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06/18 16:55 CDT West Indies beats Scotland by 7 runs to stay unbeaten at the
Women's T20 World Cup
West Indies beats Scotland by 7 runs to stay unbeaten at the Women's T20 World
Cup
LEEDS, England (AP) --- The West Indies overcame Scotland by seven runs and
stayed unbeaten at the Women's Twenty20 World Cup after a madcap match at
Headingley on Thursday.
Scotland needed 154 to win, a record chase, and was in it at 132-5 with two
overs left.
Then medium-pacer Aaliyah Alleyne came to the West Indies' rescue. She took
three wickets in the 19th over, including Darcey Carter on 59. Scotland
required 17 off the last over and was all out on the last ball for 146.
Only the West Indies and England were two for two in Group 2, with the top two
making the semifinals.
Scotland had the West Indies on the ropes in both innings. Tight bowling and
fielding reduced the West Indies to 124-6 after 18 overs. But another veteran,
Stafanie Taylor, who missed the West Indies' opening win over defending
champion New Zealand, rescued the batting effort.
Her unbeaten 47 off 19 balls with 34 runs in boundaries lifted her side to a
competitive 153-6 total. West Indies added 29 off the last two overs, 26 by
Taylor.
Katherine Fraser starred in the field for Scotland with two wickets, including
bowling Hayley Matthews, a leaping catch on the boundary, and a run out of
Shemaine Campbelle on 36.
Fraser and Carter then gave Scotland a brilliant flying start to the chase. But
West Indies fought back with four wickets in 13 balls into the eighth over, and
Scotland's run rate dropped below the required run rate for the first time.
Carter injured her leg in the fourth over and was dropped on 19. Struggling to
run, she didn't hit a boundary after the fifth over until the 18th. Scotland
went nearly five overs without a boundary.
But Scotland stayed in the game thanks to poor bowling and fielding. It took
Alleyne to provide relief.
On Friday, Ireland plays New Zealand.
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