Cricket Scotland has named Kathryn Bryce as their captain for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 set to be played in UAE.
The ninth edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup is set to be hosted by Bangladesh between October 03 and 20 this year.
A total of 10 teams will play 20 group-stage matches where the top 4 teams will advance to playoffs of the tournament. Teams were determined by the ICC Women’s T20I rankings and qualification event.
Scotland Women’s team has been qualified for the T20 World Cup for the first time after defeating Ireland in the qualifiers.
Scotland has been listed under group B along with Bangladesh, England, South Africa, and West Indies. Scotland women’s will play their first match of the tournament against Bangladesh on October 3 in Sharjah.
Scotland will then move on to Dubai to play their second and third match of the tournament on October 6 and 9 against West Indies and South Africa. Scotland will return to Sharjah to play their last group match of the tournament on October 13 against England.
Scotland squad for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Kathryn Bryce(c), Chloe Abel, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Olivia Bell, Sarah Bryce, Darcey Carter, Priyanaz Chatterji, Katherine Fraser, Saskia Horley, Lorna Jack-Brown, Ailsa Lister, Abtaha Maqsood, Megan McColl, Hannah Rainey, Rachel Slater
Following the squad announcement, Craig Wallace, Scotland Women’s Head Coach said: “This is a special day for everyone connected with this team. To be part of the first group of Scottish players to be selected for a senior Women’s World Cup is a great achievement, and the players and their families should be so proud.
“The makeup and balance of this squad is outstanding. We’ve got match-winners from start to finish within it, which I think is the big difference in the evolution of this squad during my short tenure. People have been putting in crucial performances each time they step onto the field, and that runs right the way through the squad.
“Whilst it was really tough, it was also actually enjoyable to select this squad, looking back at many of those great performances, and we know all fifteen players can go out there and win cricket matches for us at the World Cup.
“If you look at the recent Netherlands series, we won five games out of six, and there is a depth in the wider group now, proved by some of those who’ve not been selected but who’ve been pushing and performing all year. It was great to be able to argue about players’ cases in a positive sense based on the work they’ve all produced.
“I am so excited about what lies ahead. If we behave and play the way we have done during the last year, who knows what can happen at the World Cup – we could win as many games as we want to. The players play a great brand of cricket, and have so much belief in themselves, so the possibilities are limitless, really”.
