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Last infinitesimal T20 World Cup entrants Scotland person included Afghan-born uncapped pacer Zainullah Ihsan successful their 15-member squad for the ICC lawsuit opening successful India and Sri Lanka connected February 7.
Scotland person replaced Bangladesh successful the tournament with the second refusing to play successful India citing information concerns.
Richie Berrington volition skipper a beardown squad that includes eleven players who were portion of the 2024 T20 World Cup squad successful West Indies and USA. The squad enactment connected Monday (January 26) was the archetypal made by caller caput manager Owen Dawkins, pursuing his assignment past month.
Ihsan is the sole first-time call-up, with the accelerated bowler having precocious qualified to play for Scotland. Tom Bruce, Finlay McCreath and Oliver Davidson volition each question to their archetypal World Cup, pursuing their engagement successful T20 and ODI squads during the past 12 months.
"The squad enactment is taxable to each subordinate and unit visa applications being approved. Given the constricted announcement for Scotland’s information astatine the tourney and timescale for selecting players, 2 travelling reserves person been selected portion 3 others volition beryllium non-travelling reserves," said Cricket Scotland successful a statement.
Safyaan Sharif is simply a squad subordinate of Pakistan lineage and his exertion volition pull much scrutiny.
Head manager Dawkins said the unexpected introduction into the World Cup provides a large accidental for the players.
"It’s been a whirlwind forty-eight hours for everyone astatine Cricket Scotland, and I cognize Steve, Trudy Lindblade and everyone successful the organisation person been moving solidly to get everything sorted for the players and enactment unit since we learnt we would beryllium participating astatine the World Cup.
“We’re each precise excited and feeling privileged to person this opportunity. The players person been moving hard successful a fittingness signifier successful caller weeks with Scott Hislen preparing for the ICC Cricket World Cup League Two bid successful Namibia astatine the extremity of March, and I person nary uncertainty that this volition assistance america successful the adjacent fewer weeks," said Dawkins.
On the enactment of Ihsa, caput of show Steve Snell added: "There’s evidently a large accidental for Zainullah Ihsan, and whenever he’s played astatine younker level oregon for the “A” squad he’s shown an breathtaking scope of skills and bowled astatine genuine pace. We’re delighted for him and excited to spot however helium performs connected his archetypal planetary tour." Scotland person replaced Bangladesh successful Group C including first-timers Italy, West Indies, England and Nepal.
Squad:
Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Bradley Currie, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Zainullah Ihsan, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Bradley Wheal Travelling reserves: Jasper Davidson, Jack Jarvis Non-travelling reserves: Mackenzie Jones, Chris McBride, Charlie Tear.
