PRESTON Mommsen believes Scotland can bounce back from another heart-breaking defeat to end their World Cup campaign in style.

A record-breaking a century from Kyle Coetzer wasn't enough to propel the Scots to the win they craved against Bangladesh in Nelson yesterday.

Coetzer's brilliant 156 was the highest score by an Associate batsman in World Cup history and helped the Scots post 318 - more than they had ever managed before on the global stage.

However, on a day of records Bangladesh then produced their best run-chase to secure a six-wicket win with eleven balls to spare.

The Scots, who have now lost all four of their Pool A fixtures, conclude their campaign with two daunting tests against in-form Sri Lanka and tournament favourites Australia in Hobart.

However, Mommsen believes his side will take heart from their performance against the Tigers.

He said: “We've got two very exciting fixtures to look forward to against two top nations and the boys are up for that.

“We'll get our heads up and move on and hopefully Hobart will be a good venue for us.

“We can take a lot of confidence from the way Kyle performed today and from our overall performance in the first half.

“It was a fantastic innings from Kyle and we are proud of the way he batted and hopefully the people watching back home are proud as well.”

Sent in to bat, the Scots again failed to get the start they wanted as Calum MacLeod and Hamish Gardiner both went cheaply.

However, Matt Machan (35) helped Coetzer add 78 for the third wicket before Mommsen and Coetzer posted Scotland's highest-ever World Cup partnership, adding 141 for the fourth wicket.

Mommsen stroked a run-a-ball 39 but Coetzer went into overdrive with a superb display of controlled aggression.

The Northants batsman moved to his century from 103 balls with twelve boundaries and two sixes before accelerating to reach 156 from 134 deliveries.

He eventually holed out in the deep, leaving Richie Berrington (26) and Matthew Cross (20) to add quick runs at the end.

Hopes were high that the Scots could go on to record an historic first World Cup win especially when Josh Davey struck early to remove Soumya Sarkar.

However, four batsmen hit half-centuries, Tamim Iqbal top-scoring with 95, as the Bangladeshis refused to panic and Scotland's bowlers struggled to put them under pressure.

“Credit to Bangladesh - I thought they handled the run-chase very well and showed their experience,” added Mommsen.

“Together they have played hundreds of ODIs whereas we've played a handful together so experience definitely came into it.

“We knew 318 was a good score but we also knew it was a good wicket and that we would have to bowl with good discipline.

“Unfortunately we didn't create enough chances to bowl them out and we will look on this as a missed opportunity.”

Centurion Coetzer admitted his record-breaking innings was scant consolation for the defeat.

The Aberdonian declared: “It's nice to get a few runs but in the end it's the result that counts and this is a tough loss to take.

“The guys are distraught after all the effort we've put in and we feel we do deserve that one win in the tournament.”

The Scotland squad will travel to Hobart today before facing Sri Lanka on Wednesday.