Scottish cricket team
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| ICC membership granted | 1994 |
| ICC member status | Associate member with ODI status |
| ICC development region | Europe |
| Captain | Craig Wright |
| World Cricket League division | One |
| European Cricket Championship division | One |
| First recorded match | 7 May 1849 v All England XI at Edinburgh |
| ICC Trophy | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1997) |
| Best result | Winners, 2005 |
| One-day Internationals | |
| ODI matches played | 8 |
| ODI wins/losses | 1/7 |
| First class cricket | |
| First class matches played | 173 |
| First class wins/losses | 27/62 |
| List A cricket | |
| List A matches played | 190 |
| List A wins/losses | 32/148 |
| As of 10 September 2005 | |
The Scottish cricket team represents Scotland at the game of cricket. When they play in the English one-day National Cricket League, they compete as the Scottish Saltires. In 2006 Scotland will play in the C&G Trophy. The Scottish Saltires play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh.
They were elected to associate membership of the International Cricket Council in 1994 after having severed their cricketing links with the England cricket team two years earlier. This allowed them to qualify for the Cricket World Cup in 1999 but they lost all their five matches. Furthermore, the team were unable to qualify in 2003.
In 2004 the Scotland cricket team competed in the inaugural ICC Intercontinental Cup. They first played Ireland and Holland (The Netherlands), and then on the back of those results progressed to the semi-finals in Sharjah. They overcame Kenya in the semi-finals, and then won the Cup by beating Canada in the final. They also competed in that tournament in 2005, but failed to progress past the first round. By qualifying for the semi-finals of the 2005 ICC Trophy on 7 July 2005 they have gained One Day International status from 1 January 2006 to the next ICC Trophy in 2009. Scotland played their first One Day International outside of World Cups against Pakistan in June 2006, with the European Championship matches against Ireland and the Netherlands during August also being classed as full One Day International games.
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[edit] History
[edit] Before ICC Membership
The first recorded cricket match in Scotland took place in Alloa in 1785. It would be another 80 years however, before Scotland played their first full international, against Surrey in 1865, where they won by 172 runs.
The first Scottish Cricket Union was formed in 1879, and the national team beat Australia by 7 wickets three years later. The cricket union became defunct in 1883, and Grange CC took over the administration of the game until 1909.
The first match against Ireland took place in Dublin in 1888, with the Irish emerging victorious. The match was eventually to gain first class status, and has been played almost annually ever since, most recently as part of the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup.
1948 saw Australia visit Scotland for two games at the end of their tour of England. These games, both of which were won by the Australians, were to be the last international games for the legendary Don Bradman. The Don signed off in typical style, making a fine unbeaten 123 in the innings victory. [1]
Scotland first competed in English domestic cricket in 1980, when they competed in the Benson & Hedges Cup for the first time. Their first win would come against Lancashire in 1986.
[edit] ICC Membership
In 1992 Scotland severed their ties with the English cricket team, and gained associate membership of the ICC in their own right in 1994. They competed in the ICC Trophy for the first time in 1997, finishing third and qualifying for the 1999 World Cup, where they lost all their games. The 2001 ICC Trophy saw them finish 4th, losing a play-off game to Canada, but they won the 2005 tournament, beating long-time rivals Ireland in the final.
2004 saw Scotland first confirm themselves as one of the leading associate nations by winning the inaugural Intercontinental Cup. They didn't progress beyond the first round in the 2005 tournament, however.
[edit] 2006
March saw Scotland embark on a pre-season tour to Barbados. They performed with some credit, although they only won one of their 6 games, against a Barbados XI. They owed much of their success to Dougie Brown, who re-qualified to represent Scotland internationally in 2004. They competed in the C & G Trophy in English domestic cricket in the early part of the English season. The performed better than expected, winning three of their nine games, and finishing eighth in the Northern conference.
In June, they played their first ODI since the 1999 World Cup when they took on Pakistan in Edinburgh. Without key players Dougie Brown and Navdeep Poonia, they lost by five wickets. They finally got their first ODI win in the European Championships in August with a win over the Netherlands in a rain-shortned game [2]. They again missed key players for some games in this tournament though, and thanks to their loss against Ireland, finished second in the tournament.
Throughout 2006 and into the early part of 2007, Scotland are participating in the Intercontinental Cup. In May, they beat Namibia, and drew against Ireland in August. They are currently on top of their group, with one game left against UAE in January 2007.
[edit] Tournament History
[edit] World Cup
- 1975 to 1992: Not eligible - Not an ICC member
- 1996: Not eligible - Not an ICC member at time of qualification.
- 1999: First round
- 2003: Did not qualify
[edit] Commonwealth Games
- 1998: First round
[edit] Intercontinental Cup
- 2004: Won
- 2005: First round
[edit] ICC 6 Nations Challenge
- 2000: 6th place
- 2002: Did not participate
- 2004: Runners up
[edit] ICC Trophy
[edit] European Championship
- 1996: 5th place
- 1998: 3rd place
- 2000: 3rd place (Division One)
- 2002: Division One runners up
- 2004: 4th place (Division One)
- 2006: Division One runners up
[edit] Cricket in 2006/07
In December, Scotland will tour Bangladesh for a two match ODI series, as their preparation for the World Cup gets underway. The following month, Scotland will travel to Sharjah to play their final Intercontinental Cup group game against the UAE. This is followed by a trip to Kenya, where they will play a ODI tri-series against Canada and Kenya before participating in Division One of the ICC World Cricket League.
They then travel to the West Indies for the World Cup, first playing warm-up games against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Barbados before their first round matches against Australia, The Netherlands and South Africa in St Kitts.
[edit] World Cup Squad
Scotland named their World Cup squad at the end of August, several months ahead of the deadline. [3] This was to enable the amateur players in the squad to arrange time off work for the busy period of cricket starting in December.
- Craig Wright (captain)
- Ryan Watson (vice-captain)
- John Blain
- Dougie Brown
- Gavin Hamilton
- Majid Haq
- Paul Hoffmann
- Omer Hussain
- Douglas Lockhart
- Ross Lyons
- Navdeep Poonia
- Neil McCallum
- Dewald Nel
- Colin Smith
- Fraser Watts
[edit] Records
[edit] One-day International
- Highest team total: 203/8 v Pakistan, 27 June 2006 at The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Highest individual innings: 80, Ryan Watson v Pakistan, 27 June 2006 at The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Best innings bowling: 4/37, John Blain v Bangladesh, 24 May 1999 at The Grange, Edinburgh, Scotland
[edit] ICC Trophy
- Highest team total: 324/8 v Ireland, 13 July 2005 at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Highest individual innings: 94, Ryan Watson v Ireland, 13 July 2005 at Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Best innings bowling: 6/12, Paul Hoffman v Oman, 1 July 2005 at Shaw's Bridge Lower Ground, Belfast, Northern Ireland
[edit] See also
- 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup
- 2005 ICC Trophy
- Cricket in Scotland
- Sport in Scotland
- Scottish women's cricket team
