The Scotland women's national cricket team represents

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in international

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. The team is organised by

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, an associate member of the

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(ICC). Scotland was involved in the first international women's cricket match, when they played against

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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

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(ODI) status. In April 2018, the ICC granted full

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(WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all

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matches played between Scotland women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be eligible for WT20I status. In May 2022, the ICC announced Scotland as one of five women's sides to gain ODI status.

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and the

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are the other four teams. In 2024, Scotland created history by reaching their first ever senior global tournament, as they qualified for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

History

In , a Scottish women's team played

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

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matches for England. After 1932, a Scottish women's team was not raised again until 1979, when a fixture was played against a Junior England team at

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.Other women's matches played by Scotland Women
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 November 2015. 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

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, 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

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. 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

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, 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. 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. In April 2018, Kathryn Bryce was named the captain of the team. In July 2018, Scotland played its first official T20 international match against

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in the

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in the

. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for the

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. Scotland was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams. 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

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in the UAE. In October 2024, Scotland made their first appearance at a Women's T20 World Cup thanks to reaching the final of the 10-team global qualifier, defeating higher-ranked teams such as Thailand and Ireland en route to the final. They were knocked out in the group stages of the World Cup, after defeats to Bangladesh, West Indies, South Africa and England.

Tournament history

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

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: Qualified

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: 4th (DNQ) *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

: 3rd (DNQ) *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: 5th (DNQ) *

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

: 6th (DNQ)

Commonwealth Games Qualifier

: 3rd (DNQ)

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 ''Last updated 18 April 2025''

Women's One Day International

*Highest team total: 268/7 (50 overs) v.

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on 18 April 2025 at

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. *Highest individual innings: 131 *, Kathryn Bryce v.

on 18 April 2025 at

. *Best innings bowling: 5/41, Hannah Rainey v.

on 21 October 2023 at Desert Springs Cricket Ground,

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. ODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to Women ODI #1454. Last updated 18 April 2025.''

Women's Twenty20 International

*Highest team total: 204/4 v.

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on 12 September 2023 at Desert Springs Cricket Ground,

. *Highest individual innings: 73 *, Kathryn Bryce v.

on 7 September 2019 at Lochlands Park,

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. *Best innings bowling: 5/3, Megan McColl v.

on 30 August 2021 at La Manga Club, Cartagena. Most T20I runs for Scotland Women Most T20I wickets for Scotland Women T20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #2091. Last updated 13 October 2024.'' ''Note: Scotland won a

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after the tied match against

Current squad

This lists all the players who played for Scotland in the past 12 months or were named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad. ''Updated as on 13 Oct 2024''

References

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Women's cricket in Scotland