The top two (2) teams from Group A and Group B will qualify for the semi-finals after the conclusion of the single round-robin group stage format. As is the norm in ICC events, all the ten (10) teams will be playing two (2) official warm-up matches before the start of the tournament proper on 03rd October.

ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 Scotland Schedule

Scotland: Kathryn Bryce (Captain), Sarah Bryce, Lorna Jack-Brown, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Abtaha Maqsood, Saskia Horley, Chloe Abel, Priyanaz Chatterji, Megan McColl, Darcey Carter, Ailsa Lister, Hannah Rainey, Rachel Slater, Katherine Fraser and Olivia Bell

03rd October 2024: Bangladesh vs Scotland (Scorecard)

06th October 2024: West Indies vs Scotland (Scorecard)

09th October 2024: South Africa vs Scotland (Scorecard)

13th October 2024: England vs Scotland (Scorecard)

Ireland and Scotland Women Tour of Spain Schedule

Scotland Women: Kathryn Bryce (Captain), Sarah Bryce, Olivia Bell, Darcey Carter, Priyanaz Chatterji, Maryam Faisal, Lorna Jack, Ailsa Lister, Abtaha Maqsood, Megan McColl, Hannah Rainey, Niamh Robertson-Jack, Nayma Sheikh and Ellen Watson

Ireland Women: Laura Delany (Captain), Ava Canning, Alana Dalzell, Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Joanna Loughran, Sophie MacMahon, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Freya Sargent and Rebecca Stokell

17th October 2023: Ireland Women vs Scotland Women – 1st WODI (Scorecard)

19th October 2023: Ireland Women vs Scotland Women – 2nd WODI (Scorecard)

21st October 2023: Ireland Women vs Scotland Women – 3rd WODI (Scorecard)

23rd October 2023: Ireland Women vs Scotland Women – 1st WT20I (Scorecard)

24th October 2023: Ireland Women vs Scotland Women – 2nd WT20I (Scorecard)

Scotland internationals Kyle Coetzer and Kathryn Bryce were named the “Associate Player of the Decade” winners in their respective categories, and were up against tough competition from the other nominees in the lists. But both the wins will take forward Cricket Scotland’s vision of making cricket known as a mainstream sporting activity in the country and attract more youngsters (boys and girls) to take up the sport as an amateur/professional career option in the near future.

Scotland Men’s have had a stellar decade in terms of team achievements, and leading them for the later half of the decade has been Kyle Coetzer, whose own individual performances have garnered much attention and praise. With 3429 runs across ODIs and T20Is in the past 10 years, he is the leading player among the batsmen in Associate cricket landscape. Coetzer is also the recipient of an “MBE for services to cricket” award in the Queen’s Honours List in 2019.

Similarly, Kathryn Bryce has been leading the Scotland Women’s squad since 2018, after making her debut in 2011 at the age of 13. While Kathryn’s international numbers has been instrumental (over 400+ runs and 15 wickets in 14 T20Is), her individual performances for Scotland / Lightning in ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) Women’s domestic competitions, including a stellar 2020 season in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy (50-overs), that saw her sign a professional contract in England with Lightning for the 2021 season along with her sister Sarah Bryce.

Other players from Scotland in the nominations included Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod and Sarah Bryce. Natthakan Chantham (Thailand), Sterre Kalis (Netherlands), Chanida Sutthiruang (Thailand) and Sornnorin Tippoch (Thailand) were the other nominations in the Women’s category, while Peter Borren (Netherlands), Assad Vala (Papua New Guinea) and Paras Khadka (Nepal) were the other nominations in the Men’s category.

And the Bryce sisters have ensured that their names will not go unnoticed by any means possible, as both Sarah and Kathryn have put up quite a solid show during the Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy . It will be impossible to ignore them when the competition comes around next year and this year’s performance alone should earn them mentions for stint in WBBL (women’s Big Bash League), if not for this season but definitely next.

So dominant have the sisters been in the tournament during the group stages, that Sarah Bryce is currently sitting pretty as the 2nd highest run-scorer in the competition with 395 runs to her name from 6 innings played for Lightning . These include four half-centuries and a magnificent century in the final group game against Central Sparks, as she scored as best List-A record and remained unbeaten on 136.

Her impressive run included a 52 in the opening game against Thunder, that included the likes of Kate Cross, Alex Hartley and Sophie Ecclestone in the bowling ranks, as ECB allowed the national squad members to play the first two rounds of the competition. The 2nd match saw her score 57 runs, against the likes of Katherine Brunt, Nat Sciver and Jenny Gunn in the bowling ranks for Northern Diamonds  team.

All her runs while opening the innings for Lightning is a massive achievement for the 20-year old keeper-batswoman. And while Sarah was on a run-making spree, Kathryn was on a spree of her own with the ball in hand, and has topped the wicket-taking charts, with 14 scalps to her name from 6 innings.

Kathryn, who has led Lightning in the competition, took a 4-for and 5-for during the group stages, with her best figures of 5/29 coming against Northern Diamonds team. Her all-round capabilities were on display as he raked up 141 runs as well along with her bowling accolades. She also had the opportunity to bowl to England’s national women’s squad members during the first two rounds of the competition, including the likes of Lauren Winfield, Nat Sciver, Sophie Ecclestone and other prominent players in the domestic circuit.

Scotland women will be taking part in the rescheduled ICC Women’s World Cup qualifiers in 2021, and the Bryce sisters will be the back-bone of the squad set-up and will be expected to lead their campaign in search of a spot in the World Cup (3 spots on offer from the qualifiers).