All-rounder Moneeb Iqbal made telling contributions with ball and bat to lead Scotland to their first victory of the ICC under-19 Cricket World Cup.

After four consecutive maulings against India, Bangladesh, New Zealand and Australia, Scotland's players showed considerable resolve to beat Nepal in a tense last-over finish.

After putting Nepal in to bat, Scotland restricted them to 200 for 9 from their 50 overs with Iqbal and Craig Anderson taking two wickets each and Gordon Goudie claiming 3 for 37.

Nepal fielded well from the start of the reply and with the spinners bowling a tight line, Scotland struggled to keep up with the required rate.

Opener Iqbal collected a valuable 62 runs but with 15 overs to go Scotland needed eight an over. Fortunately for them they were able to call on the services of Sean Weeraratna.

Weeraratna only arrived in Bangladesh as a replacement for injured wicketkeeper Andrew Hislop a week ago but his teammates were thankful for his presence today as he smashed 34 runs from 26 balls to wallop Scotland to victory with one ball to spare.

"It was a very tense win," said Scotland team manager Alistair Scott.

"Our bowlers did very well to put us in a winning position but our batsmen looked nervous and I was very relieved when they made it.

"We are now in a good position to qualify for the semi-finals and a win against Papua New Guinea should see us through."

Iqbal was named man of the match.