Cricket Scotland (CS) have announced the launch of Women’s Super Series T20 competition from 11th July 2021 at Lochlands to prepare the players for the upcoming ICC Women’s T20 World Cup European qualifiers in the month of August in Spain (La Manga facility) from August 26th – 30th.
Two teams (replacing the regional Eagles and Stormers squads) coached by Peter Ross and Daniel Sutton will compete in a 10-match series until 15th Aug 2021. All the matches from the Super Series will be live-scored and streamed via CS Live. The series continues the domestic cricket momentum for the players, who took part in the Women’s Premier League prior to this, where Carlton club emerged victorious in the competition.
The opening round of games will be held at Lochlands, with the remaining games to be played at Titwood, Forthill and Goldenacre grounds. The Bryce sisters (Sarah and Kathryn) are currently based in England, where they are playing in the ECB Women domestic competitions and will also be part of the Hundred tournament.
2021 Cricket Scotland Women’s Super Series T20 Squads
Ross XI: Becky Glen, Abtaha Maqsood, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Ailsa Lister, Megan McColl, Emily Cavender, Katherine Fraser, Hannah Rainey, Catherine Holland, Molly Paton, Anne Sturgess and Zoe Rennie
Sutton XI: Katie McGill, Priyanaz Chatterji, Ellen Watson, Samantha Haggo, Ikra Farooq, Lorna Jack, Charis Scott, Emma Walsingham, Emily Tucker, Niamh Robertson-Jack, Orla Montgomery and Nayma Shaikh
2021 Cricket Scotland Women’s Super Series T20 Schedule
11th July 2021: Ross XI vs Sutton XI @11am (Scorecard) and @2:30pm (Scorecard)
18th July 2021: Ross XI vs Sutton XI @11am (Scorecard) and @2:30pm (Scorecard)
25th July 2021: Ross XI vs Sutton XI @11am (Scorecard) and @2:30pm (Scorecard)
01st August 2021: Ross XI vs Sutton XI @11am (Scorecard) and @2:30pm (Scorecard)
15th August 2021: Ross XI vs Sutton XI @11am (Scorecard) and @2:30pm (Scorecard)
“The way the teams are matched means it’s going to be a good contest,” said Peter Ross in the official press release. “On my side we have Abbi Aitken-Drummond, who is coming off the back of a really productive WPL campaign where she batted up top for Carlton and was quite destructive in a couple of games. Becky Glen, too, is someone who’s always done the job with the national team, and it’ll be good for her to lead the squad.
“Abtaha Maqsood is available this weekend before she goes off to The Hundred to play for Birmingham Phoenix, and as ever she’ll be a real handful on the pitch. Hannah Rainey is in a really good spell at the minute, she bowled with good pace for Carlton and played well for the Performance Academy on Monday [taking 3 for 29 against the Northern Diamonds Academy at Alnwick]. Katherine Fraser is always excellent, and Megan McColl had a really productive series with the national squad in Ireland as well.”
