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17-06-2025
- Sport
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Watch: Netherlands clinch historic tie after three Super Overs against Nepal
This is the first time in the history of T20 or List A cricket that three Super Overs were required to decide the outcome of a match. read more The Netherlands team required three Super Overs to beat Nepal in a match at Glasgow. Image: Scotland Cricket The Netherlands beat Nepal after an incredible three super overs during a T20 International tri-series match in Glasgow, the first time in the history of T20 or List A cricket. Michael Levitt struck a six in the third Super Over to eventually give the Netherlands victory in Glasgow on Monday (June 16, 2025) night. Having posted 152 for 7 in their allotted 20 overs, the Dutch looked set for victory with Nepal needing 16 from the final over in the run chase. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD However, Nepal could only level the scores (152/8) with tailender Nandan Yadav hitting two boundaries, including one from the last ball. A historic 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 super overs between the Netherlands and Nepal at @DaleCricket today 😲 — Cricket Scotland (@CricketScotland) June 16, 2025 Kushal Bhurtel smashed 18 to take Nepal to 19 in the first Super Over but opener Max O'Dowd struck the fifth and sixth balls of the Dutch reply for a six and a four respectively to level the scores. The Netherlands batted first in the second Super Over and posted 17. But again, it was not enough and the drama continued as Dipendra Singh Airee hit Kyle Klein's last ball over the ropes to take the match to an unprecedented third one-over shootout. Dutch off-spinning all-rounder Zach Lion-Cachet then finished Nepal's over early with two wickets in four balls, without conceding a run. Netherlands vs Nepal Last Over & 3 Super Overs Ball By Ball — PCT Replays 2.0 (@ReplaysPCT) June 16, 2025 Just a single was required for the Dutch to win the match in the third Super Over but Levitt finished a remarkable contest in style as he thumped the first ball of Sandeep Lamichhane's over for six. Hosts Scotland is the third team in T20 tri-series.
BBC News
14-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
All you need to know about Scotland's T20 tri-series
Off the back of four one-day internationals against the Netherlands and Nepal, Scotland travel from Dundee to Glasgow for four T20 internationals against the same opposition. Having won two of their four outings in the longer format, Richie Berrington's side will be keen to find some is everything you need to know about the tri-series at Clydesdale Cricket Club. Who's in the Scotland squad? Essex seamer Mackenzie Jones could make his T20 international debut having made his ODI bow in Dundee, while Chris Greaves and Chris McBride are added to the squad having missed out on the recent players, such as Lancashire's Michael Jones, Sussex's Brad Currie and Somerset's Andrew Umeed, are not Scotland said: "Several players not included in the squads were considered for selection but were not available due to work, personal circumstances or county commitments."Scotland squad: Richie Berrington (capt), Matthew Cross, Jasper Davidson, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Mackenzie Jones, Michael Leask, Charlie Cassell, Chris McBride, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Liam Naylor, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt. What are these matches for? The main purpose of this series is to provide much-needed practice before Scotland travel to the Netherlands for the T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in teams will qualify from the five-team tournament, which also features Italy, Guernsey and Scots last played official matches in this format when Australia visited last summer, having impressed at the T20 World Cup earlier in 2024. How good are Nepal & Netherlands? Scotland are the best side of the three, based solely on the ICC Men's T20 world rankings which have Scotland 13th, the Dutch 14th and Nepal truth is somewhat harder to gauge, given the lack of matches played by associate members in this format. In the recent Cricket World Cup League 2 series played between the three teams, the matches were tightly contested in the main, showcasing the magnificent cricket associate members have to and Scotland played out two thrilling matches that went down to the final over in Dundee, winning one each, while the Netherlands bounced back from three straight defeats to chase down Scotland's 369 in the final match of the series. Players to look out for George Munsey and Brandon McMullen are Scotland's two best top-order batters and both have international hundreds in 2025. Left-handed opener Munsey smashed 191 off 150 balls against the Netherlands on Thursday - Scotland's record score in ODIs - while Safyaan Sharif became his country's all-time leading wicket taker in the same Richie Berrington continues to defy his age with the bat and will be playing on his home ground at Clydesdale. With the ball, 20-year-old Jones could be handed more opportunities given the strugglers of other Scotland seamers recently and Currie's absence. He impressed in his first Scotland appearance, taking 3-55 in the two-run win over Nepal. Liam Naylor and Chris McBride have both been standout performers in Scottish club cricket for RH Corstorphine and Carlton, respectively, and will want to force their way into the side before next month's qualifier.
BBC News
05-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'I can't wait to see my sport in the LA Games'
Athletes from across the West of England have spoken of their excitement about new sports and disciplines added to the Olympic Games, due to take place in Los Angeles, in organisers announced last year that five new sports had been approved for inclusion in the games including cricket, squash, lacrosse, baseball and flag local players also spoke of their aspirations of making the Team GB squad. Cricket Cricket is due to be played at the LA Games in 2028 for the first time since 1900, when GB won gold in England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Scotland have been in discussions in recent weeks to form a new entity called GB Cricket to oversee a team for person who will be keeping an eye on that is 15-year-old seam bowler, Iris Edwards, from Stapleton, in Bristol. This year, she made her T20 international debut for Germany's senior side, thanks to her dual citizenship."People often think that cricket is a very boring sport and for older people", she told the BBC's Extra Time programme."If they watch it during the Olympics then they can see that it's very interesting and it's actually quite fun to play." "We live really close to the ground", she said, referring to Stapleton Cricket Club."I started playing for a mixed team when I was 11 and I was the only girl."Miss Edwards currently plays for her home club and the North Bristol Girls Hub Cricket - a club for girls who play for clubs that do not have female-only teams, to practice playing against other also plays for the Gloucestershire County Development Squad and has also been picked to play for Germany."My dad found out there was a German under-15's squad", she said."One of the German coaches is based in Cardiff and they let me go do a couple of training sessions there," she explained. "I went to trials in Germany in January and I got picked for the squad. I was very nervous, I didn't know anyone there."Now that the T20 format is in the Olympics, Miss Edwards could be one of the athletes of the future. Compound archery In addition to new sports, existing ones have also seen new disciplines added to the Olympics, like compound who could not be more thrilled about it is world number one compound archer, Ella Gibson, from Gibson, and her team mate Ajay Scott, became Archery World Cup stage 2 mixed team champions in Shanghai, as it was confirmed the discipline would be included in the Los Angeles line-up."Both of us were so happy and I spoke to my coach and there were some tears, it was just amazing news", she said. "Compound archery is actually used for hunting in the US.""It's more compact than the archery you already see in the Olympics. It's more powerful and faster, and the dynamics of the bow and how it works is quite different.""The draw cycle, when you start pulling back the bow, starts at 60 lbs, so it's quite heavy. Archery definitely gives you stronger shoulders, for sure."Miss Gibson, 24, has held onto the world champion title for nearly three years and is hopeful of making it the Olympic Games. She and her partner Ajay will be able to earn a place either through world ranking or tournaments."The standard would be to pick the world championship's top three in 2027. So if we win a medal in mixed team that year, we're going.""Los Angeles is definitely on my mind", she added. Squash Squash players will compete for the very first time in the new sports, comes new venues that need to be built or example, Venice Beach - known for its iconic boardwalk - is hosting athletics, road cycling and triathlon. As for squash, it will take place on the Universal Studios Lake from Cheltenham - who now lives in the US - is a professional squash player thrilled at the thought of seeing his sport in the Olympic Games."It will be the pinnacle of our sport", he said. Mr Lake currently plays squash for University Club of Chicago. Last year, he ranked 22 in the PSA World Squash Rankings. In March this year, he placed 42."This is my 14th season as a professional player. I've been playing squash for 23 years.""Squash has got a pretty strong place in clubs across the US, especially in cities like Philadelphia, New York, Boston and DC. And it's still growing.""As a professional player, I can play two thirds of my tournament schedule in North America if I want, which is fantastic."But at the age of 32, he doesn't hold strong hopes of making it to the LA Games."The reality is I'll be 35 by then and Team GB is so strong. I'm slightly becoming an older man which means my chances are quite low.""I'm extremely lucky that I've made a living playing a sport that I love. It's not something I negatively look at, I'm just excited for the sport." Flag football Another West Country local looking ahead to the Olympics now that his sport has been added to the line-up is Bristol Barracuda's coach and vice-president, Archie Wills-Johnson, who lives in Bristol and is originally from Cheltenham, discovered flag football - a form of non-contact American football - after suffering a serious spinal injury during a the time he was linebacker for the University of Bristol's American football team."As I was injured I was able to play the game when I couldn't play contact sports and I would imagine that's similar to a lot of other people out there," he said. In flag football, instead of tackling, defenders must pull a 'flag' from the waist of the attacking player with the sport has around 20 million players worldwide and a record number of nations took part in last year's flag football world championships, according to the NFL."It's more accessible and inclusive", said the 22-year-old."You can have mixed teams and it's growing quite rapidly."Asked if he had Olympic aspirations, Mr Wills-Johnson, who continues to balance his studies with the sport, said he is focused on coaching for now."Unfortunately I am retired at the moment, so I have been coaching mostly. But I am going to slow that down once I graduate", he said."It's been a realisation of what's best for me isn't necessarily running around sports, and I've actually taken up swimming more recently. My neck is getting better but there are some good and bad days."Speaking of Britain's chances in flag football, he seemed confident there's enough talent to form a GB team."We have more funding coming into the sport from Sport England and Sport UK", he added. "The bump could take both the men's, women's and junior teams to the European Championships next year.""And the women's team is our best team at the moment, they rank 5th in the world, which would likely qualify them to go for the Olympics. They are well and truly in the hunt for doing big things in three years' time."
Edinburgh Reporter
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Edinburgh Reporter
Omer's roadmap for Grange
Omer Mahmud Khan has taken over as coach of the Grange women's cricket team knowing he doesn't need to look far to find role models for his charges. Two recent Grange players, Lucy Weston and Ellen Watson, are now playing for Leicestershire Foxes in the women's one day league in England. Omer says it is his goal to provide opportunities for others to follow in their footsteps while also targeting success in the fledgling Scottish Women's Premiership and national knock out cup which begins on a twenty:20 format in July. One of the most recognisable figures in East cricket – Omer played with Drummond Trinity from 2008-2016 before spending the next eight years at Kirkbrae (five as captain alongside three as chairman) he has committed his playing abilities to Boroughmuir this season as it one of the clubs most convenient for him – he says: 'I just completed my level 1 and 2 coaching qualifications with Cricket Scotland when the role at Grange came up. 'There is tremendous potential with around 50 females involved including teams for under-14 and under-16s. 'Some have been playing at Grange since aged four or five and it is such a great venue with a road map for players to follow the likes of Lucy and Ellen. 'With older players availability can be sporadic due to university commitments so my arrival while running the 12 week long Edinburgh Hub for a select group of under-16 boys under the MCC Foundation scheme is a good time to launch a recruitment drive at Grange. 'What we don't want to do is promote under-16's into the seniors just to be number fillers which can be discouraging. We need the up and comings to earn their places. 'Part of the overall challenge is improving awareness of the Women's Premier League but hopefully we play our part alongside Cricket Scotland's growth plan.' One of England's most decorated cricketers, Stuart Broad, is coming to Edinburgh's Assembly Rooms on 26 October as part of a UK wide tour. Stuart's roadshow will see him reflect on a career which yielded more than 600 Test wickets as well as a T20 World Cup and Ashes success. The Grange women's cricket team before their opening Scottish women's Premier League match against the combined Watsonian/Dumfries side. The Grange team comprised: E Wood, A Patwari, C Edwards, C Milburn, E Small, B Gull, I Sale, I Westwood, N Maxim, C Beddison, S Nayak. Like this: Like Related
The Herald Scotland
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Liam Naylor on turning down Bruce Springsteen to answer Scotland call
Liam Naylor took the good news/bad news approach when telling dad, Phil, that he was returning to the Scotland squad after a two-year absence. The downside was that his old man would need to find someone else to take his ticket for the Bruce Springsteen gig they were meant to be going to together at Anfield this week. That, however, was a small price to pay for the chance to reignite his international aspirations. 'It's good to be back,' said the Liverpool-born batter. 'I didn't know what to expect as all I knew was I was going to get a phone call but didn't know whether it was going to be, 'you're in' or 'you're not in'. 'Then I saw Steve Snell [Cricket Scotland's Head of Performance] calling me. And he just said, 'you've scored plenty of runs and bashed the door down and there are only so many times we can say no to you!' 'I thought I would surprise my dad with the news by telling him first of all that he was going to have to sell my ticket for Bruce Springsteen. And when he started to act all disappointed I told him why. And then at that point he was delighted for me. 'So, I'm buzzing to be back involved. I'll try see Springsteen another time. I'm much happier being around the lads and back in the squad.' Naylor's return for the forthcoming twin series against the Netherlands and Nepal – the first a 50-over mini-tournament at Forfarshire, the second a clutch of T20 matches at Clydesdale – has been long overdue. The former under-19 cap's full debut came against Namibia in Nepal at the start of 2023, the series in which Scotland clinched the previous edition of the Cricket World Cup League 2 tournament they are again deeply immersed in. That looked to be the start of things but instead the 23-year-old has had to be patient until the glut of runs he was chalking up for club side RH Corstorphine became too vast to ignore. 'It's probably not a surprise to me that it's been a while since my last cap,' he admits honestly. 'After the Nepal series in 2023 I moved to Watsonians and didn't really have the greatest of years. 'So last year and this year it was just about trying to get back scoring runs again with RHC, the Scotland A team and things like going down to play for MCC recently against Nepal. 'And it's going alright. Some of the lads were like, 'you surely can't start as well as you did last year'. And I probably haven't but I'm still pleased. It's just been about backing yourself and narrowing it down to make the game as simple as possible. If the ball is there to be hit, then try and hit it.' Nepal has featured regularly on Naylor's international journey so far and he is looking forward to more jousts with them in the weeks ahead. 'Nepal was a cool place and I'll always have good memories because I made my Scotland debut there,' he adds. 'It's definitely one of my favourite countries in the world and I would love to go back. They seem to have fans everywhere. At that MCC game there must have been 70 or so. They seem mad for cricket.' The same can't be said for much of Liverpool where, like Scotland, the sport tends to live in football's shadow. Naylor, though, was undeterred, especially with his local club based just down the road from where he was brought up. 'The reason I got into cricket was because my first club was Alder Sports Club which was a 30-second walk from my house,' he reveals. 'I'm pretty sure I just walked past it one Friday night when junior training was on and I was like, 'I want to do that'. 'I started going, loved it and started watching cricket on the telly. And ever since then, yeah, it's been cricket, cricket, cricket. Obviously it's not big in Liverpool when you're growing up. But at that time, I played every sport going and so I gave cricket a go, too. And cricket and football were the ones that stuck. 'It's probably like in Scotland – there are more people who are into cricket in Liverpool than you might think. They just don't always want to admit it!' Naylor's Scottish connection comes from mum, Marie, who hails from Campbeltown. 'I was there for Easter and try and get across as much as possible,' he adds. 'My friends in Edinburgh love going too just because there are a few golf courses ranked in the top 50 in the UK. I'm now a member of Machrihanish and the lads are always asking if I can get them on. 'But my mum was ecstatic when I got called up for Scotland. The funny thing is she can never watch me play. She'll sit there and look at the floor, whilst my dad does laps of the pitch! But they were buzzing when I got back in the squad.' His old man still jokingly blames Naylor for ending his own cricket career. 'As I came through and started playing senior cricket, my dad started playing with me on a Sunday and then he became the Sunday captain when I was about 16. 'I remember batting with him one time. He called him through for a quick single but fell and dislocated his shoulder. He hasn't played cricket since – and he's never let me forget about it!'
