Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands end group stage with victories, progress to Super Six stage

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Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands all achieved crucial victories on Monday, heading into the Super Six stage of the tournament. Scotland, Ireland will carry forward six points into the next round while the Netherlands will have eight points.

Scotland crucially boast the best net run rate in the tournament as teams prepare to face the top three of the other group in order to secure their spot among the four teams that will seal their spot in 2026 ICC Women's T20 World Cup to be held in England and Wales later this year.

Scotland 140 all out (20 overs)

Priyanaz Chatterji 45* (28), Ailsa Lister 22 (24); Manisha Upadhayay 4-17

Nepal 68-9 (13.5 overs)

Roma Thapa 14* (11), Bindu Rawal 14 (13); Abtaha Maqsood 3-14

Scotland win by 72 runs

The hosts won the toss and elected to field, a decision which reaped fruitful results as Nepal struck twice in the first four balls sending Katherine Fraser and Darcey Carter back to the dug-out.

Manisha Upadhayay ran through the top order with figures of 4-17 adding the prized wicket of skipper Kathryn Bryce after dismissing the two openers.

Scotland faltered to 79-6 in 11.4 overs when Priyanaz Chatterji walked into bat, rescuing the game with a brilliant unbeaten knock of 45* from 28 balls including seven boundaries, fighting for every single run, her contribution allowed Scotland to reach 140 runs all out with the last two wickets falling on the last two balls. 

Nepal started steadily having 15 runs on the board after two overs, majorly thanks to Bindu Rawal 14 (13) until the Scotland bowling unit put together a shift that saw Nepal end the innings with a mere 53 runs more.

Bryce and Fraser picked up two wickets each while Abtaha Maqsood picked up figures of 3-14, Nepal skipper Indu Barma had to leave the field retired hurt and Scotland won by 72 runs registering their third successive win by a huge margin and their spot in the super-six while knocking out the hosts from the tournament.

Namibia 107-8 (20 overs)

Kayleen Green 32 (23), Wilka Mwatile 28 (27); Lara McBride 3-17

Ireland 110-3 (14.2 overs)

Orla Prendergast 39 (28), Gaby Lewis 33 (31); Wilka Mwatile 1-8

Ireland win by 7 wickets

Ireland were put to bowl first against a Namibia side that was the only team without a win in the group and were playing for pride.

The Irish did not let Namibia get off the mark, bowling eight consecutive dot balls until Orla Prendergast dismissed Yasmeen Khan on the ninth leaving Namibia at 0-1.

Alana Dalzell dismissed the other openerJurriene Diergaardt 0 (10) in the next over putting Ireland well and truly in the drivers seat. 

Lara McBride and Jane Maguire picked up three wickets each compounding the misery. Prendergast was sharp in the field, showing her exceptional talent with two catches.

Kayleen Green 32 (23) and Wilka Mwatile 28 (27) saved Namibia from an embarrassing scoreline putting up 107-8 at the end of their 20 overs.

Ireland lost Rebecca Stokell early in the second innings, but the alarm bells were short-lived as the ever reliable skipper Gaby Lewis 33 (31) teamed up with Prendergast 39 (28) to control the chase with a partnership worth 59 runs, allowing the Irish to be in full control.

With 19 runs left to win, Prendergast was retired out, presumably to give some gametime to Louisse Little who was replacing the injured Ava Canning, a quick blitz at the end from Leah Paul ended the match, handing Ireland a victory by seven wickets.

Netherlands 107-8 (20 overs)

Babette de Leede 47 (47), Iris Zwilling 17* (16); Sunida Chaturongrattana 3-24

Thailand 90 all out (20 overs)

Naruemol Chaiwai 33 (43), Natthakan Chantham 26 (24); Isabel van der Woning 4-14

Netherlands win by 17 runs

Losing the toss, Netherlands were put in to bat first and within five overs they must have thought they were in a nightmare situation,  losing Phebe Molkenboer 0 (1), Heather Siegers 2 (7) and the inform Sterre Kalis 0 (5). 

Unfamiliar territory for the side with a perfect record thus far, but when victory seemed assured for the ICC Emerging Nations Trophy champions, up stepped the captain, Babette de Leede led from the front and played the role of the backbone of the team scoring 47 runs in as many balls, saving the Netherlands from a calamity.

Sunida Chaturongrattana picked up three wickets in the middle order not allowing the side to settle, and Iris Zwilling and Babette de Leede had a miscommunication that saw the captain run-out, yet Zwilling carried on scoring 17* from 16 balls to take Netherlands to 108-8, a tall order to defend.

15 minutes later Thailand were two wickets down as Iris Zwilling continued to write history with her first over being a double wicket maiden leaving Thailand shell-shocked. 

The Thai fightback was led by their captain Naruemol Chaiwai who scored 33 runs before being picked up by Zwilling who would go on to finish with figures of 3-9 at the end of her quota.

Siegers chipped in with two wickets as well, adding to that was Isabel van der Woning who took four wickets to her name conceding a mere 14 runs and completely dismantling Thailand 17 runs short to secure the victory for the Dutch and make it four in four when it mattered the most.

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