SCOTLAND were denied victory in a dramatic finale to their latest tour match in South Africa.

A superb century from Richie Berrington and 77 from Moneeb Iqbal allowed the tourists to set North West Dragons 320 on the final afternoon of their three-day clash in Potchfestroom.

Iqbal then completed a fine all-round show by claiming three wickets as the Dragons were left teetering on 130-9.

Leg-spinner Iqbal was convinced he had sealed victory from the final delivery of the match when he had their last man �caught� at slip.

However, the home umpire ruled in favour of the batsman, claiming the ball had struck only the pad.

Scots coach Pete Steindl said: �It was a close thing � Moneeb and the close fielders were convinced the guy had nicked it.

�The decision didn�t go our way but the match has been a great exercise for the whole squad.

�In fairness we probably batted longer than we would have done normally but we wanted to give Richie and Moneeb some time in the middle and the pair of them took advantage of it.

�We then put their batsmen under a lot of pressure and just ran out of time to force the win.�

Resuming on 5-0, the Scots went on to declare for the second time in the match after reaching 274-3.

Berrington�s unbeaten 113 came from 170 balls while Iqbal lent excellent support.

Majid Haq and Josh Davey each claimed two wickets to back-up Iqbal as the tourists went agonisingly close to forcing the first win of their trip.

The Scots have three days off before facing a Combined North West XI in a 50-over match on Tuesday.