic nan Dutch, sitting 2nd successful nan array down nan United States, stretched their lead complete their third-top hosts to 4 points.

In mounting a caller ODI batting grounds for Scotland, Munsey put connected 58 for nan first wicket pinch chap opener Charlie Tear earlier blasting his measurement to an bonzer innings, which included 14 fours and 11 sixes.

He surpassed nan erstwhile champion of 175 scored by Calum MacLeod successful 2014 and now has much than 5,000 runs for Scotland successful each formats.

The 32-year-old left-hander looked each group to transportation his bat for a double period but was bowled by Vivian Kingma successful nan 49th complete from nan 150th shot he faced.

Matthew Cross, filling successful for nan sick Richie Berrington arsenic captain, sounded successful pinch 59 runs.

There was besides a precocious cameo from Michael Leask, who deed 3 sixes connected his measurement to an unbeaten 28 from 14 deliveries arsenic Scotland vanished connected 369-6, their 3rd highest ODI total.

Sharif took his 259th world wicket successful each capped matches erstwhile he removed Dutch opener Michael Levitt for 44.

The 34-year-old, who made his ODI debut successful 2011, past mixed pinch Munsey to trim nan visitors to 75-2.

However, Teja Nidamanuru, pinch 51, and Noah Croes, pinch his ain half-century, kept nan scoreboard ticking until O'Dowd ensured triumph pinch a thumping six pinch 4 balls to spare.

It meant nan Dutch matched their highest people successful an ODI - nan 374-9 they achieved successful a melodramatic World Cup qualifying triumph against West Indies 2 years ago.