West Indies vs Scotland Highlights: Windies Cruise to 35-Run Win as Romario Shepherd Takes Five

West Indies, the 2016 champions, started their campaign with a strong win. They beat Scotland by 35 runs. The Windies began slowly, which caused a small worry, but they attacked hard in the second half of their innings and scored a solid 182 for 5. Scotland tried their best while chasing, but they couldn’t keep up and lost the match by 35 runs.

Earlier in the game, Scotland won the toss and opted to bowl first. They started brilliantly, keeping the Windies openers in check. After 10 overs, West Indies were 66/2. They added 116 in the last 10 overs. Hetmyer top-scored with a knock of 64 off 36. Rovman Powell (24 off 14) and Sherfane

Rutherford (26 off 13) chipped in with fine cameos towards the end. Brad Currie picked up two wickets and was the pick of the bowlers. Safyaan Sharif, Oliver Davidson and Michael Leask all chipped in with a wicket each.

West Indies overpower Scotland with dominant all-round display

In reply, Scotland lost three wickets in the powerplay. Richie Berrington and Tom Bruce added 78 runs for the fourth wicket to give hope to the Scottish fans but once Berrington was dismissed, it all went downhill for the Men in Purple.

Romario Shephered claimed a hat-trick and got four wickets in his third over to close out the game. Scotland were eventually bowled out for 147 in 18.5 overs. Shepherd finished with figures of 5/20. Jason Holder got 3, while Shamar Joseph and Gudakesh Motie chipped in with a wicket each.