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, with Durham’s Tom Mackintosh included.
Mackintosh earned his maiden ODI call up for Scotland’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 series versus Namibia and Nepal in Namibia last December and is now re-called up for the month long qualifiers in Zimbabwe.
Interim Head Coach Doug Watson arrived in Scotland last week after spending time with much of the squad in Antigua in April. He’s excited about what lies ahead for his team in Zimbabwe.
“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.
“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.” The Scotland squad will fly to Pretoria in South Africa on Friday, June 2, for a pre tournament training camp. They will also play two warmup games against Nepal and Netherlands, before travelling on to Zimbabwe.
There will be a new backroom staff supporting Doug and the squad during the Qualifier. Glenn Pocknall and Graeme Beghin will act as Assistant Coaches, with Gavin Cross joining the tour as physiotherapist. Glenn Pocknall will be Bowling Lead and brings vast experience to the coaching setup as a former Head Coach of the Wellington Firebirds – in 2021, he was appointed as Black Caps Head Coach for their T20 series in Bangladesh.
Graeme Beghin returns to work with the Scotland squad once again as Batting & Fielding Lead, having been Batting Coach during last year’s T20 World Cup, while Gavin Cross is currently Head Physiotherapist with the Wellington Firebirds.
The fixture schedule for the Qualifier is expected to be confirmed by the ICC in the coming days. The ten competing teams are:
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.
Scotland Men’s Squad: Richie Berrington (captain) Clydesdale, Matthew Cross Heriots, 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 Heriots, Safyaan Sharif Perth Doo’cot Chris Sole Grange Hamza Tahir Ayr Mark Watt Derbyshire