T20 WORLD CUP 2022

All-round Scotland stun West Indies

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Scotland bowled brilliantly after Munsey's half-century
Scotland bowled brilliantly after Munsey's half-century © AFP

George Munsey's maiden World Cup half-century and a disciplined bowling show led by the spinners helped Scotland pip two-time champions West Indies in their opening round Group B clash at Hobart's Bellerive Oval.

The opener carried his bat through for a 53-ball 66 in a knock of two halves, laying a solid platform for Scotland's match-winning total of 160/5 through a fiery opening stand. Mark Watt (3-12), Micahel Wheal (2-14) and Brad Wheal (2-32) ran through the West Indies batting to shoot them down for 118 in reply, with Jason Holder's brilliant all-round display (2-14 & 38) going in vain.

Scotland off to a flyer

Put in to bat first, the Scottish openers made West Indies rethink their decision. Despite some swing, Michael Jones got them going with successive fours off a wayward Kyle Mayers before getting a reprieve in the same over. All the good that Akeal Hosein did with a single-run over from the other end was undone by Mayers and Alzarri Joseph, who were dispatched to the fence thrice each by Munsey, leaking 31 in their two overs combined. Scotland's fifty was up at a very healthy strike-rate of 10 an over.

Holder halts the momentum

If the rain wasn't enough to force Scotland to slow down and press restart, Holder picked two in succeeding overs to bring West Indies back in the game. He got one to nip back in to knock over Jones first, off just his second delivery of the match. An over later, Matthew Cross's mistimed pull found Shamrah Brooks at mid-on. With Odean Smith also beginning with a couple of disciplined overs at the other end, Scotland lost their way a tad to reach only 72/2 at the halfway mark.

MacLeod, Munsey revive Scotland

Scotland's revival was triggered by a handy few caemos starting with their skipper Richie Berrington, who slogged Hosein well over midwicket for the only six of their innings. Even though Joseph bounced him out, Calum McaLeod carried this momentum forward to put the team past hundred with back to back fours off Obed McCoy in the 14th over even as Munsey struggled at the other end to find his groove again. West Indies again tried to nudge ahead with a couple of wickets in quick succession, but Chris Greaves chimed in with a couple of fours off McCoy to make the death overs count. Having trudged to a 44-ball maiden T20 World Cup half-century in the meanwhile, Munsey hit Smith to the fence thrice in the final over, converting Scotland's middling total of 145 into a strong 160/5.

Mayers tees off in a promising start

Nevermind the measly opening over from Watt, West Indies actually finished their powerplay nearly on par with Scotland's, at 53/2. Mayers teed off with back to back boundaries courtesy the freebies Brad Wheal sent down in his opening over, and then punished Josh Davey too, with a four and a six. However, a well-judged sliding catch at deep midwicket from Munsey put an end to his early fireworks. Nonetheless, Brandon King and Evin Lewis kept the attack going by taking 27 off the next two overs. A bit rusty in the middle, the opener ultimately fell in his attempt to keep the attack going, but West Indies had made a promising start to their chase with King unbeaten on 15 off 9.

Spinners apply the breaks

Watt and Leask in tandem brought the West Indies juggernaut to a near halt. Not only did they manage to squeeze in the dots, the duo severely hit their chances with the wickets of well-set King and the dangerous Nicholas Pooran in back to back overs - both of them bowled - as WI crawled to 69/4 at the halfway stage. To make matters worse, Rovman Powell holed out to long-on first ball after the drinks, a brilliant sliding catch in the deep from Leask removed a struggling Brooks from the equation, and a suicidal single attempt from Hosein left West Indies in tatters at 79/7. Holder was the only one to show some resistance, and attack, but was quickly running out of partners. His one-sided effort of 38 (33 balls) was always going to be grossly insufficient to topple Scotland, who won by 42 runs.

Brief scores: 160/5 in 20 overs (George Munsey 66*, Jason Holder 1/14) beat West Indies 118 all out in 18.3 overs (Jason Holder 38; Mark Watt 3-12, Michael Leask 2-14) by 42 runs

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