Forward of the Tri Collection between Scotland, Namibia and Nepal subsequent month, Cricket Scotland has unveiled the chosen males’s gamers and has introduced Scotland cricketing stalwart Richie Berrington will take up the mantle as captain.
Clydesdale CC and Ayr CC will host the video games from tenth – seventeenth July as a part of the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2, the place Richie will make his debut as full-time captain of the lads’s nationwide aspect. Richie succeeds legendary long-time skipper Kyle Coetzer and can be supported by new vice-captain Matthew Cross.
The appointment was determined upon by the lads’s teaching staff in session with senior gamers and Cricket Scotland’s Interim Head of Efficiency primarily based on gamers’ management expertise and presence, behaviour, technique, values and fervour for the badge.
A everlasting fixture on the lads’s aspect for greater than a decade, South Africa born Scottish cricketer Richie performed within the 2006 Underneath-19 World Cup and 2015 World Cup for his nation. He takes up the function at an necessary time for the squad, who want to collect momentum as they gear up for ODI, T20 and World Cup clashes over the subsequent 12 months, and through a interval of serious change in Scottish cricket.
With the primary dwelling CWCL2 collection for the aspect since 2019 simply weeks away, followers can count on a way of event for Richie’s first outing as males’s captain.
Richie Berrington stated: “I really feel extremely honoured and privileged to guide this staff and symbolize my nation. Having come by means of the Scottish system from a younger age, I’m very proud to tackle the function of males’s captain.
“We now have a particularly skilful and proficient group of gamers and loads of expertise in our squad however as a bunch we’re at all times seeking to discover methods to enhance and I’m trying ahead to seeing the staff regularly transfer ahead.
“As a staff we’re very a lot trying ahead to what’s forward – three dwelling collection over the subsequent couple of months is a superb alternative for us to maintain constructing on the staff’s latest success and we’ll be doing all we will to supply some good leads to entrance of a house crowd.
“We’ve had a unbelievable chief in Kyle, who has been an awesome ambassador for our sport and I’ve learnt quite a bit underneath his management. As males’s captain I’m aiming to guide by means of efficiency, bringing my expertise to the function and giving every thing I can to assist assist the staff. Long run, World Cup qualification is essential for us and we’re decided to maintain pushing in direction of full member standing, whereas persevering with to develop the youthful gamers we now have coming by means of.
“It’s indisputably a difficult time for the game extra extensively however all of us have a chance to play our half and ensure cricket in Scotland is a secure, truthful and inclusive atmosphere for everybody. Racism, discrimination and inequalities don’t have any place within the sport all of us love and I’m trying ahead to being a part of a brighter future for the game.”
Cricket Scotland males’s head coach Shane Burger stated: “I’ve little question that Richie will lead the Scottish males’s aspect with distinction and is the correct particular person for the job. His stature not solely within the Scottish sport, however world cricket, makes him a becoming appointment – we now have a frontrunner in Richie that everybody will be happy with.
“We’re additionally delighted to have added Matthew Cross as vice-captain, offering a platform for him to form and mildew his management talents. This upcoming dwelling collection additionally offers an opportunity to carry youthful and upcoming gamers into the squads and can little question be an thrilling growth alternative for a lot of. We sit up for seeing what the subsequent 12 months holds for this staff and for Scottish cricket as an entire.”
The brand new males’s captain and vice-captain can be joined on area in opposition to Namibia and Nepal with the next chosen staff:
- Richie Berrington (c)
- Matthew Cross (wk) (vc)
- Kyle Coetzer
- Calum Macleod
- George Munsey
- Dylan Budge
- Mark Watt
- Safyaan Sharif
- Michael Leask
- Gavin Fundamental
- Adrian Neill
- Hamza Tahir
- Chris Sole
- Chris McBride
Fixtures Schedule
- tenth July – Scotland vs Namibia (Titwood)
- eleventh July – Namibia vs Nepal (New Cambusdoon)
- thirteenth July – Scotland vs Nepal (Titwood)
- 14th July – Scotland vs Namibia (Titwood)
- sixteenth July – Namibia vs Nepal (New Cambusdoon)
- seventeenth July – Scotland vs Nepal (Titwood)
All begin occasions are 11am the matches can even be capable to view on www.icc.television. Tickets for all matches are in the stores on-line now.
