West Indies Star, take off the field in Stretcher, Returns to Score Century in Women’s World Cup Qualifier. Watch

West indies was left stunned by a spirited scotland despite a valiant effort from hayley matthews, on an eventful opening day of the tournament. The results meant Pakistan and Scotland Occupy the top two spots in the standings. After the West Indies Elected To Field, Scotland Openers Abbie Aitken-Drummond (21) and Darcey Carter (25) Got off to a positive start as they posted a 48-run party and set up the bad However, West Indies Struck Back Via Captain Hayley Matthews, Who Snared Aitken-Drummond and Scottish Skipper Kathryn Bryce in the 12th and 14th Over.

Megan McColl Joined Sarah Bryce ThereAhFter as the Duo Went About Stabilising The Scottish Innings Through The Middle Overs with a Strong Partnerg Partnership of 82 Runs – Bryce Scored A Positive, which Included Six Boundaries, and McColl put up 45 (44) with five boundaries.

Strikes in the Middle Eversions, Meant that Scotland Found themselves at 194/6 in the 37th over. But a late flurry from katherine fraser (25*) and priyanaz chatterji (15) guided them to 244.

Scotland was, however, not due to bat their quota of overs, as west indies bowled them out by the 45th over mark.

Matthews Led Her Side’s Bowling Efforts, Finishing with a magnificent 4/56 off her 10 overs after She Sent the entreen scotland top-order back to the dugout. Aaliyah alleyne and karishma ramharack played supporting acts as they finished with figures of 2/31 and 2/46 respectively.

Matthews then Took Control with the bat, and despite an early loss (Qiana Joseph for a Duck), Helped West Indies March Forward in the Chase Along with Zaida James (45).

West indies reacted 120/1 Before James Fell, and Thereafter, Scotland Got Back Into The Contest with a Flurry of Wickets. However, matthews continued her fight and close in a remarkable hundred.

There was a moment of concern for west indies when matthews was stretched off the field due to injury. However, as the west indies innings was derailed and the eighth wicket fell, matthews returned to continue the fight despite being in evident pain. The player was, however, forced to stretcher off the pitch due to her injury.

Cramps Coldn’t Stop Her. But the scoreboard did

Hayley matthews battled pain to score a heroic 114* And take west indies deep into the chase – but they fell agonisingly short of scotland’s total#Hayleymatthews #WIVSCO #WWCQ pic.twitter.com/rxecb2FXEC

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When Ramharack was dismissed to leave Windies Struggling at 203/9, Scotland Began Celebrating. However, matthews returned, and went on to score her ninth Odi Hind. Despite Her Evident Struggles, MATTHES KEPT At It, With Aaliyah Alleyne Providing Good Suppt.

The duo managed to get their side close to the target and it see the momentum was with west indies, but abtaha maqsood turned it around by trapping alleyne leg before. West indies was 11 short, and matthews was left stranded at 114*.

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