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Int'l Cricket Council
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Int'l Cricket Council
Jersey on the verge of history; beat Scotland in a thriller ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, 2025
Harrison Carlyon broke Scotland's back early in the first innings to put them on the backfoot by snapping three wickets. Losing half their side for just 43 runs on board, Scotland looked in grave trouble before Matthew Cross held fort with an unbeaten knock to help them finish at 133/7 in their stipulated 20 overs. Jersey were cruising at a point at 81/1 in 11.1 overs with Nick Greenwood leading the chase with a quick 46 off 36 deliveries, before Scotland made a comeback, effecting a mini collapse, courtesy Mark Watt and Chris Greaves. Looking in all sorts of trouble at 110/6 in 16.4 overs, Benjamin Ward kept Jersey in the hunt and brought down the equation to five runs off the final over before getting out off the second delivery, spicing the match up even further. However Jersey crossed the line off the final delivery of the game to pull off a stunning win to keep their ICC T20 World Cup 2026 dreams alive. All eyes will now be on the Netherlands versus Italy game to decide the final two teams to book their flights to India and Sri Lanka next year.
BBC News
17-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Scotland lose out to Nepal in low-scoring T20
T20 Tri-Series, GlasgowScotland 97 (19.4): Leask 46, Cross 15; Lamichhane 4-11Nepal 98-8 (19.5) : Bhurtel 30, Airee 14; Sharif 2-13Nepal win by two wicketsScorecard Scotland fell short in their fightback against Nepal, as a single from the penultimate ball gave the tourists victory a low-scoring T20 Tri-Series match being put into bat in overcast and breezy conditions at Clydesdale, hosting its third match of the week, Scotland crumbled as Nepal wreaked havoc with the Watt was removed with just the fifth delivery of the afternoon by Dipendra Singh Airee and by the end of the fifth over the Scots were five Michael Leask, who ended with 46, and captain Matthew Cross helped put up a brief resistance, Sandeep Lamichhane cleaned up the lower order by taking four wickets for just 11 runs to leave Nepal needing just 98 to despite looking like they would reach the winning line with plenty to spare, disciplined bowling from Scotland took another dramatic match right to the Sharif had Kiran Thagunna caught in the final over as Nepal went eight down while needing just a single from the final two they composed themselves to get it with the penultimate delivery as Lamichhane added to his bowling heroics by grabbing the winning next face the Netherlands on Wednesday before finishing their series against Nepal on Friday as they warm up for next month's T20 World Cup qualifiers."It was a game of two halves," Scotland captain Cross told BBC Scotland."We didn't bat very well to be honest. I think the first five or six overs being five wickets down is tough to come back from."Having said that, I think we put in a decent effort to make the game go as close to the wire as we could. So I'm proud of the performance in the second half."Losing five wickets in the powerplay, you don't win many games like that. The pitch was trickier but we expect more of ourselves to build a score when it is like that." Having defeated the Netherlands by 39 runs in their opening match of the series, the Scots ought to have been in a buoyant mood on home from the start it was Nepal, who lost to the Dutch on Monday after an unprecedented third super over, who were inspired in front of a raucous band of fans on Glasgow's sunny south Watt trudged to the pavilion before the end of the first over, he was quickly joined by George Munsey who spooned one to Airee off the bowling of Karan McCreath and Brandon McMullen were also caught playing loosely, while Liam Naylor was run out as Scotland toiled to 32-5 after the and Leask shared 39 but Scotland's respite was short-lived thanks to bowling Cross and Christopher McBride in consecutive deliveries, he later trapped Safyaan Sharif lbw before Jack Jarvis became the 24-yer-old's fourth victim as he departed for a was the final man to fall at the hand of Airee as he tried to blast his way to 50 in the final few reply Nepal hit 31 for the loss of two wickets in their powerplay, before better bowling from Scotland and a soggy pitch slowed the opener Kushal Bhurtel was removed for 30 in the 13th over, things started to slowly turn in Scotland's added to his batting resistance with two wickets, including a brilliant catch from his own delivery to dismiss Basir though Sharif looked like he could win it for Scotland after Thagunna walked, ultimately Doug Watson's side had given themselves too much to do.
Mint
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Scotlands Matthew Cross, Mark Watt fined for breaching ICC Code of Conduct
New Delhi [India] May 13 (ANI): Scotland's wicketkeeper/batter Matthew Cross and spinner Mark Watt have received fines after their recent ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 game against the Netherlands, on Saturday, as per the ICC website. Matthew Cross and Mark Watt have been fined 10 percent of their match fees for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct in separate instances during their recent League 2 outing against the Netherlands. They have been found guilty of breaching Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "showing dissent at an Umpire's decision during an International Match." In addition to the fine, one demerit point has been added to the disciplinary records of both Cross and Watt. The players do not have any previous offences in the preceding 24-month period. The charges were levelled by on-field umpires Riwan Akram and Roland Black, and reserve umpire Nitin Bathi. Watt was charged for voicing his disagreement for an appeal against Netherlands captain Scott Edwards turned down in the first innings. The Scotland spinner responded by throwing his cap hard on the ground. The incident pertaining to Cross during the 46th over of the Scotland innings, when the batter, adjudged LBW off spinner Roelof van der Merwe, showed his bat in dissent and delayed his departure from the crease. Both players admitted the offences and accepted the sanctions proposed by Phil Thompson of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees, so there was no need for formal hearings. Scotland was eventually bested by the Netherlands by 19 runs at the VRA Cricket Amsterdam in Amsterdam. (ANI)
