International Cricket Council one-day rankings nominate South Africa and Australia as the cream of the crop - and after their Group A humblings at the hands of both, Scotland captain Craig Wright and Holland's Luuk van Troost are not about to argue.

Van Troost has identified a significant gap between the top two and the rest, and Wright is coming round to the same conclusion.

"Having watched a few of the matches from the other groups, I think we could have drawn some easier opposition," said Wright, whose team were hoping for a fourth successive win over Holland at Warner Park on Thursday.

"Seeing the Australians up close and having watched some of the South Africans, I don't think they're ranked one and two in the world for nothing."

Even so, Scotland - hoping to get the better of their old rivals in a match being described as their own 'World Cup final' today - are confident they will be an improved team following their tough Caribbean campaign.

"It's a magnificent learning experience for our guys to see the levels these opponents reach," said Wright, back in charge after having to travel to Scotland and back to attend his aunt's funeral.

"It may not be a level Scotland can ever aspire to. But it certainly shows where they are, and we certainly want to close the gap over the years."

Wright believes Scotland did not quite play up to their potential, albeit in near thankless circumstances.

"We are slightly disappointed we have not run South Africa and Australia a little bit closer - but from the games here, you can see why they are ranked one and two in the world," he said.

"It's been shown in the two games we've played that we could not have had a tougher draw."

Van Troost has been reading the same script.

"We played number one and number two in the world," he said.

"These two sides are far better than the rest.

"There is a gap even between South Africa and Australia - and India, Pakistan or New Zealand and England.

"They are far stronger. We played India in the warm-ups, and they didn't look nearly as good."