Summary

Live Reporting

by Mike Peter & Tim Abraham

  1. Goodbye

    Right, that's the first game of the 2024 Women's T20 World Cup wrapped up - take a read of Ffion Wynne's report to see how it played out.

    Don't worry though - we'll be back almost immediately for Pakistan v Sri Lanka at 15:00 BST.

    We'll see you there.

  2. 'There were nerves going into this game'

    Scotland captain Kathryn Bryce: "Obviously, it was the first game and there were some nerves going into it. We have played some brilliant cricket over the last few months and I hope it will come out in the next games in this tournament.

    "There was plenty of buzz around the dressing room going into this game and we did not know what to do with those nerves."

    On dropped catches: "I think we were a bit sloppy and we had a couple of misfields and overthrows as well. Especially in a tight game like this, that could cost you the game in the end."

  3. 'We tried to play to our strength'

    Player of the match Ritu Moni of Bangladesh: "It was a slow wicket here today, and I just tried to play to my strength. I tried to bowl with some pace variations and thankfully, it worked for us.

    "We have been working really hard for the past one year and we were really prepared going in to this match. This is a very proud moment not just for me, but for the whole team."

  4. Horley the Scottish highlight

    Saskia Horley starred with the ball for Scotland, taking 3-13 in the back half of the Bangladesh innings.

    Shorna falls for five

    Ritu falls for five

    Joty is caught by Bryce off the bowling of Horley

    She then hit Scotland's first ever World Cup boundary...

    Horley hits Scotland's first boundary

  5. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Scotland would have looked at this game and seen it as a great opportunity. But in the end, it wasn't meant to be.

  6. Sarah Bryce struck almost half of her side's 103 runs, but the rest of her side failed to fire - the next highest score was 11 for Kathryn Bryce and Ailsa Lister, with no other batter making double figures.

    They just hit five fours in the innings, compared to Bangladesh's 10.

    Ritu Moni was the pick of the Bangladesh bowlers, taking 2-15, with four other bowlers claiming one wicket.

  7. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Bangladesh have won by 16 runs and get off to a winning start in this tournament. They were really disciplined throughout. They only managed 120 on the board but it proved too much for Scotland to reach.

  8. Bangladesh win by 16 runs
    Breaking

    Bangladesh beat Scotland in Women's T20 World Cup opener

    The fourth two of the over for Bryce, who carries her bat to finish on 49 from 52.

    A superb effort, especially having kept in the first innings, she deserved a fifty.

    Delight for Bangladesh, their first win at this tournament since 2014.

  9. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    That one probably should have been taken...

  10. dropped catch

    Dropped catch

    Bryce gets two more through the covers, then skews one in the air in the same region where the ball is put down.

    Should have been taken, but it means little at this stage.

  11. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    We need sixes. We've not seen one at all today. You just hope that Bryce can hit a six or two and make this game a little bit more interesting than it is at the moment.

  12. Sco 97-7

    Bryce knocks Marufa for two down to long-on, but then swings and misses for a dot ball.

    More than sixes needed now, as long as Bangladesh keep to their lines then the game is done.

  13. Tash Farrant
    England bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Overall, I think Scotland bowled pretty well. But their fielding let them down; Bangladesh have out-fielded them without a doubt. Scotland needed get to a very good start in that power play and unfortunately, they failed to do so.

  14. Sco 94-7

    Almost another wicket for Nahida, as Abtaha Maqsood spoons her first ball into the air - the bowler can't hold onto the catch.

  15. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Scotland lose Fraser, and perhaps hope in this game entirely.

  16. wicket

    WICKET

    Fraser c Rabeya b Nahida 2 (Sco 93-7)

    Fraser caught for two

    And there goes Fraser.

    Nahida sees Bryce put down from her second ball, with Rabeya almost pulling off a spectacular diving catch at long-off.

    Three balls later and the pairing combine to dismiss Katherine Fraser, a simpler chance as the Scotland batter tries to cleave to the boundary.

  17. Ffion Wynne
    BBC Sport cricket writer

    Sarah Bryce is one of the fittest players on the English domestic circuit. The fact that she is absolutely exhausted running between the wickets here, and after keeping for 20 overs, shows just how hot and humid these conditions are.

  18. Sco 89-6

    Katherine Fraser clips into mid-wicket for a single from the final ball of the over.

    Scotland will need to go incredibly hard from here to reach their target - Sarah Bryce is still there on 38 from 45, but with 15.5 runs needed from each of the final two overs, the task may be beyond her.

  19. Henry Moeran
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Jack goes! She knew immediately as the ball passed her that she was on her way back to the dugout. This mountain is getting ever higher...

  20. wicket

    WICKET

    Jack-Brown st Nigar b Rabeya 9 (Sco 88-6)

    Rabeya dismisses Jack-Brown for nine

    Another stumping for Nigar!

    A touch more impetus from Scotland, taking six from the over, including a pair of twos, but Rabeya strikes with her penultimate delivery, beating the bat of Jack-Brown to set-up the stumping.

    Bangladesh are almost home.