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Two-time champions West Indies humbled by Scotland in another T20 World Cup upset

Two-time tournament champions West Indies suffered a shock 42-run defeat to Scotland in the T20 World Cup opener in Hobart.

The Caribbean side, which won the event in 2012 and 2016, was bundled with 118 and chased 161 to beat Scotland a day after former champions. Sri Lanka lost to Namibia in their Group A opener.

Left-arm spinner Mark Watt went 3-12 and off-spinner Michael Leask went 2-15 to secure the win for the Associates team. B match on Monday.

With two wickets in the ball, Jason Holder put up a lone battle for the West Indies with a knock of 38, but it wasn’t enough.

Scotland, who beat another test-playing country in Bangladesh in the final T20 World Cup in 2021, outperformed the West Indies in every division.

George Munsey en route to an unbeaten 66 against the West Indies in Hobart.(AFP / David Gray)

“Of course, this is a special win for us,” said captain Richard Bellington.

“A lot of hard work has been done over the last 12 months to get to this point.

“We didn’t have as much T20 cricket as we would have liked, but we played a lot of 50-over cricket. It was about transferring those skills to short form.”

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Sikandar Raza hit five sixes and five fours as Zimbabwe beat Ireland.(AFP / David Gray)

Zimbabwe beats Ireland

Two-time champions West Indies humbled by Scotland in another T20 World Cup upset

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