Scotland ride on Berrington, Davey show

Scotland`s Richie Berrington plays a shot during the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between Scotland and Papua New Guinea at the Oman Cricket Academy Ground in Muscat. Pic/AFP

Richie Berrington slammed a stroke-filled 70 while Josh Davey snapped four wickets as Scotland inched closer to the Super 12s with a comfortable 17-run win over Papua New Guinea in their Group B match of the ICC T20 World Cup here on Tuesday.

Scotland grabbed the top position in Group B with two wins having shocked Bangladesh in their opening game. Berrington put on 92 runs off 65 balls with Matthew Cross (45) before adding another 33 with Calum MacLeod (10) as Scotland posted 165 for 9 after opting to bat.

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