Scotland, ranked 15th in the world, started their Men’s T20 World Cup campaign in brilliant fashion by shocking two-time winners West Indies.

Chasing 161 to win, a mixture of woeful batting and disciplined bowling saw the Windies bowled out for 118, to lose by 42 runs in Group B.

Scotland made 160-5, with opener George Munsey striking an unbeaten 66 from 53 balls.

“It is a special win for us,” said Scotland captain Richard Berrington, whose side beat Bangladesh in last year’s World Cup. “A lot of hard work has gone into getting us to this point in the last 12 months.

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In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com Woeful is right, but why would you be surprised, isent that how they roll.

In reply to CaribbeanCricket.com

Why is yet another defeat called a shock? Who writes this crap?

We blow hot and we blow cold. That's how we roll, baby. Somedays we tek licks and somedays we give. No team can genuinely count us out on any particular day. We could spring a surprise at any time. Like last night .
Now that we got that one "tek" out of the way, is bare licks pon de next opponent, who I see are the unfortunate Zimbabweans. Ah sorry fuh dem but business is business.
I know we shall win because today I consulted that Indian astrologer who is always advertising on Willow TV. He told me to call him today for a better tomorrow. I told him I wasn't that keen on a better tomorrow but if he could make that a better Wednesday when WI would be playing their second game I'd be most grateful. He said, "You got it, in surprisingly hip American for his age. I said ok, I'm taking it.
So I'll be tuning in on Wednesday morning. The stars decreed I do.

In reply to B16JP587S

How much $ he knock you?

In reply to Kay

windies there to make up numbers

and its possible to not even make it out the qualifiers

In reply to greypatch

Could be eliminated as soon as Wednesday. Wild, but that's tournament play for ya.