Scotland remain on course for the Super Eights following a dramatic nine-run victory over Oman in the World Cup qualifiers in Johannesburg.
Coetzer and Stander the heroes for Scots
World Cup qualifying Group A
Johannesburg
Scotland 274-9 (K Coetzer 127, N Poonia 79) v Oman (M Hussain 70, Z Siddiqui 50, J Stander 4-41)
Scotland won by nine runs
Scotland remain on course for the Super Eights following a dramatic nine-run victory over Oman in the World Cup qualifiers in Johannesburg.
Durham batsman Kyle Coetzer hammered a century as the Scots made 274 for nine in their 50 overs after being put into bat in their third Group A match.
But Oman gave their opponents a fright in a thrilling run chase that came up just short, thanks in part to the bowling of Jan Stander who claimed four for 41.
Coetzer arrived at the crease early in the innings after the loss of captain Ryan Watson for one, and when Gavin Hamilton fell for 12 the Scots were 23-2.
Match-winning stand
But Coetzer found an ally in Navdeep Poonia and the pair compiled what would prove a match-winning stand of 136 before the latter was bowled by Awal Khan having made 79 off 82 balls.
Zeeshan Siddiqui - who was the pick of the Oman bowlers with three for 64 - then scythed through the middle order, skittling Colin Smith (five), Neil McCallum (nine) and Moneeb Iqbal (one) inside nine overs.
Coetzer continued to score freely and found another partner in Stander, with the duo putting on 56 for the seventh wicket before Coetzer finally fell to Farhan Khan for 127 going for a big six in the penultimate over.
Calum MacLeod and Stander (27) were both run out in a frantic final over as Scotland added an impressive 44 runs in the last five overs.
Oman's reply got off to a blistering start thanks to ultra-aggressive opener Syed Maqsood Hussain, who helped them rack up 40 before three overs had been bowled.
Hemin Desai's departure - bowled by MacLeod in the fourth over - failed to deter Hussain (70), who smashed nine fours and three sixes off just 30 balls before his stumps were sent flying by Gordon Goudie.
Refused to buckle
His removal proved a timely one for the Scots, as Oman's run-rate plummeted although a stand of 71 between Siddiqui and Nileshkumar Parmar kept the underdogs in the hunt.
Stander got the wicket of Siddiqui and Adnan Ilyas (17) was run out by MacLeod before Parmar (37) was caught by Coetzer off the bowling of Stander, and Goudie trapped Awal Khan (four) lbw.
Stander bowled Sultan Ahmed (25) and also polished off Oman captain Hemal Mehta to leave Scotland's opponents on 236 for eight.
But Syed Amir Ali and Farhan Khan (seven) refused to buckle and the outcome was still in doubt until the final over.
Oman needed 15 to win but fell short, with Ali unbeaten on 31 alongside Syed Tariq Hussain (one not out).
