Day One Close of play score

Canada 108/7 (R Cheema 32*, G Drummond 2-23, J Stander 2-27, C MacLeod 2-49) trail Scotland 185 all out (G Drummond 52, R Watson 37, S Smith 29*, F watts 21, K Chohan 6-36, H Osinde 2-63) by 78 runs.

A dramatic day of fluctuating fortunes ended with Scotland very much in the ascendancy having taken seven Candian wickets in the final session.

Scotland were able to only add a further ten runs when play resumed after tea, with Khurram Chohan completing an excellent bowling display, by capturing the wickets of Drummond (52) and Callum MacLeod (0) in the space of three deliveries, to finish with the excellent analysis of 6-36.

Simon Smith finished unbeaten on 29, and he and Drummond must be complimented on their quite splendid rearguard action. A final total of 185 looked to be well under apr given the excellent overhead conditions, but theer was always movement off the pitch, and the Scottish seamers soon made inroads into the Canadian top order.

Jan Stander (2-27), Calum MacLeod (2-49) and Drummond (2-23) had the reply in tatters at 62-6, and the game had completely turned on its head. Majid Haq in his solitary over then bowled Keshvani, and Scotland were well on top.

Canada however have one of the most explosive hitters in Associates cricket still at the crease - Rizwan Cheema has ignored the trauma going on all around him, and continued to play in his usual cavalier style. He 's hit five fours and a six in his unbeaten 32 from just 16 balls, and if he can continue that momentum when plays resumes in the morning, then Canada may well get close to the Scottish total.

17 wickets in a day's play meant there was no shortage of excitement for the local spectators, and it now seems unlikely that the match will go its full duration - unless some of the thunderstorms due to hit the UK make their way northwards to the Granite City.

Tea-time score

Scotland 175/8 (59 overs, G Drummond 51*, S Smith 20*, R Watson 37, F Watts 21, K Chohan 4-36, H Osinde 2-63, R Cheema 1-22, U Bhatti 1-32) v Canada.

An unbroken 9th wicket partnership of 73 in 27.3 overs between Gordon Drummond (51*) and Simon Smith (20*) has rescued Scotland from total humiliation, after a fine spell from Khurram Chohan (4-36) had reduced the hapless Scots to 102 for 8.

Resuming after lunch on 81-6, Scotland quickly lost Ewan Chalmers (9),  caught behind by Mulla, giving Khurram Chohan his fourth wicket of the innings. Mulla then took yet another catch behind the stumps, this time off the bowling of Rizwan Cheema - Majid Haq departing for 16, and the rampant Canadians were contemplating an afternoon in the sunshine with their feet up.

Skipper Gordon Drummond had other ideas, as he made a quite splendid half century from 77 balls, hitting five boundaries, three of which came in an over from Chohan.

He found a willing partner in Simon Smith, who proved the perfect foil for his captain, providing stubborn defence in the face of a penetrative Canadian attack.

Scotland will be hoping the pair can continue their heroics well into the final session, and take them to a total well in excess of 200.

Lunchtime Score

Scotland 81-6 (26 overs, R Watson 37, F Watts 21, Chohan 3-6, Osinde 2-54, Bhatti 1-20)

It was heralded as a new dawn for Scottish cricket, but the 2009 international summer season has continued in the same vein as the spring session, with Scotland struggling.

There may be several new faces with the retirements (forced and voluntary), but the same batting frailties are still apparent following a morning session which yielded just 81 runs for the loss of six wickets in 26 overs.

Moneeb Iqbal (4) was trapped lbw by Umar Bhatti in the 3rd over of the day, before the experienced pairing Fraser Watts and Ryan Watson set about building a solid foundation. They took the score to 44, before Watts (21) edged Henry Osinde behind, giving Mulla a regulation catch.

Richie Berrington struggled, facing 24 deliveries for a painful to watch four, before being put out of his misery, bowled by Chohan. The total then was 55, but there was worse to come for the Scots, when just 18 runs later, former skipper Watson departed.

He has shown signs in recent months that he has put his early season woes behind him -indeed he scored a big hundred in Scottish domestic cricket at the weekend - that knock put him top of the all-time SNCL list for century makers.

He had scored 37 from just 53 balls, including six boundaries, before he too edged Osinde behind, and the glee with which Canada celebrated the wicket, told that they knew they had struck a decisive blow.

That joy became even more apparent when Chohan dismissed Neil McCallum for three, well caught by a diving Qaiser Ali at second slip, and the very next ball saw Jan Stander palpably lbw offering no stroke to a ball that jagged back.

It'll take a major effort by Scotland now if they are to force their way back into the game, but they do have depth and strength to their batting, and the beauty of the four day format is that it allows teams time to regroup and fightback.