Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Scotland captain Richie Berrington reflected on a hard-fought contest against Nepal, praising the electric atmosphere and acknowledging the decisive impact of Airee’s game-changing innings as they lost by seven wickets at the Wankhede Stadium.Airee hammered an unbeaten 50 off 23 balls, smashing four boundaries and three maximums and with vital contributions from Kushal Bhurtel (43 off 35), Aasif Sheikh (33 off 27) and Kushal Jha (24 not out off 17), helped Nepal race to a…
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Mumbai, Feb 17 (IANS) Nepal won the toss and elected to bowl first against Scotland in Match 33, an inconsequential match in Group C of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. Both teams are out of the race for the Super 8 and are playing for bragging rights. The West Indies and England have already advanced from this group, with six points each from three wins.Nepal made one change, with Sundeep Jora coming into the playing XI in place of Karan K.C., while Scotland…
Dubai, Feb 16 (IANS) Jack Jarvis has been approved as a replacement for injured seamer Safyaan Sharif in the Scotland squad for the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, the ICC said on Monday.Sharif injured his right groin during a team training session on February 12 and will be replaced by Jarvis, who has eight T20I caps for Scotland and was already with the squad as a travelling reserve. “The Event Technical Committee (ETC) of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 has approved Jack Jarvis as a repla…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Scotland captain Richie Berrington admitted his side were “20–30 runs short” after their five-wicket defeat to England in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Tom Banton’s unbeaten 63 and Jacob Bethell’s 32 helped England edge out Scotland by five wickets with 10 balls to spareBerrington conceded that while the surface at Eden Gardens was good for batting and his team showed belief with both bat and ball, the lack of sustained partnerships and…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Tom Banton’s unbeaten 63 and Jacob Bethell’s 32 helped England edge out Scotland by five wickets with 10 balls to spare in the 23rd match of the T20 World Cup 2026 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday. This was also England’s first victory against a European side in T20 World Cup history.Earlier, England opted to bowl on a juicy surface, and Jofra Archer had an instant effect in the second over of his spell, taking two early wickets in the powerplay — George Munsey …
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Stressing that “process doesn’t change”, Jofra Archer underlined England’s clarity of plans after delivering a sharp spell of 2 for 24 against Scotland in the T20 World Cup 2026 match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Saturday.England’s bowlers managed to reduce Scotland to 152/9 after facing some early aggression. Jofra Archer returned to his best form with (2-14), hitting tough lengths that unsettled the batters. Archer got rid of George Munsey early in the inn…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Adil Rashid, Jofra Archer and Liam Dawson helped England bowl out Scotland for a below par score of 152/10 in 19.4 overs in the Group C clash of the T20 World Cup 2026 Group C clash at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Scotland’s innings was anchored by skipper Richie Berrington. He scored a solid 49 and stitched an important 71-run partnership with Tom Bruce (24) as Scotland managed to reach the below-par total.Scotland started off on a positive note as Michael Jones was th…
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) England won the toss and elected to bowl against Scotland in the Group C game of the T20 World Cup 2026 here at the Eden Gardens on Saturday. Both the teams have named an unchanged playing eleven for the match.England captain Harry Brook said, “We are going to have a bowl. We fancy chasing over here, as it’s a quick outfield and it’s also a pretty good wicket. I am not a curator, but it looks like a decent wicket. So, hopefully we can restrict them to as few as possible an…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Scotland captain Richie Berrington praised his side’s all-round performance after they clinched a commanding 73-run win over debutants Italy in their Group C game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup at Eden Gardens on Monday. After being sent in to bat, Scotland produced a record-setting batting display to post 207/4, the first 200-plus total of the tournament and the first time an associate nation has crossed the 200-run mark in a Men’s T20 World Cup. Reflecting on the pe…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Scotland beat debutants Italy by 73 runs here at the Eden Gardens on Monday to open their account in Group C of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Batting first, Scotland posted an imposing target of 208 runs, courtesy of George Munsey (84), Brandon McMullen (41) and Michael Leask’s (22 not out) fiery knocks. In reply, Italy’s chase never really got going, and they were bowled out for 134 in 16.4 overs. Chasing 208, Italy got off to a disastrous start with Justin Mosca dismis…