Scotland and USA meet level on 36 points at Kirtipur — Sco Vs Usa
Scotland and the United States met in sco vs usa on 14 May 2026 at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, with both sides level on 36 points before the 105th ICC CWC League 2 ODI 2026 match. The Americans held top spot only on net run rate and fewer matches played.
Kirtipur and the top of the table
The 9:15 AM IST start put the league leaders in the same game at a ground that could help pace and spin at different stages of the innings. That made this more than a routine group match: Scotland arrived with a two-run DLS win over Nepal behind it, while the United States came in carrying the edge of a better rate and a lighter schedule.
Scotland also had a slight head-to-head edge in the rivalry, having won five of the eight ODI meetings between the sides. The United States, though, had already banked 18 victories from 24 matches in the league, which is why it sat above Scotland despite matching the total on points.
Milind Kumar and Harmeet Singh
Milind Kumar was the most productive United States player across the cycle, with 1,016 runs and 12 wickets. Harmeet Singh added 31 wickets and 325 runs, giving the Americans a pair of all-round options that covered both innings.
Shayan Jahangir offered middle-order stability, which matters on a surface described as balanced enough to reward different types of bowlers at different times. If the game tightened late, the United States had the numbers to keep the middle overs from drifting away.
Brandon McMullen and Scotland
Scotland brought its own all-round production. Brandon McMullen had 784 runs and 22 wickets, George Munsey had recently made 75 off 62 deliveries and pushed his tournament total beyond 1,100 runs, and Bradley Currie remained among the leading wicket-takers in the competition.
Safyaan Sharif added veteran edge with 87 ODI wickets. That gave Scotland a direct route into the match: lean on runs from the top and strike through a bowling group that had already delivered across the tournament, especially against a United States side that had built its lead through efficiency rather than volume.
With both teams on 36 points, this was the kind of fixture that could shift the top of the table on margin as much as on result. Scotland’s previous win over Nepal and its head-to-head record suggested a side capable of pressing the Americans, but the United States entered with the steadier league résumé and the cleaner numbers behind it.
