WI vs SCO Ball by Ball Commentary

OUT! CAUGHT! And it is that man again, Romario Shepherd, with an outstanding catch. Slower one, around off, Mark Watt goes for a wild swing at it, gets it edged and the ball is flying to the left of the fielder at short third. Romario Shepherd glides to his left, puts in a dive and grabs hold of it. West Indies win by 35 runs.

Good length on the pads, Brad Currie tucks this to short fine leg for a single.

WIDE! Full and wide down the leg. Wided.

Short and on off, Mark Watt shuffles across and hits this off his gloves to the left of Romario Shepherd at short fine leg for one.

FOUR! Another one goes for a boundary down the ground. Good length on middle and off, Mark Watt pumps this right behind the bowler for a boundary in front of the sight screen this time.

FOUR! Some joy for Watt. Pitched up, around off, Mark Watt gets right behind the line of it and lofts it up and over the fielder at the mid off region for a boundary.

Good length, around off, Mark Watt pushes at it away from the body and gets it edged off the outside to the third man region for a run.

Yorker, on off, Mark Watt jams this out. A smirk from Shamar Joseph at the batter.

Back of a length, angling back into the batter. Mark Watt hops up on his toes and keeps it out to the right of the bowler.

Good length on off, Brad Currie punts this down to long on for a run.

Hard length, on top of off. Brad Currie jumps up on his toes and blocks this around short leg.

Wide yorker, on off, Mark Watt opens the face of his bat and guides this to deep third for a run.

OUT! CAUGHT! Fifer for Romario Shepherd on the opening day. On a length around off, Safyaan Sharif looks for the lofted drive and ends up chipping this straight into the hands of Jason Holder at the mid off region. Holder makes no mistake and holds onto it. Four wickets in this over, and the Windies can see the finish line now.

Back of a length around off, Safyaan Sharif guides this to point.

OUT! TIMBERRR!!! Romario Shepherd has picked up a hat-trick. He comes around the stumps, hits the nagging length, angling it back into the batter on off. Oliver Davidson pokes at it away from his body without any kind of footwork. The ball beats the bat on the inside and clatters into the off-pole. The off-pole does a cartwheel and the Windies celebrate wildly as Romario Shepherd completes his hat-trick.

OUT! CAUGHT! Two-in-two for Romario Shepherd as Michael Leask departs for a golden duck. On a length wide of off, Michael Leask looks to go big and slogs at it. Gets it away off the cue end of his bat and the ball travels towards the cow corner region. Rovman Powell runs to his right from long on and grabs hold of it. He lands on his shoulder and looks in a bit of pain, but gets up quickly and looks fortuantely is fine. Romario Shepherd will be on a hat-trick.

OUT! CAUGHT! Slower one, wide and full outside off, Matthew Cross plays it straight into the hands of Sherfane Rutherford at backward point. Rutherford was positioned around that region exactly for this stroke.

Low full toss, wide of off, Mark Watt hits this to the left of Shamar Joseph at deep point for a single.

On a length around the pads, Matthew Cross looks to flick this away but misses and gets thud on the pads. Excellent over from Shamar Joseph as he gives away just 6 off the 16th.

Pitched up, around off, Mark Watt drives this through point for one.

Hard length on middle and leg, Matthew Cross tucks this through mid on for one.

FOUR! Shamar Joseph has done well not to get himself injured on this by ducking down. Good length on off, Matthew Cross strides out in front, gets close to the pitch of the ball and muscles this back past the bowler. Shamar Joseph sits down and the ball rolls behind him for a boundary down to the long off fence.

Bumper, around off, Matthew Cross leaves it.

Chance of a run out! Back of a length around off, Mark Watt gets up on his toes and pushes this towards the cover region for a single. Shamar Joseph fields this in his follow-through and throws at the striker's end with Matthew Cross out of his crease but misses.

Beauty! Slows it up, full and on middle, grips and turns sharply. Matthew Cross goes inside out to loft it over covers, but gets beaten on the outside edge. He loses his balance but drags his back foot in time, before Shai Hope breaks the stumps.

Flatter, full and outside off, Matthew Cross drills it wide of sweeper cover for a brace.

Tossed up, full and on middle, Mark Watt eases it to long on for a run.

OUT! LBW! Tom Bruce has been trapped plumb in front of the stumps and he will have to walk back now. Fired around off, Tom Bruce goes down on a knee and looks to play the slog sweep but misses. Gets rapped on the back foot and just a gentle appeal is what was needed from the Windies outfit for the umpire to raise his finger. Tom Bruce sends this upstairs by using the DRS. Nothing on the UltraEdge as the ball passes the bat. Three reds on the Ball Tracking with the ball going on to smash the off-pole. Scotland lose a review along with Tom Bruce. 61 needed off 33.

Tossed up, full and around off, Matthew Cross drags his sweep to deep square leg for one.

Flatter, full and on leg, Tom Bruce looks to swipe it away but misses and the ball goes off his pads towards square leg. A leg bye taken.

WIDE! Fuller but way outside off, Tom Bruce lets it go. Wided.

Play and a miss! Fuller one and on middle, angling in, Matthew Cross backs away to play with a straight bat but misses. Just 5 runs and a wicket from the over. Excellent from Holder.

Length again, on leg, Tom Bruce works it through square leg for one more.

On a length and on leg, Matthew Cross nudges it through mid-wicket for one.

Oh...what happened there? Short of a length and around off, Matthew Cross uses his feet and punches it through cover-point and turns around for the second run. The throw comes in at the keeper's end, where Shai Hope collects the ball but fails to whip the bails. Cross puts in a dive but the replay shows that it would not have been enough had Shai taken the bails off.

OUT! TAKEN! A timely breakthrough for West Indies, and Jason Holder gets his 100th T20I wicket, first Windies bowler to reach that milestone. He bangs this short and outside off, rolls his fingers to take pace off. Richie Berrington backs away and cuts it but fails to get the elevation on this one. It flies straight to deep point, where Shamar Joseph makes no mistake. Berringtone departs for a fine 42 off 24, and the quick-fire 78-run stand has been broken now.

In the blockhole, outside off, Tom Bruce squeezes it out towards deep point for a single.

Dragged back and around off, Richie Berrington makes room and slaps it wide of long off. Jason Holder runs to his left and does well to make the stop. Two taken. 4 double-digit overs in a row now!

A bit fuller and quicker too, on off, Tom Bruce steers it towards point for one.

SIX! That is outta here! Gudakesh Motie drags his length back, on middle, begging it to be put away. Tom Bruce transfers his weight on the back foot and smokes it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Tossed up, full and around off, Richie Berrington lofts it down to long off for one.

DROPPED! Another chance goes begging! Flighted, full and outside off, Tom Bruce backs away and reaches out for it. He tries to loft it but gets no power as it flies towards extra cover. Matthew Forde dives forward but spills it out. Bruce is using all his luck here. They cross.

Floated, full and on middle, Tom Bruce uses his feet to slog it over mid-wicket but gets an inside edge through square leg for a couple of runs.

Another yorker, on middle, tailing in a bit, Tom Bruce digs it out towards mid-wicket and scampers across for one more. 15 runs off this over, 29 in the last two!

Right in the blockhole, on middle, Richie Berrington jams it out towards long on for one. 100 UP FOR SCOTLAND!

FOUR! The new bat seems to be a good one! Short of a length and just around off. Richie Berrington makes a bit of room and cuts it over the backward point region for a boundary.

Hard length and around off, Tom Bruce forces it down to long off for a single.

SIX! Sheer power! A loopy slower one, but this is a full toss, on middle. Tom Bruce muscles it away. He gets it from the bottom end of his bat but manages to get enough power to sail it over the deep mid-wicket fence for a biggie.

Short of a length and outside off, Tom Bruce reaches out and slaps it wide of long off for a brace. He looks at the bottom of his bat but it is good to continue.

Pushed through quicker, shortish and on off, Richie Berrington steers it away towards point. Hosein has gone for 26 runs in his first couple of overs!

Dragged back and around middle, Richie Berrington hangs back and swats it wide of long on for a couple of runs.

Floated, full and on leg, Tom Bruce clips it through square leg for a run. Scotland need under 100 runs now.

Quicker and shorter, on off, Richie Berrington looks to pull it really hard but gets hurried and loses his shape. He miscues it off the splice of the bat towards mid-wicket for a single.

FOUR! Gets it away! Flatter, full and angling down the leg side. Richie Berrington goes down and swipes it off the inner half of the bat. The ball rolls away and beats the dive of Romario Shepherd to his right at short fine for a boundary.

SIX! BOOM! Akeal Hosein gets greeted with a big one, yet again. This is short and around middle. Richie Berrington picks up the length early, rocks back and whacks it over the deep square leg fence for half a dozen.

FOUR! Tom Bruce did not intend to hit it in that direction but he will take the result he has got off this Free Hit. Yorker on middle and off, Tom Bruce gets it edged off the inside through the left of the fielder at short fine leg for four.

NO BALL! Hard length, shaping back into the batter on top of the stumps. Tom Bruce looks to punch this off his front foot but gets cut in half as the ball nips back in. Just when all seemed great, the siren goes around signaling that Shamar Joseph has overstepped. Free Hit up next.

Full and on off, Richie Berrington pushes this to Holder at mid off and rotates the strike.

On a length around off, Tom Bruce pushes this through covers for one.

WIDE! Bumper, a bit too high. Wided.

Good length on off, Tom Bruce blocks it back towards mid off.

DROPPED! Jason Holder has given a lifeline to Tom Bruce. Short and on off, Tom Bruce looks to play the pull in front of square towards the deep mid-wicket region. Gets hurried by the raw pace from Shamar Joseph. Ends up hitting this towards Jason Holder at mid off. Holder fails to judge the flight of it and ends up not even getting anything on this. A couple taken.

Good length on off, Richie Berrington tucks this through mid-wicket for a single.

Nearly a return catch! It's pushed through on off, Tom Bruce looks to work this around the onside but gets it away with a leading edge that almost carries back to the bowler. Gudakesh Motie dives in front and a bit to his left and grabs this but isn't sure if this is clean or not. The on field umpire sends this upstairs and the replay shows that it was grabbed on the half-volley. Tom Bruce survives a scare.

Full and on off, Tom Bruce blocks this out.

Full and on off, Richie Berrington drives this to sweeper cover for one.

FOUR! Richie Berrington gets fortunate but he wouldn't mind one bit. Slider around off, Richie Berrington swings at it, gets it edged off the outside and the ball races through the left of the fielder at short third for four runs.

Fired down the leg, Richie Berrington looks for the slog sweep but misses.

Drifted around off, Tom Bruce punches this down to long off for a strike rotation.

Fired around off, Richie Berrington looks to hit this over cover but gets it sliced off the outside edge over the fielder at point for a couple.

Full and on middle and off, Tom Bruce backs away and punches this to sweeper cover for one.

Pushed through on middle and leg, Richie Berrington gets it away from the inside of his bat to long on for a run.

Floated on off, Tom Bruce rocks back and tucks this through mid-wicket for one.

Quicker one, onto the pads, Richie Berrington gets it tucked to short fine leg for a single. That brings up the 50 for Scotland!

SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Full and into the batter, Richie Berrington moves away from the stumps and creates a bit of room for himself. Ends up smashing this inside out for a biggie over the long off fence.

Floated into the batter, on leg. Tom Bruce looks to work this around the onside but misses and gets it edged onto the pads.

Full and on the pads, Richie Berrington sweeps this to fine leg for a run.

Another single to Scotland as Tom Bruce punches a short one around off to sweeper cover.

Tossed up, on off, Richie Berrington flicks this in the gap for one.

Quicker one, around off, Tom Bruce punches this down to long on for a run.

Pushed through on off, Richie Berrington punches this to sweeper cover for a single.

Back of a length around off, Tom Bruce blocks this off his back foot this time. End of another successful over for West Indies.

WIDE! Good length, wide down the leg. Wided.

Good length around off, shaping away from the batter. Tom Bruce swings at it but gets beaten.

OUT! Spectacular catch! An early contender for catch of the tournament from Shimron Hetmyer. Short and around middle and leg, George Munsey initially gestures like ducking down on this but ends up pulling this flat-batted towards the right of Shimron Hetmyer at the deep backward square leg region. Shimron moves to his right and, with the ball going away from him, puts in the dive and ends up grabbing a one-handed stunner to send George Munsey back.

FOUR! This has been hit in the gap for four from GM. Hard length but wide outside off, George Munsey stays leg side to it, chases this and punches it through the left of the fielder at cover-point for a boundary.

Hard length on off, shoots a bit on the batter. Munsey looks to poke at it but gets beaten to the extra zip on offer.

Back of a length around off, George Munsey punches this to covers for no run.

Good length and on off, nips back in sharply. Richie Berrington gets cramped up for room and stabs it out to point.

Fuller and on off, George Munsey drives it towards mid off for one.

On a length and around off, Richie Berrington steers it to point for a run.

OUT! DRAGGED ON! A disappointing end for Brandon McMullen, but Romario Shepherd will not mind at all. This is fuller in length and just around off. McMullen moves a long way across to scoop it over short fine, but he fails to get fully inside the line of the ball. Gets a bottom edge that crashes onto the leg pole, sending it flying out of the ground. Brandon departs for 14 off 12, and Scotland are 31/2, still needing 152 runs in 93 balls.

Short of a length and on middle and leg, George Munsey pulls it away to deep square leg for a run.

Hard length, on middle, angling into the body of the batter, Brandon McMullen tucks it through mid-wicket for a single.

Uppish but safe! A bit fuller this time, on middle, Brandon McMullen tries to loft it down the ground but hits it from the toe-end of the bat. It lands well in front of Gudakesh Motie, who collects it on the bounce and has a shy at the bowler's end but misses. They cross.

WIDE! Bangs in a bouncer, on middle, a bit too high, Brandon McMullen leaves it alone. Wided.

Much fuller and on middle, angling in, George Munsey knocks it towards mid on and sets off for the run. Matthew Forde charges onto the ball but lets it through. However, it does not cost them any extra runs.

Low full toss, on middle, angling in, Brandon McMullen clips it to deep square leg for a run.

Short of a length and on middle, George Munsey rolls his wrists and pulls it through square leg for a single.

Fuller delivery, on off, George Munsey drills it towards mid off.

FOUR! Pure timing! Jason Holder lands this on a good length and around off. George Munsey extends his hands to get on top of the bounce. He does not try to hit it too hard just pushes at it and finds the gap at covers as the ball races to the fence for a boundary.

Pitched up and on off, Brandon McMullen clips it away towards mid-wicket.

Slower one, full and on middle, George Munsey looks to play but gets an inside edge through square leg for another run.

On a length and around off, Brandon McMullen uses his feet and drives it on the up to sweeper cover for a run.

SIX! BANG! Take that, says Brandon McMullen. Matthew Forde hits the length hard and around middle. McMullen clears his front leg away and hits it through the line to launch it over the long on fence for a biggie.

Back of a length and around off, Brandon McMullen punches it hard but straight to extra cover.

Good length and around leg, George Munsey picks it off his hips and helps it towards deep fine leg for a single. Windies have learnt their lesson from the first over and kept a fielder there.

Pulls his length back and around off, Brandon McMullen steers it away towards point. 5 runs and a wicket from Holder's first over!

FOUR! Gets off the mark in style! Touch fuller and on middle and leg. Brandon McMullen comes down the track but stays leg side of the ball. He presents the full face of the bat and belts it to the left of mid off for a boundary.

Short of a length and on off, Brandon McMullen dabs it down to point.

On a length and around off, Brandon McMullen looks to push it away but gets an inside egde onto his pads.

OUT! TAKEN IN THE DEEP! Jason Holder draws first blood. He bowls this on a good length and around middle. Michael Jones stays in his crease this time and tries to slog it across the line. The ball bounces a bit more than he expects, and it flies off the inside half of the bat. Sherfane Rutherford at deep square leg, moves to his left and snaffles it up nicely. Jones walks back for 1 off 5, and Scotland are 7/1, chasing 183 runs.

WIDE! Fuller delivery but down the leg side, Michael Jones fails to glance it away. Called a wide.

Jason Holder begins with a back-of-the-length delivery, outside off, gets some extra bounce. Michael Jones walks across but leaves it alone.

Hits the length hard, on off, George Munsey keeps it out to the off side. 6 runs off the first over!

FOUR! Lovely shot! Fuller delivery, full and angling into the pads. George Munsey brings his wrists into play, uses the angle and whips it away to the deep backward square leg fence for the first boundary of the chase.

On length and on off, Michael Jones moves across again and knocks it towards mid on for a run.

Half-chance! Back of a length and on off, Michael Jones gets across and stabs it down the strip. George Munsey sets off for the run but is sent back. Forde on his follow-through, moves to his right but fails to pick up the ball cleanly, or else there could have been a chance of a run out.

Hint of movement! Good length and on off, nips back in a bit, Michael Jones pushes it towards cover. He wants the run but his partner sends him back.

Scotland are up and running in the chase! Matthew Forde starts with a hard-length delivery, on off, George Munsey stays back and pats it in front of point for a quick single.