Scotland have 'sights on Super 8s' after beating Namibia

Scotland "can now group our sights connected nan Super 8s" aft their five-wicket T20 World Cup win complete Namibia, according to batsman Michael Leask.

Victory successful Barbados put nan Scots apical of Group B, albeit Australia and England person played 1 crippled less, and has accrued belief that they tin outpouring a astonishment by being 1 of nan 2 sides to suffice for nan adjacent stage.

"We request 2 much results and 2 results is not a large inquire - and we've sewage nan squad to do it," Leask, who deed 4 sixes arsenic he contributed 35 runs, told nan BBC.

Scotland were denied nan opportunity to build connected a promising opening business erstwhile rainfall forced their opening crippled against England to beryllium abandoned.

However, Leask thought that performance, and United States' super-over triumph complete Pakistan, showed that subordinate nations "don't get nan nickname they deserve".

"We are a unit to beryllium reckoned with," he said. "After crippled one, we proved to a batch of group that we're not conscionable present arsenic an associate. I deliberation we showed we person a batch of bully depth."

Leask said "it felt typical being retired there" and had "said to nan coach I'd repay nan religion he's shown successful me" arsenic Scotland avenged erstwhile defeats by Namibia.

"We person travel retired nan incorrect extremity of it a mates of times, truthful that's what makes this 1 truthful sweet," he said.

"Three from 3 nan past clip we played successful nan first over, sewage adjacent but not adjacent enough. We've had a batch of that successful nan past and this feels for illustration a squad who is connected nan rise."

Leask pointed retired location was "a spot of emotion" arsenic nan Scots shared nan joyousness of triumph pinch their families because of "the sacrifices a batch of them person made to beryllium retired here".

However, he stressed they now person to quickly move their attraction to facing chap subordinate federation Oman connected Sunday.

"We can't return Oman lightly," Leask added. "They are different decent subordinate outfit."