Scotland women's national 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).

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

Scotland
Nickname(s)Wildcats
AssociationCricket Scotland
Personnel
CaptainKathryn Bryce
CoachPeter Ross[1]
International Cricket Council
ICC statusAssociate member (1994)
ICC regionEurope
ICC Rankings Current[2] 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  Ireland at Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería; 21 October 2023
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total[3] 11 2/9
(0 ties, 0 no results)
This year[4] 3 1/2
(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.  Ireland at Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería; 24 October 2023
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total[5] 51 29/21
(1 ties, 0 no results)
This year[6] 12 8/4
(0 ties, 0 no results)
Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best result3rd (2018)
As of 24 October 2023

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 (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 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 24 October 2023

Playing record
FormatMWLTNRInaugural match
One Day Internationals11290010 August 2001
Twenty20 Internationals5129211012 July 2018

Women's One Day International

ODI record versus other nations[17]

Records complete to Women ODI #1347. Last updated 21 October 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 England 1010010 August 2001
 Ireland 5140011 August 200117 October 2023
 Pakistan 1010022 July 2003
 West Indies 1010023 July 2003
ICC Associate members
 Japan 1100025 July 200325 July 2003
 Netherlands 2020012 August 2001

Women's Twenty20 International

T20I record versus other nations[18]

Records complete to WT20I #1688. Last updated 24 October 2023.

OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
ICC Full members
 Bangladesh 4040012 July 2018
 Ireland 1349008 July 201810 August 2019
 Sri Lanka 1010018 January 2022
ICC Associate members
 France 3300030 August 202130 August 2021
 Germany 3300026 June 201926 June 2019
 Italy 220006 September 20236 September 2023
 Kenya 1100022 January 202222 January 2022
 Malaysia 1100019 January 202219 January 2022
 Namibia 110005 September 20195 September 2019
 Netherlands 10631026 June 20199 August 2019
 Papua New Guinea 3120014 July 201814 July 2018
 Thailand 5320010 July 201810 July 2018
 Uganda 110007 July 20187 July 2018
 United Arab Emirates 1100023 September 202223 September 2022
 United States 2200031 August 201931 August 2019

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.

Name Age Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Ailsa Lister19Right-handed-
Lorna Jack30Right-handed-
Ellen Watson23Right-handed-
Maryam Faisal18Right-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
Priyanaz Chatterji30Right-handedRight-arm medium
Kathryn Bryce25Right-handedRight-arm mediumCaptain
Megan McColl22Right-handedRight-arm medium
Darcey Carter18Right-handedRight-arm off break
Abbi Aitken-Drummond32Right-handedRight-arm medium
Chloe AbelRight-handedRight-arm medium
Wicketkeeper
Sarah Bryce23Right-handed-Vice-captain
Spin Bowlers
Abtaha Maqsood23Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Olivia Bell19Right-handedRight-arm off break
Pace Bowlers
Hannah Rainey26Right-handedRight-arm medium
Rachel Slater21Right-handedLeft-arm medium
Nayma Sheikh17Left-handedRight-arm medium
Niamh Robertson-Jack17Right-handedLeft-arm medium

Updated as on 12 Sep 2023

See also

References
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