DUBAI – Ja­maican all-rounder Chinelle Hen­ry found some good form with the bat to help the West In­dies women’s crick­et team thrash Scot­land by 117 runs in their pre-tour­na­ment warm-up game in the Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates on Thurs­day.

Hen­ry’s ex­plo­sive 109 off just 71 balls set the foun­da­tion for the Windies’ im­pos­ing to­tal of 290-7, with valu­able con­tri­bu­tions from Zai­da James, who chipped in with 47 off 47 balls.

Scot­land’s bowlers strug­gled to con­tain the on­slaught, and their chase nev­er gained mo­men­tum, crum­bling to 173 all out. Aaliyah Al­leyne starred with the ball, claim­ing 4-21, while Jan­nil­lea Glas­gow chipped in with 2-43.

Play­er of the Match Chinelle Hen­ry em­pha­sized the im­por­tance of fine-tun­ing ahead of the World Cup qual­i­fiers in Pak­istan.

“We aim to qual­i­fy for the World Cup, so to­day was just about en­gag­ing those skills a bit more and be­ing as ready as we can be for the first game. I just like hav­ing fun and em­brac­ing chal­lenges, and en­joy­ing what I do, and that’s been my mind­set. It’s about back­ing my skills and know­ing when to use them in ODI crick­et.”

With Scot­land be­ing their first of­fi­cial op­po­nents in the tour­na­ment, Hen­ry ac­knowl­edged the sig­nif­i­cance of the prac­tice match.

“It was good to get a run-out against them to­day. Now we know what to ex­pect when we face them in the re­al thing. We’ve picked up a few things to fine-tune be­fore the qual­i­fiers be­gin.”

CMC