EDINBURGH:
Scotland captain Gordon Drummond saluted the “phemonenal” performance of Richie Berrington after the batsman’s whirlwind 56 saw the team to a shock five-wicket win over Ireland in the Tri-Nation tournament also featuring Sri Lanka.
Berrington hit six sixes in just 23 balls at the crease before Josh Davey, his middle-order partner, struck the winning boundary to finish on 50 not out as Scotland made 323 for five with nine balls to spare in reply to World Cup giant-killers Ireland’s 320 for eight.
“It’s a remarkable innings. When he went in, it was do or die, we needed that impetus,” said Drummond.
Berrington and Davey revived a chase that was fading after openers Kyle Coetzer (89) and Fraser Watts (54) had laid a solid foundation. However, Ireland captain William Porterfield said it was his side’s fielding that had cost them their second and last match of this triangular series.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 14th, 2011.
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