ICC Cricket World Cup League Two: Top run-getters and wicket-takers after UAE vs Scotland (updated) ft. George Munsey

The ninth match of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 took place between the United Arab Emirates and Scotland on Sunday (March 3). A combined bowling effort from Scotland helped them bundle out UAE for just 132 runs in the first innings.

Skipper Muhammad Waseem unfortunately got run out for one, while Vriitya Aravind (26) failed to convert the start into a big score. Aayan Afzal Khan showed fight as he played an unbeaten knock of 45 off 70. However, wickets continued to fall at the other end.

As for Scotland’s bowling, Bradley Currie was the pick of the bowlers, claiming three for 21 in nine overs. Scott Currie bagged two wickets, while Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, and Chris Greaves picked up one wicket each.

In pursuit of the target, George Munsey provided the team a pretty good start with a 37-run knockoff of 26 balls but couldn’t carry on to play a big knock. Charlie Tear (36 off 65) and Brandon McMullen (39 off 44) later guided the team home in 23.4 overs.

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ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 Most Runs List

Sr. No	Players	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
1	Aasif Sheikh (NEP)	4	4	1	133	58	44.33	147	90.47	-	2	-	19	3
2	SA Wijeyeratne (CAN)	2	2	-	115	59	57.5	170	67.64	-	2	-	10	0
3	K Bhurtel (NEP)	4	4	-	112	66	28	121	92.56	-	1	1	13	3
4	MP O'Dowd (NED)	4	4	-	107	41	26.75	153	69.93	-	-	-	8	6
5	G Munsey	2	2	-	105	68	52.5	127	82.67	-	1	-	11	4
6	M Levitt (NED)	4	4	-	96	57	24	122	78.68	-	1	2	11	6
7	Pargat Singh (CAN)	2	2	1	93	87*	93	107	86.91	-	1	-	11	1
8	SA Engelbrecht (NED)	4	4	1	85	46*	28.33	137	62.04	-	-	-	9	0
9	MG Erasmus (NAM)	4	4	-	85	52	21.25	111	76.57	-	1	-	13	2
10	JN Loftie-Eaton (NAM)	4	4	-	85	49	21.25	94	90.42	-	-	1	11	2

Aasif Sheikh is comfortably sitting at the top of the runs chart with 133 runs in four matches. Canada’s Srimantha Wijeyeratne is at number two with 115 runs, followed by Kushal Bhurtel (112) at number three.

The fourth spot is occupied by Max O’Dowd with 107 runs, followed by George Munsey (105), Michael Levitt (96), and Pargat Singh (93) at fifth, sixth, and seventh positions, respectively.

Sybrand Engelbrecht finds himself at the eighth spot with 85 runs, while the ninth spot is occupied by Gerhard Erasmus (85). Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton rounds off the top-10 spots with 85 runs under his name in four matches.

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ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 Most Wickets List

Sr. No	Players	Mat	Inns	Balls	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5
1	MG Erasmus (NAM)	4	4	205	34.1	3	122	12	5/28	10.16	3.57	17.08	-	1
2	A Dutt (NED)	4	4	186	31	3	135	11	6/34	12.27	4.35	16.9	-	1
3	K Bhurtel (NEP)	4	3	84	14	-	57	7	4/20	8.14	4.07	12	1	-
4	VJ Kingma (NED)	4	4	141	23.3	2	92	7	3/19	13.14	3.91	20.14	-	-
5	JN Loftie-Eaton (NAM)	4	4	123	20.3	2	90	6	4/34	15	4.39	20.5	1	-
6	BM Scholtz (NAM)	4	4	228	38	9	100	6	4/31	16.66	2.63	38	1	-
7	LN Rajbanshi (NEP)	4	4	204	34	2	141	6	2/20	23.5	4.14	34	-	-
8	Kaleem Sana (CAN)	2	2	113	18.5	3	67	5	4/42	13.4	3.55	22.6	1	-
9	Sompal Kami (NEP)	3	3	102	17	3	72	4	3/32	18	4.23	25.5	-	-
10	RE van der Merwe (NED)	3	3	174	29	1	92	4	2/33	23	3.17	43.5	-	-

Gerhard Erasmus has the most wickets in the tournament with 12 scalps to his name. Aryan Dutt is following him in second spot with 11 wickets. At number three and number four are Kushal Bhurtel and Vivian Kingma, respectively, with seven wickets each to their name.

Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton has six wickets to his name and finds himself at fifth. Bernard Scholtz, too, has six wickets to his name in four matches. He is at the sixth spot, followed by Lalit Rajbanshi (6) and Kaleem Sana (5) at the seventh and eighth positions, respectively.

The ninth and 10th spots in the list are occupied by Sompal Kami (4) and Rassie van der Merwe (4), respectively.