Scotland's George Munsey And Kyle Coetzer Stitch 3-Highest Opening Stand In T20I History

Batting Against the Netherlands, Munsey brought up his maiden T20I century off just 41 balls. He clobbered 14 sixes during his fiery innings

Scotland batsmen George Munsey and Kyle Coetzer scripted history in the second T20I match of the ongoing Tri-nation series in Dublin on Monday. Batting against the Netherlands, the duo stitched a 200-run stand for the opening wicket. The pair ran riot in Dublin with their double-century partnership before Coetzer was caught out for 89. Munsey went on to score an unbeaten 127, while Richie Berrington hit 22 as Scotland finished on 252 for three. It was the third-highest opening stand in T20Is. Afghanistan top the charts with a 236-run partnership between Hazratullah Zazai and Usman Ghani against Ireland. Munsey scored at a pace that kept the opposition toiling hard throughout the game. He brought up his maiden T20I century off just 41 balls. He clobbered 14 sixes during his fiery innings. He also equalled Aaron Finch's record of 2nd-most sixes by a batsman in a T20I innings. Zazai holds the record of hitting the most number of maximums - 16. Munsey also struck 32 off one over, only Yuvraj Singh of India who hit six sixes off England’s Stuart Broad in 2007 has scored more. In response, the Netherlands could only manage 194 for seven, with Alasdair Evans and Adrian Neill both taking two wickets as Scotland moved to the top of the table in the triangular tournament. When asked whether he had his sights on the world-record T20 stand, which was set at 236 by Afghanistan against Ireland earlier this year, Munsey said, “I didn’t know what it is. I will be honest, at 199 he (Coetzer) took a big swing and missed and I thought, ‘One more run and we’ve got 200’. But I didn’t say that in the end and he got one away for the 200 partnership.” Scotland will face hosts Ireland on Tuesday in both sides’ second match in the six-game series.