SHARJAH: Bangladesh kicked off the Ladies’s T20 World Cup marketing campaign with a scrappy 16-run win over event debutants Scotland within the searing warmth of Sharjah on Thursday.
After profitable the toss and batting first, Sobhana Mostary top-scored with 36 for Bangladesh in a under par whole of 119-7.
Their bowlers then strangled the Scotland reply and regardless of Sarah Bryce’s 49 not out, the newcomers might solely muster 103-7 in reply, handing Bangladesh their first win in a T20 World Cup in a decade.
It was a tricky opener for each side with temperatures hitting 38 levels celsius and the batters stymied by a sluggish pitch and gradual outfield.
There have been simply 15 fours within the match and no sixes to cheer the sparsely-populated stands.
The Bangladesh innings bought off to a strong begin with a gap partnership of 26 earlier than Murshida Khatun, dropped on 12, slogged the subsequent ball she confronted from Katheryn Bryce to mid-on the place Katherine Fraser took the catch.
Shathi Rani then mixed with Sobhana Mostary so as to add 42 for the second wicket earlier than Shathi’s try and speed up the scoring resulted in a skied catch to Saskia Horley at mid-on, her 29 coming off 32 balls.
Taj Nehar, on her 27th birthday, was run out for a duck earlier than Mostary charged down the wicket to Olivia Bell and was comfortably stumped by Sarah Bryce for 36 from 38 balls.
The tip of the innings fell away with Bangladesh’s star batter Nigar Sultana Joty, enjoying her 100th T20I, falling within the last over for 18, a 3rd wicket for Saskia Horley who completed with 3-13 in two overs.
Scotland’s reply started poorly with the early dismissal of Horley, stumped off the spectacular Fahima Khatun.
When Marufa bowled Katheryn Bryce with one which nipped again and saved low, Scotland have been already behind the tempo at 31-2 on the finish of the six-over powerplay they usually by no means made that up.
Participant of the match Ritu Moni nipped in with 2-15 from her 4 overs as Bangladesh chipped away on the Scottish batters, whereas Sarah Bryce, who additionally saved wicket, started to really feel the results of the warmth.
Her 49 off 52 balls featured only one boundary which tells the story of Scotland’s defeat.
Pakistan play Sri Lanka within the day’s second match later in Sharjah.
