Scots ease to 71-run tri-series win over Dutch

George Munsey hit 72 runs off 44 balls for Scotland

T20 tri-series, The Hague

Scotland 158-7 (20 overs): Munsey 72, Watt 19no; Van Beek 3-13

Netherlands 87 (14.5 overs): Edwards 29, De Leede 27; Watt 4-12

Scotland won by 71 runs

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Scotland defeated the Netherlands by 71 runs in The Hague in the latest match of their tri-series warm-up for the T20 World Cup.

George Munsey helped ensure his side their first win of the series, top-scoring with 72 off 44 balls as the visitors set their opponents a target of 158 for the loss of seven wickets.

The Netherlands had been victorious by 41 runs in Saturday's opener then lost to Ireland on Sunday before Monday's meeting of Ireland and the Scots was abandoned because of rain.

But here the Dutch succumbed to Doug Watson's side, with Mark Watt contributing 19 with the bat before taking four wickets for only 12 runs as the Netherlands were bowled out for 87 in 14.5 overs.

Scott Edwards hit 29 off 25 balls for the home side, while Bas de Leede also scored well with 27. Bowler Logan van Beek took three wickets for 13 runs.

Ollie Hairs had got Scotland off to a bright start, scoring 15 before being caught by Michael Levitt, then Munsey launched into gear with a flurry of boundaries to put his side firmly in the ascendancy.

Van Beek took two wickets off three balls as the Dutch threatened a response, and later finally caught Munsey off Vivian Kingma's delivery, before Matthew Cross chipped in with 14 and Watt's late burst carried Scotland to 158.

Watt took the wickets of Aryan Dutt, Kyle Klein and Kingma off four balls for a combined seven to get his side over the line with room to spare ahead of Thursday's third and final meeting.