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Amstelveen: Neil McCallum celebrated becoming Scotland’s most-capped One-Day International player by stroking a well-constructed 89 not out in his side’s 69 runs victory over Canada on the Duckworth-Lewis calculations at VCC in Amstelveen.
McCallum passed Gavin Hamilton’s mark of 36 ODI appearances and made the occasion a special one for himself by producing a man of the match performance that gave his side a second successive victory in the tournament.
McCallum, 32, stroked his fourth ODI half-century while scoring 89 not out that came off 78 balls and included seven fours and four sixes. Together with Richie Berrington, who scored a 91-ball 67 with three fours and two sixes, McCallum added 124 runs in 23 overs.
McCallum was in devastating form as his last 39 runs came off just 13 deliveries and included three fours and three sixes. It was his powerful hitting that helped Scotland collect 52 runs in the batting powerplay between the 45th and 49th overs.
Canada slumped to 79-6 in 21 overs in response, not helped by two interruptions for rain, and when play resumed they found themselves with a near-impossible target of 196 from a total of 26 overs, a target made so stiff because of that high number of wickets lost. It eventually finished at 126-9 to lose by 69 runs.
Scotland’s joy at its victory was tempered a little by the news that top-order batsman Gregor Maiden is set to miss the rest of the event with a damaged right thumb.
Maiden took a blow from a delivery by Canada pace bowler Colvert Hooper and although he batted on in discomfort before eventually being dismissed for 30, team officials later said the injury was serious and they would be set to seek a replacement.
McCallum, reacting to becoming the most capped Scotland player, said: “I don’t play for records and I wasn’t aware of it until I was told after I batted. If you play for any length of time then those things will follow and it’s gratifying. But the main thing is that the team is playing well.”
