World Cup qualifier: Scotland out West Indies at World Cup Qualifier with seven-wicket win

Matthew Cross (right) was 74 not retired arsenic Scotland bushed the West Indies

Scotland ended two-time winners West Indies' World Cup hopes and boosted their ain chances of reaching this year's finals with a seven-wicket win.

Brandon McMullen took 3 wickets arsenic West Indies were each retired out for 181.

McMullen's 69 runs and Matthew Cross' 74 not retired helped the Scots to a full of 185-3 and they look hosts Zimbabwe connected Tuesday.

The Scots past look the Netherlands connected Thursday and request to triumph some of games successful Bulawayo to person a accidental of making it to the last tournament.

Meanwhile, the West Indies are present incapable to suffice for the World Cup - a contention they person ne'er failed to look astatine before.

• Scotland decision West Indies - arsenic it happened

Scotland skipper Richie Berrington won the flip and opted to vessel first. His determination was vindicated with McMullen picking up a wicket successful each of his archetypal 3 overs.

West Indian skipper Shai Hope came in, looking to connection them precisely that - hope. He was joined astatine the crease by Nicholas Pooran - 1 of the apical run-scorers astatine this tournament. But that concern was lone capable to enactment connected 30 earlier Hope edged behind.

They had already mislaid Brandon King - caught and bowled disconnected McMullen - and Kyle Mayers by that point, who had his off-stump taken retired the crushed via a rip-snorter from Chris Sole.

Reduced to 81-6, Jason Holder (45) and Romario Shepherd (36) enactment connected a coagulated counter-punch, but some fell successful the abstraction of 3 balls and the process collapsed, starring to a full of conscionable 181.

They were offered a sniff. Chris McBride went connected the archetypal shot of Scotland's innings, clipping a leg-side transportation from Holder consecutive to Kevin Sinclair.

However, McMullen and Matthew Cross formed a fantastic concern to springiness Scotland a fantastic basal from which to build.

McMullen was the flashier - driving a superb six implicit the caput of Alzarri Joseph - portion Cross softly chuntered connected to his ain apical people of the tournament.

The erstwhile was yet caught connected the bound enactment by Joseph, but George Munsey - returning from unwellness - was capable to adhd 18 earlier Cross enactment the finishing touches to the game, scoring the winning runs with a fantastic boundary.

The triumph helps soothe Scotland's symptom of 5 years ago, erstwhile they mislaid to the West Indies by conscionable 5 runs. After bowling them retired for 198 successful Hobart, the Scots scored 125-5 earlier upwind stopped play and DLS decreed they were 5 runs short.