2023-07-24 12:51:00
Scotland superstar Oli Harris scored a century in the European Qualifier match of the ICC T20 World Cup. Harris scored a stunning century once morest Italy in the qualifying round. This is Harris’ first international century.
Harris scored an unbeaten 127 off just 53 balls. Harris completed his century with 14 fours and eight sixes at a staggering strike rate of 239.62.
After this century, Harris achieved another milestone. Harris went on to become the joint-highest run-scorer for Scotland in the T20 format.
Ollie Harris shares the top spot with Scotland’s all-time great batsman and teammate George Munsey.
Apart from this, Harris also holds the record of becoming the third player to score a century for Scottish Army in the T20 format. Apart from Harris and Mansi, Scottish legend Richie Berrington has scored triple digits for Scotland in children’s cricket.
Harris has scored 348 runs from 17 matches played for the team in the T20 format. At an average of 24.85 and a strike rate of 193.33, Harris has one century and one half-century to his name.
Apart from Harris, Brandon McMullen, the spotlight stealer in the recent World Cup qualifiers, also smashed once morest Italy. The player scored 96 runs from 50 balls including nine fours and six sixes.
On the strength of the innings of both of them, Scotland scored 245 runs for the loss of two wickets in the stipulated over.
Chasing a massive score of 246 runs, the Azzurri were bowled out for 90 runs in the 13th over. With this, Scottish Warriors won by 155 runs. This is the 12th biggest win in T20 by runs.
Gavin Mayne Pfeiffer completes the bowling for Scotland. The player took five wickets by conceding 26 runs in 3.4 overs. Bradley Curry and Safian Sharif took two wickets each to complete the Italian assault.
It was Scotland’s third win of the tournament. Earlier they lost to Germany and Jersey. Scotland’s next match is on Tuesday. The opponents are Austria in the match at Goldenase.
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