West Indies 153 for 6 (Taylor 47*, Campbelle 36; Fraser 2-34) beat Scotland 146 all out (Carter 59, Lister 33; Alleyne 3-11) by 7 runs
Stafanie Taylor’s heroics with the bat and Aaliyah Alleyne’s death bowling saw the West Indies squeeze past a spirited Scotland by seven runs at Headingley.
Taylor rescued the West Indies after they had slipped to 85 for five, with a 19-ball 47 to see her side post 153 for six.
Darcey Carter survived a cramp and being dropped twice to post 59, but it proved in vain as she was the first of three Alleyne wickets in the penultimate over as the West Indies held on to secure their second win of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026.
The sixth-ranked West Indies were put into bat, and the match was evenly poised into the fifth over before Scotland asserted their dominance as Katherine Fraser took a stunning high catch and landed centimetres from the boundary to dismiss Qiana Joseph for 13.
Fraser then bowled the dangerous Hayley Matthews for 14 as the West Indies struggled to find impetus, with Scotland exemplary with the ball and in the field.