KATHRYN BRYCE BECOMES SCOTLAND'S LEADING RUN SCORER IN UAE VICTORY
Kathryn Bryce became Scotland Women's all-time leading run scorer as she led her side to a seven-wicket win over the UAE.
The Scotland skipper struck an unbeaten 51 to conduct her side's pursuit of 139, and in the process surpassed Kari Carswell's 3,561 runs as the most for her nation.
The game was firmly in the balance when Kathryn Bryce joined her sister Sarah in the middle at 34-2, but the pair swung the game back in Scotland's favour - ultimately winning comfortably with 11 balls remaining.
Earlier, Esha Oza and Heena Hotchandani had combined superbly to lift the hosts to a competitive total - adding 81 for the second wicket in their side's total of 138-4.
Katherine Fraser struck early to remove Theertha Satish (9), but Oza carried her bat throughout the innings for an unbeaten 63, whilst Hotchandani added a 42-ball 43 – laying a superb platform as they took their side past 100 in the 16th over.
Whilst Hotchandani fell to Kirstie Gordon, Rinitha Rajith supported Oza with a useful 16 from 10 deliveries, to set what looked like a challenging target.
In reply, it was Kathryn Bryce (51*) and Sarah Bryce (43) who were central to Scotland's chase, supported by important contributions from Katherine Fraser (15) and Pippa Sproul (16*).
When Sarah Bryce fell at 82-3, Scotland still had work to do, but the Scotland skipper dominated a 60-run partnership with Sproul to seal the win, striking the winning runs from the first ball of the 19th over.
Sarah Bryce said: "I thought Esha and a few of their girls played really well, they put us under pressure and we had to adapt to that, but credit to our bowlers I thought the last few overs were exceptional to keep them down to the score that we did.
"We knew we just had to build a partnership, we saw from their innings it was a decent wicket and if we were able to put them under pressure we'd be able to score runs.
"It probably wasn't the best time to get out, but credit to Pippa, the way she came in was exceptional."
Scotland are next in action on Wednesday morning, taking on Ireland at 0500 GMT.