Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

SJ Bryce
49(52) 1x4 - 0x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 10 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 0 0 0 14 4 11 20
S Mostary
S Mostary
36(38) 2x4 - 0x6
Control %60%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 6 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
6 2 5 1 13 0 8 1

Best performances - Bowlers

S Horley
O2
M0
R13
W3
Eco6.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
Ritu Moni
Ritu Moni
O4
M0
R15
W2
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
20 | 9 Runs | SCO-W: 103/7 (17 runs required, RR: 5.15)

  • Sarah Bryce49 (52b)
  • Abtaha Maqsood2 (2b)
  • Marufa Akter3-0-17-1
  • Nahida Akter4-0-19-1

5:20pm That will be all from us for this game. In about 40 minutes, though, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will go at it and you can catch all the action here. Until next time, from Chandan and myself, it is goodbye!

Nigar Sultana, Bangladesh captain: We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. We had in our minds that this is our moment. Means a lot. This is the kind of wicket we need to be settled on. It was not very easy to bat on initially. Building a partnership (between Rani and Mostary) was crucial for us. We had a good total and we kept believing in ourselves. We have a very good spin attack, with Marufa also doing well, so we were confident about it (the defence). (On her batting lower than usual) We are trying to do something different. Taj (Nehar) was playing brilliantly in the last two warm-up games, and the idea was for her to build a partnership and hit some boundaries. Unfortunately, she got out. We are trying to get the momentum and we got it. Very happy that we fought back and seeing them (the girls) smile is the biggest inspiration.

Kathryn Bryce, Scotland captain: It was always going to be tough (playing our first match), getting over the nerves. We have played some good cricket in the last few months and hopefully that will come out (in the next few matches). (On the nerves before the game) A little buzz around, not sure about what to do with those nerves, some of them being pests (smiles). Nice to get out there, put in some fight. We were a little bit sloppy in the field. A couple of misfields and overthrows - those little things can cost you in the end. (On Saskia Horley bowling at the death) Saskia was really ready for that. Really calm under pressure and she was ready to take that on.

We've seen plenty of catches go down today and catching was going to be one of the things to watch out for in this tournament. Vishal Dikshit had written here with some numbers and reasons possibly why catches go down more frequently in women's T20s compared to men's.

Ritu Moni, Player of the Match: It was a decent wicket so I just wanted to bowl wicket-to-wicket and use my variations. We have put in a lot of hard work in the last year and we were really prepared. It is a great moment and a very proud moment for me and my team. (On the team's bowling plans) We were trying to assess the conditions and bowl to our strengths.

So it's gone just the way Nigar Sultana had wanted and from Bangladesh's point of view, you'd hope they are "into the flow" now.

5:03pm Mostary said at the half-way stage that bowling was their strength and that Bangladesh were confident. And across 20 overs, the bowling unit proved her right. They kept at it, squeezed Scotland and ultimately, had more than enough in the bank, which is saying something, given how short they felt at the break.

A well-rounded bowling effort with everyone who bowled more than an over, among the wickets. Moni, though, was perhaps the standout and her spell through the middle overs, at a time when Scotland were looking to press on, was probably pivotal.

Speaking of Scotland, they just could not find the fence regularly enough. They hit just five fours across their innings and Sarah, who remained unbeaten, could not do much to alter that narrative either. The rest also failed to come to the party and they did not help themselves with a run-out in the 13th over. This, despite being Scotland's debut T20 World Cup, will feel a missed opportunity and they might go back to their hotels today, wondering what might have been.

19.6
2
Marufa Akter to SJ Bryce, 2 runs, there it is! Bangladesh have their first win at the Women's T20 World Cup since 2014! They have waited and waited and waited, and they have snapped that streak at the first time of asking at their "home" T20 World Cup! Slower bumper wide outside off. Sarah fetches it but can only flat-bat it feebly towards long off. Maqsood tears back for the second (for NRR purposes perhaps) and makes it. All of that, though, is immaterial. Bangladesh have held their nerve and they are now on the board - a feeling they have not experienced since the 2014 edition and may yet catapult them to greater heights!
19.5
2
Marufa Akter to SJ Bryce, 2 runs, dropped again! Full and wide outside off. Sarah gets under it but does not get any power behind it. Cloths it towards extra cover, where Mostary gets under it but puts it down
19.4
2
Marufa Akter to SJ Bryce, 2 runs, back of a length wide outside off. Sarah takes a step across her stumps and slaps it towards deep cover point. Somehow gets back for two but she looks visibly drained
19.3
0
Marufa Akter to SJ Bryce, no run, a massive yahoo across the line, and Sarah only connects with fresh air! Fullish outside off. In the slot to be hit but Sarah just tries to hit it too hard
19.2
2
Marufa Akter to SJ Bryce, 2 runs, slanted in full on leg stump. Sarah gets her front foot out of the way and drags it towards long on. Picks up a brace but that will not be enough for Scotland

25 off 5. If something has to happen for Scotland, it has to happen now

19.1
1
Marufa Akter to Maqsood, 1 run, full just outside off. Maqsood plants her front foot and chunks it down the ground to long on

26 needed off the last over. Marufa to bowl. If Scotland get home from here, we will have seen something truly special

SCO Women 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st12SJ BryceS Horley
2nd19KE BryceSJ Bryce
3rd18SJ BryceA Lister
4th16PA ChatterjiSJ Bryce
5th5SJ BryceDEM Carter
6th18L JackSJ Bryce
7th5SJ BryceK Fraser
8th10SJ BryceAM Maqsood