Kaieteur Sports – If you want to know the kind of pressure West Indies have put themselves under at the 2026 T20 Women’s World Cup, watch Deandra Dottin during her second over against Scotland.

West Indies were defending 34 off the last three overs and Darcey Carter, albeit with an injury that was hampering her running, was on 50 and her sixth-wicket partnership with Ailsa Lister had grown to 45. Dottin was playing her 150th T20I and her match contribution was approaching negative territory. She scored 14 off 16 before being stumped in the midst of a middle-order strangle and her first over, which was the second of the innings, cost 13. With the spinners bowled out on a surface where they were more effective, Hayley Matthews had to turn to Dottin, who was her most experienced bowling hand.

With Lister on strike and pouncing on anything on off stump, Dottin’s plan was to cramp her for room. Her first delivery went down leg. As did her second. And her third. The first legitimate ball of the over was outside off and Lister ran one. Then Dottin overcompensated, went too far outside off and Carter swung and edged for four. Dottin dropped it shorter. Carter was beaten as she tried to pull. Dottin went even shorter and Carter cut for another four. Twelve runs came off the first four balls and Scotland’s requirement was cut to 23 off 15 balls and Dottin realised what she was doing.