{"id":104639,"date":"2026-02-07T15:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shepherd-takes-hat-trick-as-west-indies-beat-scotland-in-t20-world-cup-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:38:05","slug":"shepherd-takes-hat-trick-as-west-indies-beat-scotland-in-t20-world-cup-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/shepherd-takes-hat-trick-as-west-indies-beat-scotland-in-t20-world-cup-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Shepherd takes hat-trick as West Indies beat Scotland in T20 World Cup | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n KOLKATA: <\/p>\n

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Pace bowler Romario Shepherd took the first hat-trick of the 2026 T20 World Cup on Saturday to help the West Indies blow away Scotland’s tail and win by 35 runs in their Group C opener in Kolkata.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shepherd grabbed a sensational four wickets in five balls in the 17th over to put an end to Scotland’s hopes of chasing their target of 183.<\/p>\n

Shimron Hetmyer’s 36-ball 64 at Eden Gardens earlier propelled the West Indies to 182-5 in their 20 overs.<\/p>\n

The Scots, who only received a call-up two weeks ago to replace Bangladesh, were threatening a famous victory at 114-3 at the end of the 13th over, with big-hitting captain Richie Berrington and Tom Bruce at the crease.<\/p>\n

A 78-run fourth-wicket partnership between Berrington, who made 42, and Tom Bruce (35) had put them back in the hunt.<\/p>\n

But strikes by Jason Holder and then Shepherd’s burst saw Scotland bowled out for 147.<\/p>\n

“Sheppie, he is one of those guys who is willing to learn and improve,” West Indes captain Shai Hope told reporters.<\/p>\n

“He is always willing to put his hand up whatever the team requires of him whether with bat or ball.<\/p>\n

“He is kind of versatile for us in the middle overs and it’s good to see him starting the tournament with a bang and hopefully he will continue doing the same.”<\/p>\n

Shepherd removed Matthew Cross, for 11, Michael Leask and Oliver Davidson and celebrated wildly before ending with an impressive 5-20 from his three overs.<\/p>\n

Holder finished with figures of 3-30 in 3.5 overs as he wrapped up the Scotland innings in 18.5 overs.<\/p>\n

“It’s obviously been great to get a feel for the conditions here,” said Berrington, whose side have a quick turnaround as they face Italy at the same ground on Monday.<\/p>\n

“So I’d say there’s definitely a lot of positives we can take from today. And we need to take that into our next game in a couple of days’ time.”<\/p>\n

Six-hitting Hetmyer<\/p>\n

The Scots won the toss and elected to field and initially had the West Indies on the back foot with some disciplined bowling.<\/p>\n

Opener Brandon King made 35 as he cut loose in the seventh over to hit pace bowler Safyaan Sharif for a six and two fours off successive balls.<\/p>\n

Scotland rotated their bowlers and Leask struck the first blow with his off-spin as he bowled Hope for 19.<\/p>\n

King was out next, falling to debutant left-arm spinner Davidson caught at backward point for his maiden T20 wicket.<\/p>\n

The left-handed Hetmyer took on the opposition attack, hitting six sixes in all, and put on a stand of 81 off 37 balls with Rovman Powell, who made 24.<\/p>\n

Hetmyer, who was named player of the match, reached his fifty off 22 balls with a six.<\/p>\n

Powell was dismissed, but he kept up the attack with fellow left-hander Sherfane Rutherford, who scored a 13-ball 26.<\/p>\n

Hetmyer fell to Sharif with Brandon McMullen taking a stunning catch at long-on and Rutherford followed him on the first ball of the next over.<\/p>\n

Left-arm pace bowler Brad Currie returned figures of 2-23.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KOLKATA: Pace bowler Romario Shepherd took the first hat-trick of the 2026 T20 World Cup on Saturday to help the West Indies blow away Scotland’s tail and win by 35 runs in their Group C opener in Kolkata. Shepherd grabbed a sensational four wickets in five balls in the 17th over to put an end […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/21770474360-0\/21770474360-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t