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Scotland women's national cricket team

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Scotland
Nickname(s)Wildcats
AssociationCricket Scotland
Personnel
CaptainKathryn Bryce
CoachPeter Ross[1]
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member(1994)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] Best-ever
WT20I 14th 11th (11 Oct 2018)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIvEnglandatBradfield College,Bradfield;10 August 2001
Last WODIvUnited StatesatICC Academy Ground,Dubai;14 April 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 13 4/9
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 2 2/0
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifierappearances4 (first in2003)
Best resultChampions (2003)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.UgandaatVRA Cricket Ground,Amstelveen;7 July 2018
Last WT20Iv.Sri LankaatSheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi;7 May 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 57 33/23
(1 ties, 0 no results)
This year[6] 6 4/2
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifierappearances3 (first in2015)
Best result3rd (2018)
As of 7 May 2024

TheScotland women's national cricket team,nicknamed theWildcats,representsScotlandin internationalwomen's cricket.The team is organised byCricket Scotland,an associate member of theInternational Cricket Council(ICC).

Scotland was involved in the first international women's cricket match, when they played againstEnglandin August 1932. The team played sporadically throughout the remainder of the 20th century, with regular competition beginning only in 2000. Scotland's first international tournament was the2001 European Championship,where matches heldOne Day International(ODI) status. The team's only other ODI appearances to date came at the2003 IWCC Trophyin the Netherlands, a qualifier for the2005 World Cup.Outside regional tournaments, Scotland has only qualified for two major events since then – the2008 World Cup Qualifierand the2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.

In April 2018, the ICC granted fullWomen's Twenty20 International(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, allTwenty20matches played between Scotland women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be eligible for WT20I status.[7]In May 2022, the ICC announced Scotland as one of five women's sides to gain ODI status.[8]Netherlands,Papua New Guinea,Thailandand theUnited Statesare the other four teams.[9]

History[edit]

In August 1932(91 years ago)(1932-08),a Scottish women's team playedEnglandatNew Road, Worcester,in what was the first international women's cricket fixture. Four members of the inaugural Scottish women's side –Betty Snowball,Myrtle Maclagan,Joy Liebert,andBetty Archdale– later played inTestmatches for England.[10]After 1932, a Scottish women's team was not raised again until 1979, when a fixture was played against aJunior Englandteam atMalvern College,Worcestershire.[11]

Scotland made their international tournament debut at the2001 editionof theWomen's European Championship.They lost all three games, finishing last in the four-team tournament. Two years later, they played in the2003 IWCC Trophy,the inaugural edition of what is now known simply as theWorld Cup Qualifier.They finished fifth in the six-team tournament, which was hosted by the Netherlands, with their only win coming againstJapan.

They again played in the European Championship in 2005, but again went without a win and finished last. In 2008 they competed in the Women's World Cup qualifier inSouth Africa,finishing sixth in the tournament.

In 2014, Scotland was promoted to Division 2 of theWomen's County Championshipafter losing only one game throughout the season.[12]However, they suffered relegation the following season. In 2015, Scotland participated in the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifiers for the first time, finishing fourth at the tournament in Thailand.[13]

In April 2018,Kathryn Brycewas named the captain of the team.[14]In July 2018, Scotland played its first official T20 international match againstUgandain the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifierin theNetherlands.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[15]Scotland was named in the2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifierregional group, alongside five other teams.[16]

Mark Colesresigned as head coach in January 2022. He was replaced byPeter Rosson an interim basis in March 2022, through to the end of the2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifierin the UAE.[1]

Tournament history[edit]

ICC Women's T20 World Cup[edit]

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier[edit]

Commonwealth Games Qualifier[edit]

European Championship[edit]

  • 1989 to 1999: Did not participate
  • 2001: 4th place
  • 2005: 5th place
  • 2007: 4th place
  • 2012: 3rd place
  • 2014: 3rd place
  • 2016: 1st place

Records and statistics[edit]

International Match Summary — Scotland Women[17][18]

Last updated 7 May 2024

Playing record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural match
One Day Internationals 13 4 9 0 0 10 August 2001
Twenty20 Internationals 57 33 23 1 0 12 July 2018

Women's One Day International[edit]

ODI record versus other nations[17]

Records complete to Women ODI #1379. Last updated 14 April 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
England 1 0 1 0 0 10 August 2001
Ireland 5 1 4 0 0 11 August 2001 17 October 2023
Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0 22 July 2003
West Indies 1 0 1 0 0 23 July 2003
ICC Associate members
Japan 1 1 0 0 0 25 July 2003 25 July 2003
Netherlands 2 0 2 0 0 12 August 2001
Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 0 12 April 2024 12 April 2024
United States 1 1 0 0 0 14 April 2024 14 April 2024

Women's Twenty20 International[edit]

T20I record versus other nations[18]

Records complete to WT20I #1883. Last updated 7 May 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
Bangladesh 4 0 4 0 0 12 July 2018
Ireland 14 5 9 0 0 8 July 2018 10 August 2019
Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 18 January 2022
ICC Associate members
France 3 3 0 0 0 30 August 2021 30 August 2021
Germany 3 3 0 0 0 26 June 2019 26 June 2019
Italy 2 2 0 0 0 6 September 2023 6 September 2023
Kenya 1 1 0 0 0 22 January 2022 22 January 2022
Malaysia 1 1 0 0 0 19 January 2022 19 January 2022
Namibia 1 1 0 0 0 5 September 2019 5 September 2019
Netherlands 10 6 3 1 0 26 June 2019 9 August 2019
Papua New Guinea 3 1 2 0 0 14 July 2018 14 July 2018
Thailand 6 4 2 0 0 10 July 2018 10 July 2018
Uganda 2 2 0 0 0 7 July 2018 7 July 2018
United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 23 September 2022 23 September 2022
United States 3 3 0 0 0 31 August 2019 31 August 2019

Note: Scotland won aSuper Overafter the tied match againstNetherlands.

Current squad[edit]

This lists all the players who played for Scotland in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Ailsa Lister 20 Right-handed -
Lorna Jack 31 Right-handed -
Ellen Watson 24 Right-handed -
Maryam Faisal 19 Right-handed Right-armleg break
All-rounders
Priyanaz Chatterji 30 Right-handed Right-armmedium
Kathryn Bryce 26 Right-handed Right-armmedium Captain
Megan McColl 24 Right-handed Right-armmedium
Darcey Carter 19 Right-handed Right-armoff break
Abbi Aitken-Drummond 33 Right-handed Right-armmedium
Chloe Abel 23 Right-handed Right-armmedium
Wicketkeeper
Sarah Bryce 24 Right-handed - Vice-captain
Spin Bowlers
Abtaha Maqsood 24 Right-handed Right-armleg break
Olivia Bell 20 Right-handed Right-armoff break
Pace Bowlers
Hannah Rainey 27 Right-handed Right-armmedium
Rachel Slater 22 Right-handed Left-armmedium
Nayma Sheikh 18 Left-handed Right-armmedium
Niamh Robertson-Jack 18 Right-handed Left-armmedium

Updated as on 12 Sep 2023

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Peter Ross appointed interim Women's National Team Head Coach".Cricket Scotland. 17 March 2022.
  2. ^"ICC Rankings".International Cricket Council.
  3. ^"WODI matches - Team records".ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^"WODI matches - 2024 Team records".ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^"WT20I matches - Team records".ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^"WT20I matches - 2024 Team records".ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ^"All T20I matches to get international status".International Cricket Council.Retrieved26 April2018.
  8. ^"Two new teams in next edition of ICC Women's Championship".International Cricket Council.Retrieved25 May2022.
  9. ^"ICC awards ODI status to five Associate Women's Teams".Emerging Cricket.25 May 2022.Retrieved26 May2022.
  10. ^England Women v Scotland Women,Scotland Women in England 1932 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  11. ^Other women's matches played by Scotland WomenArchived9 March 2016 at theWayback Machine– CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  12. ^"Match Report - Wildcats v Netherlands - SWCA".Archived fromthe originalon 29 November 2015.Archived29 November 2015 at theWayback Machine
  13. ^"ICC announces schedule of ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 - ICC Cricket".Archived fromthe originalon 29 May 2015.
  14. ^"Kathryn Bryce named Scotland Women captain".International Cricket Council.Retrieved18 April2018.
  15. ^"Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced".International Cricket Council.Retrieved12 December2020.
  16. ^"ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup".The Cricketer.Retrieved12 December2020.
  17. ^ab"Records / Scotland Women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary".ESPNcricinfo.
  18. ^ab"Records / Scotland Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary".ESPNcricinfo.
  19. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved21 October2023.
  20. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved21 October2023.
  21. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best Bowling figures".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved21 October2023.
  22. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved14 July2018.
  23. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved14 July2018.
  24. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved14 July2018.
  25. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved25 April2019.
  26. ^"Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved25 April2019.


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