WI vs SCO

ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 · 2nd Match, Group C

Recent overs

Ov 19
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11 runs
Ov 18
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Ov 17
1WWW0W
1 runs
Ov 16
104110
7 runs

Commentary

That's the end of match no. 2 of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026. But this being a triple-header Saturday, there is more action incoming, with the hosts taking on the USA at the Wankhede. Be sure to tune in to this mouthwatering fixture by checking out this match link. This is Datrim Ray signing off on behalf of Sourabh Agarwal. Thank you, and keep following Sportskeeda!
Shai Hope (West Indies captain): There is no margin of error in a tournament like this. It's not like the bilaterals, where you have time to catch up. It's all about getting off to a good start. We probably should have gotten more. I guess the par score at Eden is 190. But happy with the performance our bowlers have put in. Great to see Hetmyer playing freely. We wanted to have a destructive left-hander at no 3. Lots of left-arm spinners teams have these days, and he can certainly take them apart at no.3. Good impact again. (His departing thoughts on Shepherd's rare milestone) Put his hand up when he needed it the most. And then taking crucial wickets in the middle—great to see."
Richie Berrington (Scotland captain): Yeah, absolutely, disappointed. After the first innings we were confident we could have chased. But a lot of positives. (His thoughts on the coin toss decision) I think as a team we have the belief that we could do both. (What about the innings from Hetmyer) Yes, it certainly is. I think the first 10 overs we were good. But in the backend, they took the game away from us. Yes, I thought it was really good. The mindset was positive. Everyone was raring to have a go. What probably changed things was the loss of two set batters in successive overs. It's been great to get a feel of the conditions. First game at Eden. Lots of positives to look forward to, and we will be taking it forward to our next game."
Shimron Hetmyer: "(What was his most favorite moment? Catch or the Innings) I would say the catch because I have been working hard on my fielding and I haven't had any opportunity to take blinders. (Will that go down as a career-changing catch?) Nah, not really, but it's up there. I guess everything happens for a reason. I do not want to complain about anything. But once I got here, it was all about focusing. (Do you like batting at 3?) Yes, it's fun. I used to do it when I was young. Finishing is also fun, but I prefer staying at the top. It's about mindset. At 3, the ball swings and bounces prodigiously, so you have to make the adjustment. (Final thoughts on Romario Shepherd's hat-trick) Excited for him, proud of what he has achieved tonight, has been working hard on his bowling."
6:34 PM local time and IST: MATCH SUMMARY

West Indies (182/5 in 20 overs) beat Scotland (147 all-out in 18.5 overs) by 35 runs

Shimron Hetmyer 64(36) | Romario Shephered 5/20(3)
Richie Berrington 42(24) | Scott Currie 2/23(4)

A convincing win in the end for the 2014 & 2016 champs, they were challenged by a team who were not even supposed to be here two weeks ago but posed a serious challenged to a much more pedigreed time, in the end the stronger side has ended up as deserved winners.

West Indies take the 2 points and open their campaign with a win, Scotland will take a lot of learning from this one and they will specifcally be pleased with some of their individual performances like Scott Currie's with the ball and their skipper Berrington getting some runs as well.

They were well in the contest needing 69 runs off 42 balls with 7 wickets in hand but then both the set batters, Berrington and Bruce who stitched a 77-run partnership getting together after Scotland lost 3 in the powerplay, got dismissed in back-to-back overs and the chase realky fizzled out.

A crazy 17th over in the chase, Romario Shepherd became the 9th bowled to take a T20 WC hat-trick and also claimed just the 13th fifer in T20 WCs as he got four wickets in the over to suck the life out of Scotland

Not to forget, Shimron Hetmyer's blitz with the bat (fastest fifty for a West Indian in T20 WCs) in the first innings assisted well by Powell and Rutherford propelled West Indies over 180 which proved to be a bit too much for the Scots. Hetmyer also contributed in the field with a catch right out of the dreams to dismiss Munsey which is why he might just take the POTM honours depsite Shepherd getting a hat-trick and a fifer
Mark Watt has been dismissed for 15 runs off 12 balls
18.5 Jason Holder to Mark Watt, CAUGHT! ALL OVER! West Indies have bundled out Scotland cheaply for 147! Length ball outside off. Watt gives himself some room and tries to play an expansive shot through the cover region. But he gets a thick outside edge and Shepherd times his jump, and flies to his left at full stretch to hold on to a stunning catch near short third. West Indies win by 35 runs!
18.4 Jason Holder to Bradley Currie, good length ball on the pads. Clipped to short fine leg for a single. 
18.4 Jason Holder to Bradley Currie, misguided delivery drifting down leg. Holder will have to reload!
Ilsa: "A fifer like that I'm blown!"
18.3 Jason Holder to Mark Watt, back of a length ball outside off. Watt gets inside the line of the ball and tries to scoop it away on the leg side. But the ball ballons off his gloves and just falls short of the diving short fine leg fielder. 
18.2 Jason Holder to Mark Watt, FINDS THE BOUNDARY AGAIN! Slower ball around off. Watt waits for it and chips it just over the bowler's head. The outfield is pretty quick and the ball skips away to the boundary for a four. 
18.1 Jason Holder to Mark Watt, UP AND OVER! Overpitched from holder around off-stump channel. Watt gets under the ball and safely lifts it over mid off to pick up a boundary. 
Just the final wicket remaining, Shepherd might've wanted a chance to claim a 6-wicket haul but not to be it seems as Jason Holder [3.0-0-19-2] gets the ball with Scotland needing 47 of 12
18Ov136/9Score
1010013 runs
Mark Watt*6 (8)
Bradley Currie1 (2)
Shamar Joseph1/26
17.6 Shamar Joseph to Mark Watt, good length ball outside off. Watt hangs his bat out and steers it to deep third for a single. 
17.5 Shamar Joseph to Mark Watt, nails the yorker at the stumps! Watt does well to dig it out. 
17.4 Shamar Joseph to Mark Watt, good length ball on middle. Hits the bat slice hard as Watt dabs it away towards cover for no run.
17.3 Shamar Joseph to Bradley Currie, good length ball around off. Nudged to long on for a single. 
17.2 Shamar Joseph to Bradley Currie, good length ball around off. Defended from the crease.