TFW Daily - Two absolute belters - Women's T20 World Cup, Day 6
6/18/202631 min
Women's T20 World Cup 2026, Day 6, Scotland v West Indies, South Africa v Pakistan: Two absolute belters on two consecutive nights, as mistakes and pressure made for compelling viewing. Tonight, the Scots threatened to create their biggest ever upset against the late emerging power of West Indies, while the previous evening Pakistan somehow threatened to come back from the dead against South Africa. Firdose Moonda joins Geoff.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
I had to go about it, ride it out, and find it myself. And there's some stories I can tell you. Yeah This is The Final Word Daily.
Geoff Lemon· Host0:10
We're at the Women's World Cup, the T20 variant of that. It is day six of that tournament in terms of match days played. Geoff Lemon and Firdose Moonda. Our show is brought to you by Lacuna Sports. You can focus on your kit when Lacuna have your game covered, the retailer that specializes in kit for women and girls. It's a Women's World Cup, so that's relevant, and a couple of games are relevant. We're gonna do one from yesterday, that was day five. Sometimes we can't get the evening game into the show, uh, so that is South Africa, Pakistan, which we'll come to in the second half. But let's do the game that is freshest in your mind because it has just finished, Firdose. It was Scotland versus West Indies. You were at both of these games, so you are the perfect person to tell us about the first one in the space of 30 seconds.
Firdose Moonda· Guest0:53
Wow, wow, wow, Geoff. I mean, if I could just spend 30 seconds saying wow, that's exactly what I would do because plucky, plucky Scotland, they had West Indies on the ropes. They prevented them from scoring boundaries for much of the innings. So West Indies were in all sorts. They were 85 for 5 in the 15th over.
Geoff Lemon· Host1:11
Mm-hmm.
Firdose Moonda· Guest1:11
It looked like they would not even score 120. Stephanie Taylor then comes in batting at seven, 47 off 19 balls, her highest score in two and a half years. West Indies get to 153 for 6. It looks about 10 under par. Scotland start off absolutely rollicking, 51 for 1 in the fifth over. It looks as though