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Shimron Hetmyer smashed a blistering half-century to rewrite a Caribbean grounds and powerfulness two-time champion West Indies to a 35-run triumph implicit precocious entrant Scotland successful their opening T20 World Cup Group C lucifer astatine the Eden Gardens present connected Saturday.
Romario Shepherd’s five-wicket haul, which included a hat-trick, was the icing connected the cake.
Inserted to bat, the West Indies posted a formidable 182 for 5 earlier wrapping up the Scotland pursuit for 147. The Caribbean squad managed lone 33 for nary nonaccomplishment successful the PowerPlay arsenic openers Brandon King (35, 30b, 4x4, 1x6), who plundered 17 runs disconnected Safyaan Sharif successful the seventh over, and skipper Shai Hope added 54 runs.
Hetmyer (64, 36b, 2x4, 6x6) replaced Hope successful the ninth implicit and thoroughly entertained the 18,000-odd spectators with his blitzkrieg that was studded with breathtaking pulls to the stands. The southpaw reached his milestone disconnected 22 balls, breaking Chris Gayle’s 17-year-old grounds for the fastest half-century by a West Indian successful the T20 World Cup.
Hetmyer’s occurrence powerfulness overshadowed the efforts of Rovman Powell (24, 14b, 1x4, 2x6) and Sherfane Rutherford (26, 13b, 4x4, 1x6). A sensational drawback by Brandon McMullen astatine heavy midwicket disconnected Sharif ended Hetmyer’s enactment successful the penultimate over.
Scotland’s reply was connected expected lines. It mislaid 3 aboriginal wickets, with George Munsey falling to a stunning drawback by Hetmyer disconnected Shamar Joseph earlier skipper Richie Berrington (42, 24b, 3x4, 2x6) and Tom Bruce (35, 28b, 1x4, 2x6) enactment up a combat by adding 78 runs.
Shepherd (5/20) removed 4 hopeless Scottish batters, including a hat-trick (Matthew Cross, Michael Leask and Oliver Davidson), successful his 3rd implicit and the team’s 17th to gain his maiden five-for successful West Indies’ broad win.
The scores: West Indies 182/5 successful 20 overs (Brandon King 35, Shimron Hetmyer 64, Brad Currie 2/23) bt Scotland 147 successful 18.5 overs (Richie Berrington 42, Tom Bruce 35, Jason Holder 3/30, Romario Shepherd 5/20). Toss: Scotland. PoM: Hetmyer.
