Top 5 individual ODI scores by associate batsmen

#4 Kyle Coetzer, 156 vs Bangladesh at Nelson

Coetzer’s valiant effort wasn’t enough to hand Scotland their first victory at the Cricket World Cup

Scotland had a disastrous outing at the 2015 World Cup as they lost all their matches and ended last among all 14 participating nations. However, Scotland’s Kyle Coetzer produced one of the best innings of the tournament in Scotland’s pool match against Bangladesh at Nelson.

Put into bat first, Callum MacLeod began well for Scotland as he scored a couple of early boundaries before being dismissed in the third over.

From here, opener Kyle Coetzer took charge. Coetzer was single-handedly managing Scotland’s batting and scored his second international century. He eventually scored 156 off 134 balls, hitting 17 boundaries and four sixes. By the time Coetzer departed, Scotland looked in a good position at 269/5 with five overs to spare.

Scotland ended their innings on 318/8 but weren’t able to defend it as some brilliant batting from Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan and Sabbir Rahman won the match for Bangladesh with 11 balls to spare.

Coetzer’s sole consolation was the Man of the Match award. His score of 156 was the seventh highest individual score of the entire tournament in addition to being the highest individual score by an associate batsman at the Cricket World Cup. It’s also the second highest individual score by a Scottish batsman.