Scots bow to Pakistan pressure

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The Scots performed well in the field to restrict Pakistan to 171 for nine from their 20 overs at Durban but the target proved beyond them.

Opener Fraser Watts hit an excellent 46 but a middle-order collapse, in which Shahid Afridi claimed four quick wickets, undermined their efforts.

Afridi finished with four for 19 while paceman Umar Gul took four for 25 including the wickets of Craig Wright and John Blain in successive balls.

Watts gave Scotland hope but he could not establish a significant partnership as the quality of Pakistan's attack shone through.

Gul removed captain Ryan Watson and Navdeep Poonia early on and when former England all-rounder Gavin Hamilton swept Afridi into Gul's hands in the deep, the Scots began to fold.

They slumped from 53 for three to 79 for seven in the space of four overs before Gul returned late on to bowl Wright and Blain and put Pakistan on the brink.

They were eventually finished off for 120 in the final over as Mohammad Asif bowled Majid Haq for 14.