Cricket Scotland: Squad announced for ICC Men’s World Cup Qualifier

Scotland Squad for World Cup Qualifier: The Scotland Men’s squad has been confirmed today ahead of the ICC Men’s World Cup Qualifier in Zimbabwe, which runs from June 18 until July 9.

Cricket Scotland: Scotland Men’s Squad :-

• Richie Berrington (captain) (Clydesdale)
• Matthew Cross (Heriot’s)
• Alasdair Evans (Carlton)
• Chris Greaves (Grange)
• Jack Jarvis (Grange)
• Michael Leask (Forfarshire)
• Tom Mackintosh (Durham)
• Chris McBride (Dumfries)
• Brandon McMullen (RH Corstorphine)
• George Munsey (RH Corstorphine)
• Adrian Neill (Heriot’s)
• Safyaan Sharif (Perth Doo’cot)
• Chris Sole (Grange)
• Hamza Tahir (Ayr)
• Mark Watt (Tamworth)

Cricket Scotland: Two changes from the squad :-

There are two changes from the squad which lifted the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 trophy in February. Pace bowlers Alasdair Evans and Adrian Neill return replacing Liam Naylor and the retired Kyle Coetzer from the travelling party that toured Nepal.

A number of players with county contracts were considered for selection, but were unavailable due to their commitments in domestic cricket during the early part of the summer.

Alasdair Evans confirmed as Scotland’s 14 contracted men’s players :-

Alasdair Evans, who last week was confirmed as one of Cricket Scotland’s fourteen contracted men’s players for 2023-2024, could play his first ODI since facing Oman in 2021. Meanwhile Adrian Neill re-joins the squad in prime form, after taking 6-17 on club duty with Heriots on Saturday.

The Scotland squad will fly to Pretoria in South Africa on Saturday, June 3, for a pre-tournament training camp. They will also play two warmup games against Nepal and Netherlands, before travelling on to Zimbabwe.

Cricket Scotland: ICC Cricket World Cup Super League – Bottom Five :-

• West Indies
• Sri Lanka
• Ireland
• Zimbabwe
• Netherlands

ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – Top Three :-

• Scotland
• Oman
• Nepal

Qualifier Playoff – Top Two :-

• United States
• United Arab Emirates

The top two teams will move forward to the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, which takes place in India between October 5 and November 19, 2023.

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