How was the journey of Scotland cricket team in T-20 World Cup 2026?

Updated: 19-02-2026, 08.28 AM

What is the news?

The journey of the Scotland cricket team in the T20 World Cup 2026 has ended. This team was in Group-C under the captaincy of Richie Berrington. The team played 4 matches and won only 1 match against the Italy cricket team. Scotland could not reach the Super-8 stage. In the 2024 World Cup also, the Scotland team was out of the group stage. In such a situation, let us know how was his journey in the entire World Cup?

This was the journey to Scotland

Scotland played its first match against the West Indies cricket team. Where it lost by 35 runs. Batting first, West Indies scored 182/5. In reply, Scotland could score only 147 runs. The team won against Italy by 73 runs. The team had scored 207/4. In reply, Italy could score only 134 runs. After this, it lost against England by 5 wickets and against Nepal by 7 wickets.

These Scottish batsmen performed well

Michael Jones scored the most runs for Scotland in this World Cup. His bat yielded 142 runs in 4 innings of 4 matches at an average of 35.50 and strike rate of 142. He scored 1 half-century and his best score was 71 runs. At the same time, George Munsey scored 134 runs in 4 innings at an average of 33.50 and strike rate of 128.84. He also scored 1 half-century with his bat and his best score was 84 runs.

These bowlers took the most wickets for Scotland

Michael Leask took the most wickets for Scotland in this World Cup. He took 9 wickets in 4 innings of 4 matches with an excellent average of 13.55. His economy rate was 7.62. This player took 4 wicket haul once and his best bowling performance was 4/17. Brad Curry remained second in this list with 4 wickets. His best performance was 2/23.

These records came in the name of Scotland

Leask became only the second bowler of the Scotland cricket team to take 4 wickets in a T-20 World Cup match. Before him, Josh Davey had achieved this feat in the 2021 T20 World Cup. A unique record also came to the name of Scotland. The England cricket team won its first match against European teams in the history of T-20 World Cup by 5 wickets against Scotland in this World Cup.