Scotland have introduced their 15-member squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, which can begin on October 16 in Australia. Richie Berrington will lead the aspect as their long-serving captain, Kyle Coetzer, retired from all types of cricket in July. Quick bowlers Josh Davey and Brad Wheal, who had been a part of the earlier version in 2021, have been named within the squad.
Scotland additionally featured within the group levels of the worldwide T20I occasion final 12 months and in addition certified for the Tremendous 12. They usually have performed solely two T20Is ever since, each of which had been towards New Zealand in July, earlier this 12 months. They misplaced each the video games, which had been performed in Edinburgh. They’re at the moment positioned at fifteenth place within the ICC T20I Rankings and can play in Group B together with Eire, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Head Coach of the aspect, Shane Burger, mentioned that he was trying ahead to seeing these gamers who should not a part of the World Cup difficult for “worldwide honours” sooner or later. “For these gamers who should not going to the world cup, we sit up for seeing them difficult for worldwide honours in years to come back,” Burger was quoted as saying in India In the present day.
Scotland to play warm-up video games forward of T20 World Cup
Scotland’s subsequent task will likely be a warm-up sport towards Netherlands on October 10 in Junction Oval, Melbourne. They’ll play one other warm-up sport towards United Arab Emirates (UAE) forward of the World Cup. Their first sport of the match will likely be towards West Indies in Hobart on October 17.
The skipper, Berrington, is on a scorching streak with the bat, scoring 303 runs at a mean of 33.66 within the final 12 innings in T20Is. And he’s anticipated to guide the Scottish aspect from the entrance but once more in Australia.
Scotland T20 World Cup 2022 squad: Richard Berrington (c), Michael Leask, George Munsey, Bradley Wheal, Chris Sole, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Matthew Cross, Hamza Tahir, Calum MacLeod, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Craig Wallace, Michael Jones
