The Scotland national cricket team represents Scotland in the game of cricket. In 1992 Scotland severed their ties with the Test and County Cricket Board and with English cricket, and gained associate membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in their own right in 1994.Scotland at CricketArchive 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. They also qualified for the 2007 and 2015 World Cups.
Cricket World Cup record
Cricket World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundPosition 1975 Not eligible (not an ICC member) No qualifier held 1979 Did not participate (not an ICC member) 1983 1987 1992 1996 Not eligible (not an ICC member at time of qualification) 1999 Group stage 12/12 5 0 5 0 0 96201 2003 Did not qualify 107300 2007 Group stage 15/16 3 0 3 0 0 77000 2011 Did not qualify 105500 2015 Group stage 14/14 6 0 6 0 0 2214701 2019 Did not qualify 2112513 2023 43291202 2027 TBD Ongoing* Total Group Stage 3/13 14 0 14 0 0 122 80 34 1 7
World Cup Record (By Team)
Cricket World Cup matches (By team)Total : 0 Wins – 0 Ties – 14 Losses – 14 games playedAgainstWinsDrawsLossesTotal0011003300220011001100220011001100110011Source: Last Updated:16 March 2015
Tournament results 1999 World Cup
1999 was Scotland's first appearance at the Cricket World Cup, and their matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand were played in Scotland. Scotland were drawn in Group B with Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies. Scotland failed to win a single match, and were eliminated in the group stages.
Squad
George Salmond (c) Alec Davies (wk) Mike Allingham Asim Butt James Brinkley Ian Philip Nick Dyer Gavin Hamilton John Blain Bruce Patterson Keith Sheridan Greig Williamson Mike Smith Ian Stanger Peter Steindl
Results Pool stage (Pool B)Super SixSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 6 wicketsL by 94 runsL by 22 runsL by 8 wicketsL by 6 wickets6Did not advancePool stage Scorecards
2007 World Cup
After failing to qualify for the 2003 World Cup, Scotland qualified for the 2007 tournament in the West Indies. Once again, Scotland failed to win any of their matches, and were again eliminated in the group stage.
Squad
Craig Wright (c) Colin Smith (wk) John Blain Dougie Brown Navdeep Poonia Neil McCallum Majid Haq Dewald Nel Gavin Hamilton Fraser Watts Ryan Watson Paul Hoffmann Ross Lyons Glenn Rogers Dougie Lockhart
Results Group stage (Group A)Super 8SemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 203 runsL by 7 wicketsL by 8 wickets4Did not advanceGroup stage Scorecards
2015 World Cup
After failing to qualify for the 2011 World Cup, Scotland managed to qualify for the 2015 tournament by winning the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Scotland lost all of their group matches, and were eliminated.
Squad
Preston Mommsen (c) Matthew Cross (wk) Kyle Coetzer Calum MacLeod Richie Berrington Josh Davey Michael Leask Robert Taylor Alasdair Evans Iain Wardlaw Freddie Coleman Hamish Gardiner Matt Machan Safyaan Sharif
Note: Majid Haq was sent home for breaking team's code of conduct.
Results Pool stage (Pool A)QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOverall ResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultL by 3 wicketsL by 119 runsL by 1 wicketL by 6 wicketsL by 148 runsL by 7 wicket7Did not advancePool stage Scorecards
Records and statistics Team records Highest innings totals Score Opponent Venue Season 318/8 (50 overs) Nelson 2015 215/10 (43.1 overs) Hobart 2015 210/10 (50 overs) Dunedin 2015 186/8 (50 overs) Basseterre 2007 184/10 (42.2 overs) Christchurch 2015Last updated: 14 March 2015
Lowest completed innings Score Opponent Venue Season 68 (31.3 overs) Leicester 1999 121 (42.1 overs) Edinburgh 1999 130 (25.4 overs) Hobart 2015 131 (40.1 overs) Basseterre 2007 136 (34.1 overs) Basseterre 2007(unfinished innings excluded from this list) Last updated: 14 March 2015
Most appearances This list consists players with most number of matches at the Cricket World Cup. John Blain and Gavin Hamilton have played the most matches, having appeared in 8 World Cup games and Preston Mommsen captained the team in 6 matches — the highest by a Scottish captain.
Matches Player Period8 John Blain 1999-2007 Gavin Hamilton 1999-2007 7 Majid Haq 2007-2015 6 7 playersLast updated: 14 March 2015
Batting records Most runs Runs Player 100s 50s Period253 Kyle Coetzer 6 6 42.16 1 1 2015–2015228 Gavin Hamilton 8 8 32.57 2 1999–2007186 Matt Machan 6 6 31.00 1 2015–2015148 Preston Mommsen 6 6 24.66 1 2015–2015139 Richie Berrington 6 6 23.16 1 2015–2015Last updated: 14 March 2015
Highest individual innings Score Player Opponent Venue Season 156Kyle Coetzer Nelson 2015 76Gavin Hamilton Chester-le-Street 1999 71Kyle Coetzer Christchurch 2015 70Freddie Coleman Hobart 2015 63Gavin Hamilton Edinburgh 1999Last updated: 14 March 2015
Highest partnerships Runs Players Opposition Venue Season 141 (4th wicket) Preston Mommsen (39) & Kyle Coetzer (100) v Nelson 2015 118 (4th wicket) Preston Mommsen (49) & Freddie Coleman (64) v Hobart 2015 97 (5th wicket) Matt Machan (47) & Richie Berrington (46) v Dunedin 2015 78 (3rd wicket) Matt Machan (35) & Kyle Coetzer (41) v Nelson 2015 62 (6th wicket) Gavin Hamilton (31) & James Brinkley (23) v Worcester 1999Last updated: 14 March 2015
Bowling statistics Most wickets Wickets Player Matches 4W 5W Period 15 Josh Davey 6 20.73 6.22 1 0 2015–2015 12 John Blain 8 25.00 5.98 1 0 1999–20077 Richie Berrington 6 18.85 5.69 1 0 2015–2015 Majid Haq 7 41.00 5.64 0 0 2007–20156 Alasdair Evans 4 35.83 5.37 0 0 2015–2015 Iain Wardlaw 23 51.66 7.12 0 0 2015–2015Last updated: 14 March 2015
Best bowling figures Bowling Figures Overs Player Opponent Venue Season 4/37 10.0 John Blain v Edinburgh 1999 4/40 10.0 Richie Berrington v Dunedin 2015 4/68 10.0 Josh Davey v Christchurch 2015 3/40 7.0 Josh Davey v Dunedin 2015 3/53 7.0 John Blain v Edinburgh 1999Last updated: 14 March 2015
See also Scotland national cricket team Cricket in Scotland
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