Scotland women's national cricket team

For the men's team, see Scotland national cricket team.

Scotland
Nickname(s)Wildcats
AssociationCricket Scotland
Personnel
CaptainKathryn Bryce
CoachCraig Wallace
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1994)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever
WT20I 14th 11th (11 Oct 2018)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODIv  England at Bradfield College, Bradfield; 10 August 2001
Last WODIv  Netherlands at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 12 August 2024
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[2] 17 7/10
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[3] 6 5/1
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances4 (first in 2003)
Best resultChampions (2003)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20Iv.  Uganda at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen; 7 July 2018
Last WT20Iv.  England at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Dubai; 9 October 2024
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[4] 63 35/27
(1 ties, 0 no results)
This year[5] 12 6/6
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best result3rd (2018)
As of 13 October 2024

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).

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.[6] In May 2022, the ICC announced Scotland as one of five women's sides to gain ODI status.[7] Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and the United States are the other four teams.[8]

History

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In August 1932 (92 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.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

In April 2018, Kathryn Bryce was named the captain of the team.[13] 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.[14] Scotland was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams.[15]

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.[16]

In October 2024, Scotland made their first appearance at a Women's T20 World Cup thanks to reaching the final of the 10-team global qualifier.[17][18] They were knocked out in the group stages.[19]

Tournament history

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup

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ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

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Commonwealth Games Qualifier

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European Championship

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  • 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

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International Match Summary — Scotland Women[20][21]

Last updated 13 October 2024

Playing record
Format M W L T NR Inaugural match
One Day Internationals 17 7 10 0 0 10 August 2001
Twenty20 Internationals 63 35 27 1 0 12 July 2018

Women's One Day International

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ODI record versus other nations[20]

Records complete to Women ODI #1401. Last updated 12 August 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 4 1 3 0 0 12 August 2001 12 August 2024
 Papua New Guinea 3 3 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

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T20I record versus other nations[21]

Records complete to WT20I #2091. Last updated 13 October 2024.

Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 5 0 5 0 0 12 July 2018
 England 1 0 1 0 0 13 October 2024
 Ireland 14 5 9 0 0 8 July 2018 10 August 2019
 South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 9 October 2024
 Sri Lanka 3 0 3 0 0 18 January 2022
 West Indies 1 0 1 0 0 6 October 2024
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 11 7 3 1 0 26 June 2019 9 August 2019
 Papua New Guinea 4 2 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 a Super Over after the tied match against Netherlands.

Current squad

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This lists all the players who played for Scotland in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Format Notes
Batters
Lorna Jack 31 Right-handed - ODI & T20I
Ailsa Lister 20 Right-handed - ODI & T20I
Saskia Horley 24 Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI & T20I
Abbi Aitken-Drummond 33 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI & T20I
All-rounders
Priyanaz Chatterji 31 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI & T20I
Darcey Carter 19 Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI & T20I
Megan McColl 24 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI & T20I
Kathryn Bryce 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI & T20I Captain
Katherine Fraser 19 Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI & T20I
Wicket-keepers
Ellen Watson 24 Right-handed - ODI
Sarah Bryce 24 Right-handed - ODI & T20I Vice-captain
Spin Bowlers
Abtaha Maqsood 25 Right-handed Right-arm leg break ODI & T20I
Olivia Bell 21 Right-handed Right-arm off break ODI & T20I
Pace Bowlers
Chloe Abel 23 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI & T20I
Hannah Rainey 27 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI & T20I
Rachel Slater 23 Right-handed Left-arm medium T20I
Gabriella Fontenla 16 Right-handed Right-arm medium ODI

Updated as on 13 Oct 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
  2. ^ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  3. ^ "WODI matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  4. ^ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "WT20I matches - 2024 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
  6. ^ "All T20I matches to get international status". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Two new teams in next edition of ICC Women's Championship". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  8. ^ "ICC awards ODI status to five Associate Women's Teams". Emerging Cricket. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  9. ^ England Women v Scotland Women, Scotland Women in England 1932 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  10. ^ Other women's matches played by Scotland Women Archived 9 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Match Report - Wildcats v Netherlands - SWCA". Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Archived 29 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "ICC announces schedule of ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 - ICC Cricket". Archived from the original on 29 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Kathryn Bryce named Scotland Women captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Qualification for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  15. ^ "ICC announce qualification process for 2023 Women's T20 World Cup". The Cricketer. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Peter Ross appointed interim Women's National Team Head Coach". Cricket Scotland. 17 March 2022.
  17. ^ "Scotland women make history as they earn maiden T20 World Cup spot". The Herald. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  18. ^ "SCOTLAND WOMEN QUALIFY FOR FIRST EVER WORLD CUP". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Scotland eliminated by South Africa at T20 World Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  20. ^ a b "Records / Scotland Women / One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  21. ^ a b "Records / Scotland Women / Twenty20 Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo.
  22. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  24. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  25. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  26. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  27. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  28. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  29. ^ "Records / Scotland Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
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