T20 World Cup, Group 2, Headingley
West Indies 153-6 (20 overs): Taylor 47* (19); Fraser 2-34
Scotland 146 (20 overs): Carter 59 (62), Lister 33 (25)
West Indies gained by seven runs
Scotland got here agonisingly in need of a well-known victory on the T20 World Cup as West Indies by some means gained a tumultuous sport at Headingley.
Placed on the again foot by Stafanie Taylor’s 19-ball 47 not out and having misplaced 4 wickets for seven runs of their chase of 154, Darcey Carter, who was battling a calf damage, and Ailsa Lister took the Scots to the purpose of needing 22 from the final two overs.
Deandra Dottin was in tears whereas conceding 13 from the 18th over however Windies seamer Aaliyah Alleyne held her nerve by way of the stress to dismiss Carter for 59, Lister for 33 and Kirstie Gordon first ball within the penultimate over.
Nonetheless Scotland refused to go quietly. They fought on to the purpose of needing 13 from the final 4 balls with two wickets left, just for Qiana Joseph, who had beforehand dropped catches and bowled two horribly-timed no-balls, to shut out a seven-run win – Scotland dismissed for 146.
Scotland have been very good for a lot of the primary innings – athletic within the discipline and intelligent with the ball – however veteran Taylor, enjoying her first match of the match at 35, hit three sixes in her final 5 balls to spice up an innings that was floundering at 85-5 within the fifteenth over.
That, finally, was decisive.
Having overwhelmed Eire for his or her first World Cup win on Saturday, Scotland’s hopes of progressing are usually not over however, after being denied a serious scalp that might have given them an actual shot at a semi-final place, they subsequent play England on Saturday.
West Indies are again in motion on Sunday towards Sri Lanka in Bristol.
