‘What a day for Scottish cricket, the boys are buzzing’

Scotland thumped Twenty20 World Cup co-hosts Oman to storm into the tournament's Super 12 stage, along with Bangladesh who thrashed Papua New Guinea in Muscat on Thursday. Scotland reached the T20 World Cup second round for the first time

Scotland's eight-wicket victory was their third win in three preliminary-round matches as Kyle Coetzer's side topped Group B ahead of the team they beat in their opening game -- Bangladesh.

Josh Davey (3-25) led Scotland's disciplined bowling as they restricted Oman to a below-par 122 despite cameos by Aqib Ilyas (37) and Zeeshan Maqsood (34).

The Scots comfortably chased down their target of 123 with 18 balls to spare to register their third win out of three in qualifying.

"What a day for Scottish cricket, the boys are buzzing," said man-of-the-match and fast bowler Josh Davey who took 3-25. "It was a great occasion to showcase my skills, we had a bit of luck but will take that every day of the week.

"We've got the belief, a lot of bases covered, and T20 is about momentum, and we can take that on."

"It's an opportunity for Scotland to test themselves against the best," Coetzer, laid the foundation for Scotland's victory with a rapid 41 before Richie Berrington and Matthew Cross (26 not out) completed the chase, said after the team finally managed to progress beyond the tournament's first round.

"We will go into every game full of hope and belief that we can win more games."