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ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Match 1: Bangladesh win close contest against Scotland

Bangladesh win close contest against Scotland

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By Cricket World

Thursday 3 October 2024

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

Match 1, Sharjah

Bangladesh Women won by 16 runs.

Bangladesh Women119/7

Scotland Women103/7

Scorecard

Stats

Bangladesh have made a positive start to the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 with their first win since 2014 in the tournament.

Match Summary

ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Match 1

Bangladesh Women 119/7 (20 ov)

Scotland Women 103/7 (20 ov)

Result - Bangladesh Women won by 16 runs

SCORECARD

Match Analysis

Saskia Horley took three late wickets to stifle Bangladesh who had been led by Sobhana Mostary as she produced her highest international score of 36, as they made 119 for seven.

Chasing 120, Scotland repeatedly went from comfort to chaos with Sarah Bryce unable to build partnerships as Bangladesh closed out a historic triumph.

Having won the toss and chosen to bat, Bangladesh produced their highest first-wicket score at an ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, making 26.

Rachel Slater had the honour of bowling Scotland’s first ball at a World Cup but it was the captain Kathryn Bryce who got the first wicket, with Katherine Fraser taking the catch to dismiss Murshida Khatun for 12.

It meant that Slater’s blushes were spared having dropped Murshida three balls earlier.

Sobhana hit her second boundary courtesy of the ball being parried to the boundary before drinks under a beaming Sharjah sun marked a welcome break for Scotland to refocus.

However, it was opener Shathi Rani who emerged from the drinks break with intent, including one fine strike for four.

Fraser had the last laugh as she dismissed Shathi for 29 from 32 balls with Bangladesh reduced to 68 for two with eight overs remaining.

From there, Scotland took wickets at regular intervals to halt Bangladesh as they looked to beat their highest World Cup score of 126.

After Sobhana’s departure for 36, the ever-dependable Nigar Sultana Joty was the calm in the middle, making a run-a-ball 18 before becoming the final of Horley’s three wickets as she delivered best figures of three for 13.

In reply to 119, Horley crunched Scotland’s first runs at a World Cup, hitting a four off the fourth ball of their chase before she was stumped for eight.

The Bryce sisters, Kathryn and Sarah, started slowly before Kathryn hit two fours in three balls to keep Scotland in the hunt as the asking rate rose to close to needing a run a ball.

Theirs was an innings of peaks and troughs, Kathryn was clean bowled by Marufa Akter before Scotland went 17 balls without a boundary.

Sarah Bryce and Priyanaz Chatterji then found a nice rhythm, taking 10 runs off youngster Shorna Akter, before six came from the 12th over to see Scotland to 65 runs, just three behind where Bangladesh were at the same stage.

Disaster soon struck again when Chatterji was run out for five having not heard Bryce’s call and it was then open season for Bangladesh as Darcey Carter’s big heave to long-on was caught acrobatically by Fahima Khatun, who danced in celebration.

The smiles stayed bright on the Bangladesh players’ faces as they squeezed Scotland out of the contest.

Sarah Bryce’s unbeaten 49 was in vain as Nahida Akter became the first Bangladesh woman to take 100 T20I wickets, taking the seventh and final wicket as Scotland fell 16 runs short.

Match Stats

Bangladesh Women Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Murshida Khatun - 4.3 ov), 2-68 (Sathi Rani - 11.5 ov), 3-69 (Taj Nehar - 12.3 ov), 4-86 (Sobhana Mostary - 15.1 ov), 5-97 (Shorna Akter - 17.1 ov), 6-103 (Ritu Moni - 17.6 ov), 7-118 (Nigar Sultana - 19.5 ov)

Scotland Women Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Saskia Horley - 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Kathryn Bryce - 5.6 ov), 3-49 (Ailsa Lister - 9.5 ov), 4-65 (Priyanaz Chatterji - 12.1 ov), 5-70 (Darcey Carter - 14.2 ov), 6-88 (Lorna Jack - 17.5 ov), 7-93 (Katherine Fraser - 18.5 ov)

Playing XI

Bangladesh Women