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Scotland women's national cricket team

Scotland women's national cricket team

Cricket team


The Scotland women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Wildcats, represents Scotland in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Scotland, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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Scotland was involved in the first international women's cricket match, when they played against England in 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 the 2001 European Championship, where matches held One Day International (ODI) status. The team's only other ODI appearances to date came at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands, a qualifier for the 2005 World Cup. Outside regional tournaments, Scotland has only qualified for two major events since then – the 2008 World Cup Qualifier and the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier.

In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches 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, Thailand and the United States are the other four teams.[9]

History

In August 1932 (91 years ago) (1932-08), a Scottish women's team played England at New 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, and Betty Archdale – later played in Test matches for England.[10] After 1932, a Scottish women's team was not raised again until 1979, when a fixture was played against a Junior England team at Malvern College, Worcestershire.[11]

Scotland made their international tournament debut at the 2001 edition of the Women's European Championship. They lost all three games, finishing last in the four-team tournament. Two years later, they played in the 2003 IWCC Trophy, the inaugural edition of what is now known simply as the World Cup Qualifier. They finished fifth in the six-team tournament, which was hosted by the Netherlands, with their only win coming against Japan.

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 in South Africa, finishing sixth in the tournament.

In 2014, Scotland was promoted to Division 2 of the Women's County Championship after 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 Bryce was named the captain of the team.[14] In July 2018, Scotland played its first official T20 international match against Uganda in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in the Netherlands.

In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[15] Scotland was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams.[16]

Mark Coles resigned as head coach in January 2022. He was replaced by Peter Ross on an interim basis in March 2022, through to the end of the 2022 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE.[1]

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Commonwealth Games Qualifier

European Championship

  • 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

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

Last updated 7 May 2024

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Women's One Day International

ODI record versus other nations[17]

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

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Women's Twenty20 International

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T20I record versus other nations[18]

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

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Note: Scotland won a Super Over after the tied match against Netherlands.

Current squad

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

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Updated as on 12 Sep 2023

See also


References

  1. "Peter Ross appointed interim Women's National Team Head Coach". Cricket Scotland. 17 March 2022.
  2. "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  3. "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  4. "Two new teams in next edition of ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  5. "ICC awards ODI status to five Associate Women's Teams". Emerging Cricket. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  6. England Women v Scotland Women, Scotland Women in England 1932 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. Other women's matches played by Scotland Women Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  8. "Match Report - Wildcats v Netherlands - SWCA". Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Archived 29 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Kathryn Bryce named Scotland Women captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.



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