2024 Scotland Tri-Nation Series

2024 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2
Date	16–26 July 2024
Location	Scotland
Teams  Namibia  Oman  Scotland Captains Gerhard Erasmus Aqib Ilyas Richie Berrington Most runs Gerhard Erasmus (160) Aqib Ilyas (130) Richie Berrington (194) Most wickets Ben Shikongo (5) Bilal Khan (6) Charlie Cassell (7)

The 2024 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the third round of the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament, which was held in Scotland in July 2024.^[1] The tri-nation series was contested by the men's national teams of Scotland, Namibia and Oman.^[2] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.^[3]

Originally scheduled for May 2024, the series was rescheduled to July due to "unprecedented poor weather" resulting in a delay in the preparation of the playing pitches.^[4] A one-off Twenty20 International (T20I) match between Scotland and Oman was scheduled to be held following the League 2 series in May.^[5] The T20I match was confirmed to be cancelled in Cricket Scotland's announcement of the series postponement in April 2024.^[6]

Squads

Namibia[7]	Oman[8]	Scotland[9]
Gerhard Erasmus (c) Hanro Badenhorst Jan Balt Jack Brassell Jan Frylinck Zane Green (wk) Junior Kariata Handre Klazinge Jean-Pierre Kotze (wk) Malan Kruger Lo-handre Louwrens (wk) Michael van Lingen Tangeni Lungameni Ben Shikongo Bernard Scholtz JJ Smit	Aqib Ilyas (c) Pratik Athavale (wk) Fayyaz Butt Khalid Kail Kaleemullah Ayaan Khan Bilal Khan Mehran Khan Shoaib Khan Zeeshan Maqsood Jay Odedra Kashyap Prajapati Rafiullah Samay Shrivastava Karan Sonavale	Richie Berrington (c) Matthew Cross (wk) Brad Currie Charlie Cassell Jasper Davidson Michael English Chris Greaves Jack Jarvis Michael Leask Gavin Main Brandon McMullen George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Chris Sole Charlie Tear (wk) Mark Watt

Charlie Cassell was added to the Scotland squad on 15 July 2024 in place of Chris Sole, who was unavailable for personal reasons.^[10]

Tour matches

Ahead of the series, Oman played two 50-over warm-up games against Scotland A at Forthill.^[11]

1st 50-over match

11 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland A 385 (47.2 overs)	v	Oman 103 (30.2 overs)
Ollie Hairs 255 (130) Zeeshan Maqsood 3/26 (5.2 overs)		Zeeshan Maqsood 30 (45) Adrian Neill 3/19 (6 overs)

Scotland A won by 282 runs Forthill, Dundee

• Scotland A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd 50-over match

12 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Oman  106 (24.2 overs)	v	Scotland A 107/2 (18.2 overs)
Ayaan Khan 29 (32) Charlie Cassell 3/22 (6.2 overs)		Liam Naylor 57* (47) Bilal Khan 1/19 (3 overs)

Scotland A won by 8 wickets Forthill, Dundee Umpires: William Ferguson (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco)

• Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

Fixtures

1st ODI

16 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Oman  123 (38 overs)	v	Scotland 99/2 (12.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 40* (84) Jasper Davidson 4/23 (8 overs)		George Munsey 47 (34) Kaleemullah 2/40 (6 overs)

No result Forthill, Dundee Umpires: Ryan Milne (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• This was the first men's ODI to be played at the venue.
• Jasper Davidson (Sco), Pratik Athavale, Khalid Kail and Mehran Khan (Oma) all made their ODI debuts.

2nd ODI

18 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Oman  233/8 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 234/4 (47.5 overs)
Khalid Kail 51 (66) Ben Shikongo 4/29 (9 overs)		Jan Frylinck 73 (81) Bilal Khan 2/40 (9 overs)

Namibia won by 6 wickets Forthill, Dundee Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco) Player of the match: Jan Frylinck (Nam)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Junior Kariata (Nam) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

20 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  290/9 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 235/9 (44 overs)
George Munsey 91 (62) Bernard Scholtz 3/23 (10 overs)		Gerhard Erasmus 63 (51) Michael Leask 4/40 (9 overs)

Scotland won by 47 runs (DLS method) Forthill, Dundee Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.
• Richie Berrington (Sco) scored his 3,000th run in ODIs.^[12]
• Michael van Lingen (Nam) scored his 1,000th run in ODIs.

4th ODI

22 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Oman  91 (21.4 overs)	v	Scotland 95/2 (17.2 overs)
Pratik Athavale 34 (56) Charlie Cassell 7/21 (5.4 overs)		Brandon McMullen 37* (43) Fayyaz Butt 1/11 (4 overs)

Scotland won by 8 wickets Forthill, Dundee Umpires: Iain McDonald (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Charlie Cassell (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• Charlie Cassell (Sco) and Karan Sonavale (Oma) both made their ODI debuts.
• Charlie Cassell (Sco) took his first five-wicket haul in ODIs,^[13] and also registered the best figures by any bowler on debut in men's ODIs.^[14]

5th ODI

24 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Namibia  196/9 (50 overs)	v	Oman 197/6 (49.1 overs)
Malan Kruger 73 (90) Bilal Khan 3/50 (10 overs)		Aqib Ilyas 68 (129) Jack Brassell 2/49 (10 overs)

Oman won by 4 wickets Forthill, Dundee Umpires: Iain McDonald (Sco) and David McLean (Sco) Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)

• Oman won the toss and elected to field.
• Bilal Khan (Oma) became the fastest pace bowler to take 100 wickets in men's ODIs, in terms of matches played (49).^[15]

6th ODI

26 July 2024 11:00 Scorecard

Scotland  301/6 (50 overs)	v	Namibia 163 (40.1 overs)
Michael English 107 (122) Shaun Fouché 3/60 (10 overs)		Gerhard Erasmus 53 (73) Brad Currie 3/25 (9 overs)

Scotland won by 138 runs Forthill, Dundee Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng) Player of the match: Michael English (Sco)

• Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
• Michael English (Sco) made his ODI debut, and became the 17th cricketer to score a century on debut in men's ODIs.^[16]

References

1. "Cricket Scotland to host Namibia and Oman for ODI/T20I series in May 2024". Czarsportz. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
2. "Forfarshire to host men's CWCL2 fixtures in May". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
3. "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
4. "Cricket World Cup 2027: Scotland qualifiers postponed over poor weather". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
5. "Forfarshire to host Men's CWCL2 fixtures in May". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
6. "ICC CWCL2 series postponed until July". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
7. "Eagles gain experience in Punjab series defeat". The Namibian. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
8. "Oman ready for ICC World Cup League 2 in Scotland". Times of Oman. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
9. "Scotland men's squad named for ICC CWCL2 series". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
10. @CricketScotland (15 July 2024). "𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Charlie Cassell has been added to the Scotland Men's squad for the upcoming CWCL2 series in place of Chris Sole, who is unavailable for personal reasons" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
11. "Scotland men A to face Oman". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
12. "Berrington reaches landmark as Scotland beat Namibia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
13. "Scotland quick breaks Rabada's record with seven-wicket haul on debut". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
14. "Cassell sets seven-wicket record as Scots rout Oman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
15. "Bilal Khan becomes fastest pacer to 100 wickets in ODIs". Cricket.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
16. "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

• CWCL2 home at ESPNcricinfo