Scotland’s Maiden T20 World Cup Qualification Lauded by England Star
England’s cricket sensation, Nat Sciver-Brunt, has lauded Scotland’s women’s cricket team for their first-ever qualification for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024.
The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Global Qualifier 2024 was a historic event as Scotland finally secured their spot in the main tournament after several near misses in the past.
Nat Sciver-Brunt thrilled to see Scotland qualify | Women’s T20 World Cup
Despite participating in previous Qualifier events in 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2022, Scotland had never advanced beyond the initial stages. However, this year, they finally broke through, with captain Kathryn Bryce leading the team with exceptional performances throughout the tournament.
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Sciver-Brunt, who has shared the dressing room with Kathryn and Sarah Bryce at The Blaze in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, expressed her joy and excitement for the Scottish players’ achievement. “Really chuffed for them,” said Sciver-Brunt. “I love stories like that. Teams battling it out to get to a stage where they haven’t been before and it is really exciting to see some new faces around the competition.”
“We’ll look forward to playing against them. Three or four of them have got a really good experience of cricket in England, but also in tournaments worldwide. So yeah, not to be taken lightly and exciting.”
Scotland v Sri Lanka | Final | Match Highlights | Women’s T20WC Qualifier 2024
Scotland’s performance at the Qualifier event was outstanding, with their only losses coming against Sri Lanka, both in the group stage and the final. In Group A, they demonstrated dominance against Uganda, USA and Thailand, securing convincing victories to comfortably advance to the semi-finals with six points.
Despite being considered underdogs in the semi-final clash against Ireland, skipper Kathryn Bryce led the charge with a remarkable opening spell, claiming four wickets in quick succession.
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Bryce then showcased her batting prowess by scoring a composed, unbeaten 35 runs, – that included hitting the winning runs – that guided Scotland to the final and securing qualification for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 in Bangladesh later this year.
They were without their captain for the final against Sri Lanka and a special century from Chamari Athapaththu stopped Scotland from lifting the Qualifier trophy.