Scotland post third straight victory in ICC Trophy

Favourites Scotland scored their third consecutive victory in Group A of Division One of the ICC Trophy beating UAE by five wickets here Monday.

Holland also posted their third straight win to share Group A's top spot with the Scots, both having six points to their credit.

The Dutchmen outplayed Canada by six wickets. The hosts lost hopes of staging a comeback with two defeats and a win.

Tournament's first hat trick from Soren Vestergaard helped Denmark score a magnificent 101-run victory over USA.

In other matches on the fifth day of the World Cup qualifying event, Namibia downed Nepal by eight wickets, Germany grabbed a three-wicket win against fighting Giblartor, Ireland took it easy to beat Bermuda by eight wickets and Fiji gave Singapore a thrashing by 86 runs.

On a bright sunny day, UAE won the toss and elected to bat first at Sunnybrook Stadium. Before the start of the match, the two teams gathered in the middle for a minute of silence in memory of the father of Scotland opener Bruce Patterson.

Openers Babar Malik (30) and Nasir Siddiqui (19) gave UAE a flying start scoring 51 together but the other batsmen looked completely helpless against the on-target bowling from Tim de Leede (four for 23) and Jacob-Jan Esmeijer (four for 26).

UAE were finally bundled out for 119. Scotland reached their target in 35.1 overs losing five wickets in the process.

Stylish opener Riaan Walters (61 not out) continued his run of excellent form as Namibia scored an impressive win over Nepal at Eglinton Flats ground.

Nepal batted first after winning the toss but struggled against some hostile pace bowling from Bjorn Kotze (four for 37). Jay Sarraf fought single-handedly with an unbeaten 47 as his team crawled to 131 for seven in 50 overs.

Walters and Gavin Murgatroyd (51 not out) made Namibia's task relatively comfortable.