Scotland lose to Sri Lanka in World Cup Qualifier

Sri Lanka reached 245 all out against Scotland

Scotland sustained their first defeat of the World Cup Qualifier as Sri Lanka won by 82 runs.

The Scots lost half their wickets early on and Greaves was 56 not out by the time they were all out for 163.

Scotland next face West Indies on Saturday (08:00 BST).

Sri Lanka meet the Netherlands 24 hours earlier.

• Sri Lanka defeat Scotland - as it happened

Chris Sole took the wickets of Dimuth Karunaratne for seven and Kusal Mendis for one as Nissanka built up his tally, eventually caught by Tomas Mackintosh off the bowling of Mark Watt.

Matthew Cross caught Charith Asalanka for 63 off Watt's bowling and Greaves took a hat-trick of wickets as Dhananjaya de Silva was bowled for 23 and Dasun Shanaka and Wanindu Hasaranga were caught by Sole.

Kasun Rajitha went lbw as Watt took a third wicket and another Sole catch gave Greaves a fourth wicket as Lahiru went for five.

In the Scottish innings, Brandon McMullen, who got 136 runs against Oman on Sunday, was bowled for five after Cross went for seven, with captain Richie Berrington caught at 10 and Mackintosh and Michael Leask going lbw.

Opener Chris McBride built some momentum before begin caught at 29 and Watt and Jack Jarvis went lbw as Greaves reached his half century.

Scotland 'need to come back strong'

Afterwards Berrington told Sky Sports: "We got a couple of wickets early on and maybe didn't capitalise on that.

"It was a fantastic effort in the last 15 [overs] to bowl them out for under 250. We knew we had to be smart with our fields. We were up with the rate the whole way through.

"It's obviously disappointing to fall short, but we've just seen the value of having wickets in hand.

"We just need to look to come back strong for the next game."