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Scotland scrape past UAE with one wicket & ball left
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BBC Sport - Cricket
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Tri-SeriesUnited Arab Emirates 231-8 (40 overs): Usmani 116 (126); McMullen 3-30Scotland 235-9 (39.5): Cross 66 (51), Jones 44 (52); Jawadullah 3-47Scotland won by one wicketScoreboardScotland beat United Arab Emirates by one wicket as Jasper Davidson struck the winning boundary with just one ball to spare in a dramatic finish to their Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 Tri-Series match in Dundee.
It came two days after a nine-run win over Canada at the same Forthill venue sealed their place at next year's World Cup Qualifier.
With experienced batsmen George Munsey and Brandon McMullen - the pick of the bowlers earlier with 3-30 - falling for ducks, the Scots looked in trouble at 2-2.
But Finlay McCreath (28) and Richie Berrington (39) steadied the ship and while Michael Jones (44) and Matthew Cross (66) put on 72 for the fifth wicket, it could not prevent a grandstand finish.
It was down to Davidson to hit the winning boundary off the penultimate ball after running two to level the scores off the previous delivery, with his match-winning shot leaving Scotland on 235-9.