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Women's T20 World Cup, Sharjah
Bangladesh 119-7 (20 overs): Mostary 36 (38); Horley 3-13
Scotland 103-7 (20 overs): Bryce 49* (52); Ritu 2-15
Bangladesh won by 16 runs
Scotland suffered a 16-run decision by Bangladesh successful their archetypal ever outing astatine a Women's T20 World Cup.
Set 120 to triumph connected a dilatory transportation and successful humid conditions successful Sharjah, Scotland were stifled by Bangladesh's assortment of rotation options and could lone negociate 102-7.
Opener Sarah Bryce kept her broadside successful the crippled with 49 not retired but struggled for enactment arsenic the mediate bid stuttered nether the unit of a chase.
There were besides immoderate aboriginal nerves from Scotland successful the field, with 3 chances dropped amid a promising bowling effort to restrict Bangladesh to 119-7.
Sobhana Mostary top-scored with 36 for Bangladesh arsenic they chose to bat archetypal successful chartless conditions, considering the infrequency of women's cricket played successful the United Arab Emirates.
Boundaries proved hard to travel by, peculiarly against spin, with all-rounder Saskia Horley taking 3 precocious wickets to support the full to little than a tally a ball.
The conditions suited Bangladesh, who expertly applied unit connected Bryce and her sister and skipper Kathryn arsenic Scotland's astir experienced players, with the second falling to seamer Marufa Akter for 11.
Scotland failed to retrieve aft the skipper's departure astatine the extremity of the six-over powerplay, with Ailsa Lister the lone different batter to scope treble figures with lone 5 boundaries managed successful the entirety of their innings.
It is Bangladesh's archetypal T20 World Cup triumph since 2014, and their archetypal ever distant from home, and they adjacent look England connected Saturday, with Scotland up against West Indies the pursuing day.
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