Scotland national cricket team

Scotland
Cricket Scotland Logo
ICC membership granted 1994
ICC member status Associate member with ODI status
ICC development region Europe
World Cricket League division One
Captain Preston Mommsen
Coach Grant Bradburn
First recorded match 7 May 1849 v All England XI at Edinburgh
One Day Internationals
ODI matches played 80
ODI wins/losses 26/50 (4 NR)
First class cricket
First class matches played 191
First class wins/losses 36/68
List A cricket
List A matches played 336
List A wins/losses 75/247
Twenty20 cricket
Twenty20 matches played 44
Twenty20 wins/losses 21/21
ICC World Cup Qualifier
Appearances 5 (First in 1997)
Best result Winners, 2005, 2014
As of 14 March 2015

The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. They play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburgh.

Scotland became associate members of the International Cricket Council in 1994[1] after severing links with the England cricket team two years earlier. This allowed them to qualify for the Cricket World Cup in 1999.[2] In 2004, Scotland competed in the inaugural ICC Intercontinental Cup. Between 2010 and 2013, the team competed in the ECB 40 as the Scottish Saltires.

Preston Mommsen has captained the side since September 2014 and the coach is New Zealander Grant Bradburn, who took on the role in April 2014.

History

Before ICC membership

The first recorded cricket match in Scotland took place in Alloa in 1785.[3] It would be another 80 years however, before Scotland played their first full match, against Surrey in 1865, where they won by 172 runs.[4]

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. They also played South Africa, the West Indies, an all-Indian team, and New Zealand before the start of World War II.[4]

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 Don Bradman.[4] The Don signed off in typical style, making a fine unbeaten 123 in the innings victory.[5]

Scotland first competed in English domestic cricket in 1980, when they competed in the Benson & Hedges Cup for the first time. Three years later they took part in the Nat West trophy. Their first Benson & Hedges win would come against Lancashire in 1986.[4]

Scottish cricketers

The most famous cricketers to have come from Scotland are probably the former England captain, Mike Denness, Warwickshire all-rounder Dougie Brown, and former England Test player Gavin Hamilton. Another great Scottish cricketer was B.R. (Lager) Hardie, who was a major contributor to the successful Essex side of the 1970s and 1980s. Possibly one of the best spinners and certainly a respected journalist was the aptly named Ian Peebles,[6] who was one of the cricketers of the year in 1931 alongside Donald Bradman.

The most infamous Cricketer, a man who was vilified in Australia, was a Scot, Douglas Jardine, father to and inventor of "Body Theory", which is well documented under "Bodyline". Jardine was born in British India, and died in Switzerland, spending most of his life in England. However, his parents were Scottish. He asked for his ashes to be scattered in Scotland and gave his own children Scottish names.

ICC membership

In 1992 Scotland severed their ties with the TCCB, and England, and gained associate membership of the ICC in their own right in 1994.[1] They competed in the ICC Trophy for the first time in 1997, finishing third[4] and qualifying for the 1999 World Cup, where they lost all their games.[2] The 2001 ICC Trophy saw them finish 4th, losing a play-off game to Canada,[7] 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.[4] They didn't progress beyond the first round in the 2005 tournament, however.[8]

Recent past

2006

Scotland's Ryan Watson plays through backward point for a boundary against India at Glasgow's Titwood ground, 16 August 2007

March 2006 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.[9] 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 2006 English cricket season. They performed better than expected, winning three of their nine games, and finishing eighth in the Northern conference.[10]

In June, they played their first ODI since the 1999 World Cup when they took on Pakistan in Edinburgh.[11] Without key players Dougie Brown and Navdeep Poonia, they lost by five wickets.[12] They finally got their first ODI win in the European Championships in August with a win over the Netherlands in a rain-shortened game.[13] They again missed key players for some games in this tournament though, and thanks to their loss against Ireland, finished second in the tournament.[14]

Throughout 2006 and into the early part of 2007, Scotland participated in the Intercontinental Cup. In May, they beat Namibia, and drew against Ireland in August. They also drew against the UAE in January 2007 and did not reach the final.[15] In late 2006, they travelled to Bangladesh for their first ODI series outside the UK, losing both matches against Bangladesh.[4]

2007

In January 2007, after the Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE in Sharjah, they travelled to Kenya, first playing in a tri-series against Canada and Kenya in Mombasa, which they finished second in.[16] This was followed by Division One of the World Cricket League in Nairobi, where Scotland finished as runners up.[17]

They then travelled to the West Indies for their second World Cup. They again lost all their games and failed to progress beyond the first round.[18] Back in the UK, they competed in the Friends Provident Trophy, their only win coming against Lancashire.[19] They also drew an Intercontinental Cup match against the UAE[20] and an ODI against Pakistan in July was washed out.[21]

In July, Scotland took part in a quadrangular series in Ireland against the hosts, the Netherlands and the West Indies. However, the endeavour was not a success. They lost their matches against Ireland and the West Indies with the match against the Netherlands being abandoned due to rain.

At the beginning of August, Scotland were on Intercontinental Cup duty as they won against the Netherlands by an innings and 59 runs. They then drew with Ireland in a rain affected match, only gaining 3 points however after a poor 1st innings display. India were Scotland's next ODI opponents in mid-August, which was shown live on BBC Scotland from Titwood, Glasgow. The match was reduced slightly to 46 overs after a couple of brief showers, but India won by 7 wickets.

Having reached the final of the World Cricket League earlier in the year, Scotland qualified to play in the Twenty20 World Championship held in South Africa. They lost by 51 runs to Pakistan in their first game, and did not get a chance to play their other Group D opponents India, as the game was washed out without a ball being bowled.

2008

In July 2008, Scotland played a tri-series against New Zealand and Ireland in Aberdeen, Scotland. Scotland beat Ireland but lost their match against New Zealand.

In early August, Scotland participated with five other Associate nations in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier in Belfast. Despite an initial loss to hosts Ireland, victory against Bermuda secured a semi final slot. Throwing off the disappointment of an unexpected loss to the Netherlands in the semi-final a few hours earlier, Scotland bounced right back for a 9 wicket victory over Kenya (who had advanced ahead of Canada), to secure third place. However with only two nations guaranteed to progress, qualification for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 was only granted when Zimbabwe confirmed that they would not attend the tournament.

On 18 August, Scotland played their first ODI encounter against England. Hosting the Auld Enemy, at the Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh. However the match was abandoned due to rain after less than 3 overs of England's reply to Scotland's 156/9.

In December 2008, Cricket Scotland, the governing body of Scottish cricket, took the historic act of giving three Scotland players central contracts. Bowlers Gordon Goudie and Dewald Nel and captain Ryan Watson became the first full-time professional cricketers based in Scotland. Nineteen other cricketers have been offered part-time professional deals.[22]

2009

The Scottish national team participated in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 held in England in June 2009. Scotland competed with well-established cricketing nations New Zealand and South Africa in Group D. All of Scotland's matches were played at the Oval, London.

Their opening game against New Zealand was shortened to 7 overs per side due to rain. The Scots set an impressive total of 89/4 of their 7 overs, with Kyle Coetzer top scoring with 33 runs. But New Zealand still managed to win by 7 wickets with 1 over to spare.[23]

In their second game, South Africa set a total of 211/5 for Scotland to chase, with AB de Villiers achieving 79 off just 34 balls. In the reply, Scotland were at 13/4 when Kyle Coetzer achieved 42 off 32 balls, before being caught and bowled by Roelof van der Merwe. The Scots were eventually bowled out for 81, and South Africa won by 130 runs, the second largest defeat by a run margin in a Twenty20 international.[24]

2010

In 2010 Scotland are taking part in the Clydesdale Bank 40.

Scotland competed in the qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates, to compete for a place in the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies. They competed for a place with Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands, the UAE and the USA.[25] The tournament was disappointing for Scotland, going out in the group stage without winning a single match.

Present day and beyond

ICC World Cup Qualifiers

During March and April 2009 Scotland attempted to defend the ICC Trophy they won in 2005. To secure qualification for the 2011 Cricket World Cup a top four place was targeted. They were also attempting to secure ODI status by finishing in the top six.

Scotland started the tournament badly by losing three of their five group games. With only the points earned against Namibia being taken through to the Super Eights, Scotland faced a difficult route to the World Cup.[26]

Scotland started the Super Eights well by beating the Netherlands in their first match. Defeats against Kenya and Afghanistan followed. The result of which threatened Scotland's qualification for the World Cup as well as the possibility of losing their ODI status if they finished out of the top six.

Victory against UAE in their last game, and an improved run-rate, thanks to the 122 run victory, ensured a top six place for the Scots, securing ODI status until the next round of World Cup qualifiers.

The Scottish team qualified for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in Australia and New Zealand, but was eliminated after six straight losses out of six matches.[27]

New Zealand A tour of Scotland in 2014

In August 2014, Scotland played a three match series against New Zealand A at Cambusdoon New Ground, Ayr. In the first match Grant Elliott and captain BJ Watling scored centuries and ensured that New Zealand A won by 199 runs. Scotland conceded nearly 150 runs in the last ten overs.

Tournament history

World Cup

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1975 Not eligible[1]
England 1979 Not eligible
England 1983 Not eligible
India Pakistan 1987 Not eligible
Australia New Zealand 1992 Not eligible
India Pakistan Sri Lanka 1996 Not eligible (not an ICC member at time of qualification)[1]
England Scotland Republic of Ireland Netherlands 1999 Group stage 12/12 5 0 5 0 0
South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya 2003 Did not qualify
West Indies Cricket Board 2007 Group stage 15/16 3 0 3 0 0
India Sri Lanka Bangladesh 2011 Did not qualify
Australia New Zealand 2015 Group stage 14/14 6 0 6 0 0
England 2019  –  –  –  –  –  –  –
India 2023  –  –  –  –  –  –  –
Total 14 0 14 0 0

World Twenty20

World Twenty20 record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
South Africa 2007 Group stage 10/12 2 0 1 0 1
England 2009 Group stage 12/12 2 0 2 0 0
West Indies Cricket Board 2010 Did not qualify
Sri Lanka 2012 Did not qualify
Bangladesh 2014 Did not qualify
India 2016 - - - - - - -
Total 4 0 3 0 1

Other tournaments

World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy) (One day, List A from 2005) Commonwealth Games (List A) Friends Provident Trophy (List A) ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (T20I/Twenty20)
  • 2007: North Conference – 10th
  • 2006: North Conference – 8th
  • 2005: Round 1
  • 2004: Round 2
  • 2003: Round 3
  • 2002: Round 3[29]
ICC 6 Nations Challenge ICC Intercontinental Cup (FC) World Cricket League (ODI)

(formally ICC 6 Nations Challenge)

 European Championship (OD/ODI)‡
  • 2000: 6th place[30]
  • 2002: Did not participate[31]
  • 2004: Runners up[32]
  • 1996: 5th place[35]
  • 1998: 3rd place[36]
  • 2000: 3rd place (Division One)[37]
  • 2002: Division One runners up[38]
  • 2004: 4th place (Division One)[39]
  • 2006: Division One runners up[14]
  • 2008: Division One runners up[40]

‡ Only the matches between Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands in the 2006 tournament have official ODI status.

Personnel

Current squad

Name Age Batting style Bowling style ODI FC Notes
Captain
Preston Mommsen 27 Right-handed Off break 23 10 Plays for Durham
Vice-captain
Kyle Coetzer 31 Right-handed Right medium-fast 2 27 Plays for Northamptonshire
Batsmen
Richie Berrington 28 Right-handed Right fast-medium 32 15
Hamish Gardiner 24 Right-handed n/a 3 1
Calum MacLeod 26 Right-handed Right fast-medium 2 2 Plays for Warwickshire
Freddie Coleman 23 Right-handed n/a 8 7
Qasim Sheikh 30 Left-handed Left medium 5 12
Wicket-keepers
Matty Cross 22 Right-handed 4 3 Plays for Nottinghamshire
Craig Wallace 24 Right-handed 1 2
David Murphy 25 Right-handed 8 53 Plays for Northamptonshire
All-rounders
Majid Haq 32 Right-handed Off Break 44 19
Michael Leask 24 Right-handed Off Break 3 0
Matt Machan 24 Left-handed Off Break 12 20 Plays for Sussex
Neil Carter 40 Left-handed Left medium-fast 3 111
Gordon Drummond 35 Right-handed Right medium-fast 30 12
Fast-Bowlers
Gordon Goudie 27 Right-handed Right medium-fast 16 13
Iain Wardlaw 29 Right-handed Right medium-fast 12 6 Plays for Yorkshire
Josh Davey 24 Right-handed Right Fast 12 7 Plays for Somerset
Rob Taylor 25 Left-handed Left medium- 13 9 Plays for Leicestershire
Safyaan Sharif 23 Right-handed Right medium-fast 15 13 Plays for Kent
Calvin Burnett 24 Left-handed Right medium-fast - 2
Ruaidhri Smith 20 Right-handed Right medium - 9 Glamorgan
Alasdair Evans 26 Right-handed Right medium - 9
Spin-Bowlers
Moneeb Iqbal 29 Right-handed Leg Break 13 9 Plays for Durham

Coaching Staff

Coaches

The following people have coached the Scottish national side at various stages. For some coaches, the exact dates of their tenure are unavailable, although key tournaments are noted:

Name Appointed Resigned Notable tournaments
Australia Tony Judd 2001/2002 2004
England Andy Moles January 2005 January 2006 2005 ICC Trophy
Australia Peter Drinnen January 2006 July 2007 2007 World Cup
Australia/Scotland Peter Steindl and
Scotland Andy Tennant (acting) 		July 2007 December 2007 2007 World Twenty20
Australia/Scotland Peter Steindl December 2007 December 2013 2009 World Cup Qualifier
2009 World Twenty20
England Paul Collingwood and
Scotland Craig Wright (acting) 		December 2013 February 2014 2014 World Cup Qualifier
Scotland Craig Wright (acting) February 2014 April 2014
New Zealand Grant Bradburn April 2014 current 2015 World Cup

Records

International Match Summary – Scotland[44][45]

Playing Record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural Match
One Day Internationals 80 26 50 0 4 16 May 1999
Twenty20 Internationals 25 8 16 0 1 12 September 2007

Last updated 14 March 2015.

Scotland's John Blain bowls India's Yuvraj Singh at Glasgow's Titwood ground, 16 August 2007

One Day Internationals

Most ODI runs for Scotland[48]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Gavin Hamilton 1231 35.17 1999–2010
Neil McCallum 1002 27.83 2006–2011
Fraser Watts 974 28.64 2006–2011
Kyle Coetzer 971 40.45 2008–2015
Ryan Watson 956 30.83 2006–2010
Richie Berrington 952 25.72 2008–2015
Preston Mommsen 880 28.38 2010–2015
Matt Machan 734 34.95 2013–2015
Calum MacLeod 684 24.42 2008–2015
Majid Haq 566 16.64 2006–2015

Most ODI wickets for Scotland[49]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Majid Haq 60 32.91 2006–2015
Josh Davey 43 19.58 2010–2015
John Blain 41 28.60 1999–2009
Iain Wardlaw 36 28.77 2013–2015
Craig Wright 29 22.86 2006–2009
Gordon Drummond 25 37.28 2007–2013
Gordon Goudie 23 27.08 2008–2013
Richie Berrington 23 36.13 2008–2015
Ross Lyons 20 45.05 2006–2010
Rob Taylor 18 32.16 2013–2015

ODI record versus other nations[44]

Opponent M W L T NR First win
vs Test nations
v  Australia 5 0 5 0 0
v  Pakistan 3 0 3 0 0
v  Bangladesh 4 0 4 0 0
v  West Indies 2 0 2 0 0
v  New Zealand 3 0 3 0 0
v  South Africa 1 0 1 0 0
v  India 1 0 1 0 0
v  England 4 0 3 0 1
v  Sri Lanka 2 0 2 0 0
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Ireland 17 4 12 0 1 30 January 2007
v  Netherlands 9 6 2 0 1 6 August 2006
v  Canada 9 7 2 0 0 18 January 2007
v  Kenya 9 5 3 0 1 2 February 2007
v  Bermuda 1 0 1 0 0
v  Afghanistan 9 3 6 0 0 9 July 2010
v  United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 1 February 2014

Records complete to ODI #3637. Last updated 14 March 2015.

Twenty20 Internationals

Most T20I runs for Scotland[50]

PlayerRunsAverageCareer span
Kyle Coetzer 442 23.26 2008–2013
Richie Berrington 396 22.00 2008–2013
Calum MacLeod 289 22.23 2009–2013
Matt Machan 276 69.00 2013–2013
Ryan Watson 159 17.66 2007–2010

Most T20I wickets for Scotland[51]

PlayerWicketsAverageCareer span
Majid Haq 28 16.85 2007–2013
Gordon Drummond 16 23.81 2008–2013
Dewald Nel 12 14.08 2007–2010
Iain Wardlaw 9 16.11 2013–2013
Richie Berrington 9 19.88 2008–2013

T20I record versus other nations[45]

Opponent M W L T NR First win
vs Test nations
v  Pakistan 1 0 1 0 0
v  India 1 0 0 0 1
v  New Zealand 1 0 1 0 0
v  South Africa 1 0 1 0 0
v  Bangladesh 1 1 0 0 0 24 July 2012
vs Associate/Affiliate Members
v  Ireland 3 0 3 0 0
v  Bermuda 1 1 0 0 0 3 August 2008
v  Netherlands 4 1 3 0 0 22 November 2013
v  Kenya 7 4 3 0 0 4 August 2008
v  Afghanistan 4 0 4 0 0
v  Canada 1 1 0 0 0 23 March 2012

Records complete to T20I #405. Last updated 21 September 2014.
Note: the match against India (Durban 2007) was abandoned without a ball being bowled; however, as the toss had taken place, this is deemed an official T20I.

ICC Trophy

See also

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1999 Cricket World Cup at Cricinfo
  3. ↑ A History of Cricket in Scotland at the official Cricket Scotland website
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Scottish cricket timeline
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  13. ↑ Scorecard of Scotland v Netherlands, 6 August 2006 at Cricket Archive
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  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup at CricketEurope
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  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Scorecard of Kenya v Scotland, WCL Division One final, 7 February 2007 at Cricket Archive
  18. ↑ 2007 Cricket World Cup at Cricinfo
  19. ↑ 2007 Friends Provident Trophy at CricketEurope
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  30. ↑ ICC Emerging Nations Tournament at CricketEurope
  31. ↑ 2002 ICC 6 Nations Challenge at CricketEurope
  32. ↑ ICC 6 Nations Challenge at CricketEurope
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  37. ↑ 2000 European Championship at CricketEurope
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  39. ↑ 2004 European Championship at CricketEurope
  40. ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/series/342158.html
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  42. ↑ TOBY BAILEY JOINS CRICKET SCOTLAND STAFF
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