Scotland suffered their second defeat of the Girls’s T20 World Cup as West Indies strolled to a six-wicket win in Dubai.
In one other low-scoring encounter, Scotland have been restricted to simply 99-8 from their 20 overs, with West Indies reaching their goal in 11.4 overs.
Deandra Dottin, who got here out of retirement to play within the match, rolled again the years with an explosive 28 not out from 15 balls and sealed the dominant win in type with a six.
There have been some nerves because the skilled duo of Stafanie Taylor and Hayley Matthews fell early for 4 and eight respectively, however Qiana Joseph’s 31 from 18 balls supplied a much-needed surge to put the platform for Dottin.
West Indies’ disciplined bowling effort ensured they have been chasing a modest goal despite a sloppy fielding efficiency, with Scotland’s Ailsa Lister dropped thrice on her solution to a high rating of 26.
Captain Kathryn Bryce added 25 because the pair tried to rebuild from slipping to 13-2, however boundaries have been laborious to come back by with the bottom’s huge boundaries and the gradual outfield.
Bryce’s facet have been responsible of dropping their wickets in clusters as two fell with the rating on 13, two on 59 and two on 76, proscribing their momentum significantly all through the innings.
Spinner Afy Fletcher was the choose of the West Indies bowlers with 3-22, although Matthews was let down with all three of Lister’s possibilities put down off her bowling.
It was a formidable fightback from West Indies, who have been thrashed by South Africa of their opener, and will likely be in a robust place to tackle Bangladesh of their subsequent outing on Thursday as the short chase gave their web run-rate an important enhance.
In the meantime, Scotland face final yr’s finalists South Africa on Wednesday.
