Uganda gave Scotland a scare when they met in their T20 tri-series - which also involves Kenya - in Nairobi today, securing a tie before going down in a super-over.

Experienced spinner Frank Nsubuga and his left-handed counterpart Henry Ssenyondo got stuck into the Scotland middle order, taking two for nine and three from 20 respectively, after Dennis Tabby had made an earlier breakthrough, finishing with two for 21.

Scotland ended their 20 overs on 109 for 8, Jan Stander hitting one big six in his 25 and captain Gavin Hamilton another in his 17. Both Navdeep Poonia (20) and Richie Berrington were stumped by Roger Mukasa off young Ssenyondo.

But Uganda were soon in trouble when Mukasa was taken behind by Ryan Watson off Gordon Drummond with only four on the board.

There followed a good stand between left-hand opener Arthur Kyobe and captain Akbar Baig (14) which took the score to 42, but then wickets tumbled to 55 for 5 despite the best efforts of a belligerent Kyobe to keep up with the run rate.

At 55, Kyobe was joined by Deusdedit Muhumuza, who accompanied him in a stand of 44 by which time Kyobe was really motoring and Scotland's fielding was getting ragged.

But the reintroduction of Majid Haq tightened things up and the batsmen were forced to take risks until, with five overs to go, just 20 runs were needed, Kyobe's reverse sweep having been particularly effective.

As Kyobe kept his end up Muhumuza was bowled by Haq for 16 and vice-captain Davis Arinaitwe and Jonathan Sebanja soon followed, leaving Uganda still with seven to get and two wickets left from the last two overs.

Kyobe's 50 came up in the 18th over but Ssenyondo was bowled by Berrington and Tabby caught off Watson from the last ball of the 20 overs to leave the scores level on 109.

Left-arm spinner Ross Lyons returned three for 28 for Scotland.

In the super over Uganda scored six for one wicket, the Scots making 10 without loss, thus winning the game by two wickets.

Afterwards Uganda coach Barney Ebrahim said: "You can't lose games like this. They were there for the taking."

Scotland's manager, Dick Auchinleck, remarked: "It was justice in the end."