West Indies Vs Scotland Match Highlights
This is the World Cup of turnarounds. We witnessed yet another magical happening where the unexpected happened. Scotland beat West Indies by 42 runs. West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first. Scotland batting first put up a score of 160 for 5. WI got all out on 118. Let us look at West Indies Vs Scotland Match Highlights in detail.
West Indies failed to chase
West Indies lost wickets while playing dot after dot. No one, with the exception of Holder, had the idea to go this far, as Munsey did when he was having trouble, and tee off afterward. With power-hitting up until practically No. 10, West Indies might have easily won the chase.
But they opted to play subpar cricket and gave in to Scotland’s pressure. Additionally, the winners today caught very well. Some of these were second-chance conversions. It was a fantastic day for Scotland’s cricket, and the morning at home could not have begun any better.
Scotland’s Fighting Innings
Scotland has taken a step further by playing a country that participates in Test matches after coming so close to crushing New Zealand at the previous World Cup. At the midway point, Munsey declared that he supported his team’s ability to bowl well and praised Scotland for their remarkable performance.
Although Mayers’ assault really got West Indies off to a good start, Lewis and King were not given the freedom to bat freely. Scotland then applied pressure using Watt and Leask. Until recently, the game was dominated by two-finger spinners using just smart lines and variations.
What Captains Said:
Berrington, the winning captain of Scotland said, “It’s a special win for us. Lot of hard work has been put in for this in the last year. Extremely proud of the boys. We haven’t had as much as T20 cricket as we would have liked (Scotland played only 2 T20Is between World Cups). But we played a lot of 50-over cricket, so it was important we transferred that skill to T20 cricket.”
“We were looking at a few more after the start we got off to. But we knew this was a competitive score. The bowlers were exceptional. Mark Watt was exceptional, in the powerplay and he generally takes big wickets. Leask today was excellent four overs on the trot.”
The losing captain Pooran said, “Tough loss for us. Disappointing for sure. I guess now we got to do the hard work now and win both games. 160 was a par score. The middle-order batting was disappointing. We have been struggling in the middle order for some time and it continues. Definitely not acceptable (asked about the batting against Scotland’s spinners). The ball wasn’t spinning much.”
“We got to reflect and get better. The next two games are must-win. I guess when you perform bad as players, you want the next game to come as quickly as possible. I don’t think we were complacent. We did get off to a good start, but disappointing after the powerplay.”
