Scotland stun Ireland, chase down 320

Scotland's Richie Berrington struck a whirlwind 56 to see his team home after a shock five-wicket win over Ireland on Tuesday.

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 giantkillers Ireland's 320 for eight.

"It's a remarkable innings, phenomenal. When he went in, it was do or die; we needed that impetus," saluted captain Gordon Drummond.

Berrington and Davey resurrected Scotland's fading innings after openers Kyle Coetzer (89) and Fraser Watts (54) had given a solid foundation.

Drummond said: "That's the thing - all our batters are in touch at the minute; they have all been scoring heavily in club cricket and regional games.

"Apart from big Boyd (Rankin), their bowling is a much of a muchness with ours. So we thought we could definitely chase this down," Drummond opined.

Ireland beat England at the World Cup in India earlier this year, with batsman Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest-ever hundred in the tournament's history. But on Tuesday, he was brilliantly caught for nought.

However,a dejected-looking Ireland captain, William Porterfield, said fielding cost them dear in their second and last match of this triangular series, following Monday's total wash-out against World Cup finalists Sri Lanka.

"We got a score that was defendable, although it wasn't as strong as we would have liked going into the last 10 overs," said Porterfield.

"Any time you get over 300, it's a pretty good total, but we didn't execute it well. You have to give credit to the way Scotland played, but I thought we were a wee bit sloppy in the field, as we have been before this summer.

He added: "We had an intense fielding session on Sunday and I don't know why it didn't click."

Scotland play Sri Lanka at the Grange on Wednesday.