Nicholas Pooran: We have to take accountability and responsibility

Scotland dished out a perfect allround display to stun twotime champions West Indies by 42 runs in a raininterrupted Group B fixture of the T20 World Cup here on MondayScots put in to batInvited to bat Scotland put on a challenging 160 for five on the back of opener George Munseyrsquos sparkling unbeaten 66 off 53 balls 9x4 The Scots then defended the total in style as WI the most successful side in the T20 World Cup folded for 118 in 183 oversWest Indies must now win their next match against Zimbabwe on Wednesday to remain in contention for the Super 12 stage The Richie Berringtonled side on the other hand need a win against European rivals Ireland to qualify for the Super 12 stageldquoWe havenrsquot had as many T20 games as we wouldrsquove liked but have played a lot of 50overs cricket It was about transferring those skills to the short formrdquo Berrington said Hailing their spinners effort he added ldquoTheyrsquove done it for us in key moments Leftarm spinner Mark Watt started off well and always picks up the key wickets offspinner Michael Leask bowled his fours over well on the trot toordquoAlso Read T20 World Cup 2022 India beat Australia in warm up match by 6 runsWindies skipper Nicholas Pooran was disappointed ldquoTough loss for us Disappointing for sure Wersquove got to do the hard work now and win both games We have to take accountability and responsibility Wersquove got to reflect and get better 160 was a par score The middleorder batting was disappointing I guess when you perform bad as players you want the next game to come as quickly as possible I donrsquot think we were complacent We got off to a good start but it was disappointing after the Powerplayrdquo said Pooran adding that the ball ldquowasnrsquot spinning too muchrdquoA 20minute rain stoppage also aided Scotlandrsquos cause as the conditions become slower at the Bellerive Oval Watt who opened the bowling took 312 while Leask also picked a tidy 215 off his fourSlow pitch conditionsChasing 161 in slow conditions proved too tough for WI who missed bighitter Shimron Hetmyer Opener Kyle Mayers gave WI a perfect startmdash20 off 13 balls but a superb running catch by Scotlandrsquos batting star Munsey at deep midwicket saw him depart The other WI opener Brandon King 17 off 15 also perished inside the Powerplay Pooran then fell to Leaskrsquos guile and WI were 695 Allrounder Jason Holder provided some late sparks 38 off 33 4x4 1x6 but it proved to be insufficientBrief scoresScotland 1605 in 20 overs G Munsey 66 A Joseph 228 J Holder 214 beat West Indies 118 all out in 183 overs J Holder 38 M Watt 312 M Leask 214 by 42 runsCricket West Indies apologises to fansIn a rare acceptance that their team had let its fans down Cricket West Indies CWI apologised for the sidersquos shock 42run defeat to Scotland on Monday ldquoDisappointing day Apologies to all West Indies fans worldwiderdquo CWI tweetedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever