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World Twenty20 Cup Qualifier: Belfast, Northern Ireland, August 2008
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Ryan Watson (captain)
DOB: 12/11/76
Born: Harare, Zimbabwe
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RM
Ryan Watson
  • Scored a century off 43 balls for Scotland against Durham in a National League match in 2003.
  • Hit a match-winning 94 against Ireland in the final of the ICC Trophy 2005.
  • Made 123 not out against Canada at the ICC World Cricket League Division One in 2007.
  • Captained Scotland for the first time against Pakistan in Edinburgh in 2006.
  • Skippered the side in the ICC World Twenty20 2007.
Richard Berrington
DOB: 3/4/87
Born: Pretoria, South Africa
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RMF
Richard Berrington
  • Represented Scotland in the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2006.
  • Attended the ICC Winter Training Camp in 2005.
  • Part of the ICC European Cricket Academy 2008 in Mumbai.
  • Made his ODI debut in the Associate tri-series against Ireland and New Zealand in July 2008.
John Blain
DOB: 4/1/79
Born: Edinburgh
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RFM
John Blain
  • Captained Scotland in the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 1998 and also played in the Commonwealth Games that same year
  • Played county cricket in the UK for Northamptonshire from 1997-2002 and for Yorkshire from 2003-2006.
  • Dismissed Ricky Ponting and Stephen Fleming in the ICC CWC 1999, taking ten wickets in the event.
  • Leading wicket-taker for his country in the history of the ICC Trophy, with 33 wickets.
  • Had a brief football career with Falkirk.
Kyle Coetzer
DOB: 14/4/84
Born: Aberdeen
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RMF
  • Captained Scotland at the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2004.
  • Hit his maiden first-class hundred in 2007 against Durham UCCE.
  • Averaged 38 in the County Championship for Durham in 2007.
  • Scored 61 against Hampshire in the Friends Provident Trophy Final at Lord's in 2007.
  • Spent some of the 2007-08 winter in Mumabi at a Cricket Academy.
Gordon Drummond
DOB: 21/4/80
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RM
Gordon Drummond
  • Made his ODI debut against the West Indies.
  • Took his first ODI wicket in his third match, against Ireland in July 2007.
  • Regained place in the Scotland side for the ICC Intercontinental Cup in July 2008 for the game against Canada.
Gavin Hamilton
DOB: 16/9/74
Born: Broxburn
Batting/Bowling: LHB
Gavin Hamilton
  • Played his only Test for England in Johannesburg in 1999.
  • Was Scotland's leading run-scorer at the ICC CWC 1999 with 217 runs at an average of 54.25.
  • Has won the county championship with Yorkshire.
  • Now works in sales.
  • Enjoys playing golf in his spare time.
Majid Haq
DOB: 11/2/83
Born: Paisley
Batting/Bowling: LHB/OB
Majid Haq
  • Took 4-28 v West Indies in Dublin in 2007.
  • Scored 203 runs (average 33.83) and also took eight wickets in the ICC World Cricket League in Kenya this year.
  • Leading wicket-taker for his country in the ICC CWC 2007.
  • Took two wickets at the ICC World Twenty20 2007.
  • He helps his Father's family takeaway business, which has been open in Paisley for more than thirty years.
Gregor Maiden
DOB: 22/7/79
Born: Glasgow
Batting/Bowling: RHB/ON/WK
  • Was Scotland's leading wicket-taker at the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 1998.
  • Previously played for Lancashire in England.
  • At one stage held world record for highest ninth-wicket partnership in all-time list 'A' cricket, along with Chris Schofield.
  • Member of the squad in the ICC World Twenty20 2007, but didn't play a game.
  • He is a corporate banking manager for Bank of Scotland.
Neil McCallum
DOB: 22/11/77
Born: Edinburgh
Batting/Bowling: RHB
Neil McCallum
  • Scored 68 on his ODI debut against Pakistan in 2006.
  • Made 181 against the Netherlands in the ICC Intercontinental Cup in 2007.
  • Hit a century against Ireland in the ICC World Cricket League in 2007.
  • Played in two matches in the ICC CWC 2007.
  • He is a PE teacher by profession.
Dewald Nel
DOB: 6/6/80
Born: Klerksdorp, Transvaal, South Africa
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RMF
Dewald Nel
  • Born in South Africa, he has played for Scotland at the U/23 and senior level.
  • He took the wicket of Inzamam-ul-Haq on his ODI debut.
  • Attended the ICC Winter Training Camp in 2005 and 2006.
  • Took 2-25 against Pakistan at the ICC World Twenty20 2007.
  • Also has experience of Twenty20 cricket with Worcestershire.
Navdeep Poonia
DOB: 11/5/86
Born: Glasgow Battting/Bowling: RHB/RMF
  • Struggled to have an impact in his ODI career, making five ducks in his first 10 ODIs
  • His first ODI half-century was against Canada in 2007.
  • Scored a century for Warwickshire against Cambridge University in 2008.
  • Part of the Scotland squad in the ICC World Twenty20 2007.
Glenn Rogers
DOB: 12/4/77
Born: Sydney, Australia
Batting/Bowling: RHB/SLA
Glenn Rogers
  • Contracted typhoid in Kenya and missed the ICC World Cricket League in 2007.
  • Member of the Scotland squad in the ICC CWC 2007 and played in all the three matches.
  • Has represented Europe v MCC at Lord's.
  • He is a graphic artist.
  • His interests include running, cycling and hiking.
Colin Smith
DOB: 27/9/72
Born: Aberdeen
Batting/Bowling: RHB/WK
Colin Smith
  • Played club cricket in Australia for six seasons.
  • Represented Scotland at every age group.
  • Scored Scotland's only half-century in the ICC CWC 2007 when he hit a 51 against Australia at Basseterre.
  • He is a police officer.
Fraser Watts
DOB: 5/6/79
Born: King's Lynn, England
Batting/Bowling: RHB/RM
Fraser Watts
  • Member of the ICC Intercontinental Cup winning squad in 2004.
  • Made 55 in the ICC Trophy final against Ireland in 2005.
  • Scored 212 runs at an average of 42.20 in the ICC World Cricket League in 2007.
  • Played two matches in the ICC CWC 2007.
  • Top scored for Scotland with 46 against Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20 2007.
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