Scotland have announced their 15-men squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifiers, set to be held in Zimbabwe from June 18.
The Scots have managed to keep almost the same squad that won the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 in February.
Only two changes were made from the squad that lifted the title in Nepal with Alasdair Evans replacing the 21-year-old Liam Naylor while Adrian Neill replaced the retired Kyle Coetzer.
Evans was one of the 14 contracted men’s players for 2023-2024 announced last week and will be looking forward to featuring in his first ODI since 2021.
Squad: Richie Berrington (captain), Matthew Cross, Alasdair Evans, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Tom Mackintosh, Chris McBride, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Adrian Neill, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt.
Scotland’s interim head coach Doug Watson talked about his squad saying that the combination of youth and senior players would be beneficial for the team in the qualifiers.
“I think there’s a good mixture in this squad of youth and senior players who’ve been around a while – the likes of Richie and George, as well as some exciting young talent in Jack Jarvis and Chris McBride," said the 50-year-old.
“It’s obviously a wonderful opportunity coming up in Zimbabwe, and the guys that we’ve selected are all really excited and fizzing to go. They know how tough the challenge is going to be.
“It’s moving into winter over there just now, and the conditions are changing and will be quite spin-friendly, but the key thing will be for us to adapt to the conditions and approach the games the way we want to play them.”
Scotland would be looking forward to continuing their great form as they had just won the League 2 title in February. They will be among those ten teams competing in the qualifiers, where only two teams will manage to cement their place in the upcoming ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 in India later in the year.