
The 2024 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup has started. The eighth match of the T20 World Cup was played between the West Indies Women’s National Cricket Team vs Scotland Women’s National Cricket Team. This match between the two teams was played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah. West Indies is led by Hayley Matthews. While Scotland is captained by Katherine Bryce.
This is West Indies’ first win in the Women’s T20 World Cup. Earlier, they had to face defeat in the match against South Africa. Now with the win, the team has reached the top of the points table of Group B. Their net run rate has become +1.154.
The excitement of the Women’s T20 World Cup continues. In this match, Scotland batted first and scored 99 runs for eight wickets in 20 overs. In response, the West Indies team scored 101 runs for four wickets in 11.4 overs and won the match by six wickets.
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Status of Group B points table of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024
West Indie’s first win in the Women’s T20 World Cup has resulted in making their net run rate +1.154. At the same time, Scotland reached the fifth position. England and South Africa are in second and third place respectively, and have won one match each so far. Whereas, Bangladesh is in fourth place with one win and one loss.
West Indies innings in Women’s T20 World Cup 2024
The West Indies team, which came out to chase the target, did not have a great start. Stephanie Taylor, who came to open, could not spend much time on the crease. Slater made her his victim and she returned to the pavilion after scoring four runs. After this, captain Hayley Matthews was out after scoring eight runs. Against Scotland, Kayna Joseph scored 31, Shemaine Campbell scored two, Deandra Dottin scored 28* and Henry scored 18*. For Scotland, Olivia Bell took two wickets while Slater and Priyanj took one wicket each.
Scotland innings in Women’s T20 World Cup 2024
Scotland did not have a great start in this match. The team suffered the first setback in the form of Saskia Horley. She returned to the pavilion after scoring 11 runs. After this, the team suffered the second setback in the form of Sarah Bryce. Alyssa Lister scored the highest 26 runs for this team. Captain Katherine Bryce played an innings of 25 runs. In this match, Priyanaz scored zero, Lorna scored 11, Dorsey scored 14, Katherine scored six and Rachel scored zero runs. For West Indies, Effie took three wickets while Chinelli, Haley, and Karishma took one wicket each.
8th Match of Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, WI vs SCO
Both the teams have to face defeat in their first match of the tournament. In the last match, South Africa defeated West Indies by 10 wickets. On the other hand, Scotland had to face defeat by 16 runs in their last match against Bangladesh in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
Meanwhile, in the eighth match of the tournament, Scotland captain Kathryn Bryce won the toss and decided to bat first. After losing the toss, Scotland batted first but their start was not good and the team suffered two big setbacks at a score of just 13 runs. Scotland scored 99 runs in the stipulated 20 overs losing eight wickets. Ailsa Lister played the best innings of 26 runs for Scotland. Apart from Ailsa Lister, captain Katherine Bryce scored 25 runs.
Captain Hayley Matthews gave the first success to the West Indies team. Afy Fletcher took the maximum three wickets for West Indies. Apart from Afy Fletcher, Chinelle Henry, Karishma Ramharack and Hayley Matthews took one wicket each. West Indies team has to score 100 runs in 20 overs to win this match. This was a very important match for both teams in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
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