Scotland beats West Indies in all Phase

George Munsey's maiden World Cup half-century and a trained bowling show drove by the spinners helped Scotland with pipping double cross heroes West Indies in their opening round Group B conflict at Hobart's Bellerive Oval.

The opener brought his bat through for a 53-ball 66 in a knock of two parts, laying a strong stage for Scotland's match-winning of 160/5 through a red hot opening stand. Mark Watt (3-12), Micahel Wheal (2-14) and Brad Wheal (2-32) went through the West Indies batting to shoot them down for 118 in answer, with Jason Holder's splendid all-round show (2-14 and 38) going to no end.

Scotland off to a flyer

Put in to bat first, the Scottish openers settled on West Indies reevaluate their decision. Despite some swing, Michael Jones got them rolling with successive fours off an unpredictable Kyle Mayers before to getting a relief in the equivalent over. All the decency that Akeal Hosein did with a solitary run over from the opposite end was scattered by Mayers and Alzarri Joseph, who were dispatched to the fence thrice each by Munsey, releasing 31 in their two overs joined. Scotland's fifty was up at an extremely sound strike-pace 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 restore Scotland

Scotland's restoration was set off by a convenient few caemos beginning with their captain Richie Berrington, who trudged Hosein well over midwicket for the only six of their innings. Despite the fact that Joseph bobbed him out, Calum McaLeod conveyed this force forward to get the team past hundred with consecutive fours off Obed McCoy in the fourteenth over even as Munsey battled at the opposite finish to find his score once more. West Indies again attempted to poke ahead with two or three wickets with hardly a pause in between, however Chris Greaves ringed in with several fours off McCoy to make the most of the passing overs. Having walked to a 44-ball maiden T20 World Cup half-century in the mean time, Munsey hit Smith to the fence thrice in the last over, changing over Scotland's middling total of 145 into a strong 160/5.

Mayers starts in a promising fasion

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 pair carried the West Indies juggernaut to a close to end. Besides the fact that they figured out how to press in the dots, the team seriously hit their chances with the wickets of well set king and the risky Nicholas Pooran in consecutive overs - the two of them bowled - as WI slithered to 69/4 at the midway stage. To exacerbate the situation, 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

Scotland beats West Indies in all Phase