T20 World Cup: Scotland star Chris Greaves goes from delivering for Amazon to delivering on big stage

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Chris Greaves goes from being Amazon’s pilot to Scotland’s driving force in victory over Bangladesh; The 31-year-old hit the Tigers with bat and ball, helping the team achieve a victory that, according to captain Kyle Coetzer, came after extensive planning.

Chris Greaves hit a fast-firing 45 and then took two wickets as Scotland beat Bangladesh by six runs in the T20 World Cup.

Chris Greaves from Scotland is used to complying.

It used to be Amazon packages, but Sunday was bat and ball when Kyle Coetzer’s team defeated Bangladesh by six runs in Oman to start their T20 World Cup campaign with victory.

South African-born Greaves scored 45 of 28 balls as Scotland rallied from 53-6 in the 12th at Muscat to go 140-9 after 20 against a team ranked eight places above them.

The 31-year-old then claimed two key wickets, Shakib Al Hasan trapped deep and Mushfiqur Rahim bowling, in just his second T20 international as the Tigers could only respond with 134-7.

Scotland captain Coetzer said: “I am very proud of Greaves. He was delivering packages for Amazon not long ago, and now he is getting the Player of the Match against Bangladesh.”

Greaves beat Scotland 53-6 in Muscat

“He is not a player signed in Scotland. He was on the sidelines. He raised his hand, worked very hard and put himself on the scene.”

“Going back a month, he wouldn’t even start one of these games. Look what he’s done.

“It’s just proof in the pudding that there are some quality players around the cricket partner. They just need the platform to prove it.”

Scotland’s victory puts them in excellent position to advance to the Super 12 stage of the T20 World Cup for the first time, with more first-round games against Papua New Guinea and Oman to come, on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively.

Coetzer added: “[Beating Bangladesh] It is a great victory for us, it is something that we have been planning for a long time.

“Until a month ago, we had played two cricket matches as a group, so there was a lot of planning behind the scenes,

“Sometimes it seemed like you were working for nothing because our tours kept getting canceled, that’s what was really difficult for us to handle.

“But now we are reaping the rewards of keeping the faith that this tournament would come and we would be a better team when we did.”

“There have been many sacrifices for many players. Associate cricket is very difficult and to take advantage of the opportunity that we have when we come out here, it is important to take advantage of it.

“If they leave you out, people don’t appreciate how difficult associate cricket is. We’ve made some progress and I’m very proud.”

Watch Scotland take on Papua New Guinea live on Sky Sports Cricket from 10.30am to 6pm. M. From Tuesday. That match is followed by Bangladesh vs Oman starting at 2.30 pm on the same channel.

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