Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

SO Hetmyer
SO Hetmyer
64(36) 2x4 - 6x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 14 runs
  • 0x4 - 2x6
3 0 2 12 16 10 8 13
RD Berrington
RD Berrington
42(24) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %70%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 11 runs
  • 1x4 - 1x6
4 5 7 6 3 10 3 4

Best performances - Bowlers

R Shepherd
R Shepherd
O3
M0
R20
W5
Eco6.66
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
JO Holder
JO Holder
O3.5
M0
R30
W3
Eco7.82
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Scotland , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

15.00 start, First Session 15.00-16.30, Interval 16.30-16.50, Second Session 16.50-18.20

Match days

7 February 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)

T20I debut

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

West Indies 2, Scotland 0

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Matt Roller

6.45pm: India, the strong favourites for this World Cup, are about to get their campaign underway against the USA in Mumbai, which you can follow here. Thanks from Matt, Miller and Chandan for your company this afternoon, and we'll see you all soon.

Shimron Hetmyer is player of the match. "Honestly, I would say the catch," he grins, asked whether he preferred his innings or the catch. "I've been doing some work on my fielding for the past while... I'm happy to be able to contribute in that way. [Career best catch?] I don't think so! But it's up there. [Visa delays?] Everything happens for a reason. I'm not really complaining... From there, when I got here, it was just to put that behind me and focus on the game ahead and focus on my batting... [Recent promotion to No. 3?] It's fun. It's something that I used to do in the beginning. Playing more T20, finishing also is fun for me. But if I have to choose, I'll stay up top. [Different role?] It's just about mindset, really. Batting at No. 3, the bat comes on a little bit faster. It's just to get into position as early as possible and execute. [Shepherd?] That was phenomenal. I thought he was going to get this to be fair! It's not often you see a guy get five [wickets] and a hat-trick. [Winning start?] I think we can be more than competitive. We have the potential to go as far as the final but we need to take it one game at a time."

6.35pm: Scotland were right in the game at 115 for 3 after 13.1 overs, with Richie Berrington and Tom Bruce well set. But they lost their last seven wickets for 32 runs and have been comfortably beaten in the end. Two Guyanese stars for West Indies tonight: Shimron Hetmyer with the bat (and in the field), then Romario Shepherd with the ball to close things out with a five-wicket haul that included four wickets in five balls, and his second T20I hat-trick. A word too for Jason Holder, who took his 100th T20I wicket, and struck a telling blow in the chase by dismissing Berrington.

18.5
W
Holder to Watt, OUT, Shepherd puts the game to bed! Watt dances down and looks to slice this away over the off side, but Shepherd dives back over his head to take a sprawling catch at short third over his shoulder! West Indies are all smiles and start their campaign with a 35-run win

MRJ Watt c Shepherd b Holder 15 (26m 12b 2x4 0x6) SR: 125

18.4
1
Holder to Currie, 1 run, tucked off the pads, excellent diving stop by Shepherd at short fine leg

Scotland will be conscious that Net Run Rate could yet be an important factor for them.

18.4
1w
Holder to Currie, 1 wide, dipping full toss, slides past the pads
18.3
1
Holder to Watt, 1 run, jumps over to the off side, splices his pull and it doesn't quite carry to the diving Shepherd at short fine leg
18.2
4
Holder to Watt, FOUR, clubbed back over Holder's head for four more! Watt is going down with a fight, and clears the front leg to smack the slower ball
18.1
4
Holder to Watt, FOUR, in the slot, clubbed over mid-off! Free, clean swing of the bat

We have pictures again. Apologies for that intermission!

Scotland 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7HG MunseyMA Jones
2nd24HG MunseyB McMullen
3rd6RD BerringtonHG Munsey
4th78RD BerringtonTC Bruce
5th7MH CrossTC Bruce
6th11MH CrossMRJ Watt
7th0MA LeaskMRJ Watt
8th0MRJ WattO Davidson
9th0SM SharifMRJ Watt
10th14MRJ WattBJ Currie

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426