The 2024 Scotland Tri-Nation Series was the third round of the 2024–2026 ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 cricket tournament, which was held in Scotland in July 2024.[1] The tri-nation series was contested by the men's national teams of Scotland, Namibia and Oman.[2] The matches were played as One Day International (ODI) fixtures.[3]

2024 Scotland Tri-Nation Series
Part of 2024–2026 Cricket World Cup League 2
Date16–26 July 2024
LocationScotland
Teams
 Namibia  Oman  Scotland
Captains
Gerhard Erasmus Aqib Ilyas Richie Berrington
Most runs
Gerhard Erasmus (160) Aqib Ilyas (130) Richie Berrington (194)
Most wickets
Ben Shikongo (5) Bilal Khan (6) Charlie Cassell (7)

Originally scheduled for May 2024, the series was rescheduled to July due to "unprecedented poor weather" resulting in a delay in the preparation of the playing pitches.[4] A one-off Twenty20 International (T20I) match between Scotland and Oman was scheduled to be held following the League 2 series in May.[5] The T20I match was confirmed to be cancelled in Cricket Scotland's announcement of the series postponement in April 2024.[6]

Squads

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  Namibia[7]   Oman[8]   Scotland[9]

Charlie Cassell was added to the Scotland squad on 15 July 2024 in place of Chris Sole, who was unavailable for personal reasons.[10]

Tour matches

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Ahead of the series, Oman played two 50-over warm-up games against Scotland A at Forthill.[11]

1st 50-over match

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11 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland A  
385 (47.2 overs)
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  Oman
103 (30.2 overs)
Ollie Hairs 255 (130)
Zeeshan Maqsood 3/26 (5.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 30 (45)
Adrian Neill 3/19 (6 overs)
Scotland A won by 282 runs
Forthill, Dundee
  • Scotland A won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd 50-over match

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12 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Oman  
106 (24.2 overs)
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  Scotland A
107/2 (18.2 overs)
Ayaan Khan 29 (32)
Charlie Cassell 3/22 (6.2 overs)
Liam Naylor 57* (47)
Bilal Khan 1/19 (3 overs)
Scotland A won by 8 wickets
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: William Ferguson (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to bat.

Fixtures

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1st ODI

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16 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Oman  
123 (38 overs)
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  Scotland
99/2 (12.2 overs)
Zeeshan Maqsood 40* (84)
Jasper Davidson 4/23 (8 overs)
George Munsey 47 (34)
Kaleemullah 2/40 (6 overs)
No result
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: Ryan Milne (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng)

2nd ODI

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18 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Oman  
233/8 (50 overs)
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  Namibia
234/4 (47.5 overs)
Khalid Kail 51 (66)
Ben Shikongo 4/29 (9 overs)
Jan Frylinck 73 (81)
Bilal Khan 2/40 (9 overs)
Namibia won by 6 wickets
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Ryan Milne (Sco)
Player of the match: Jan Frylinck (Nam)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • Junior Kariata (Nam) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

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20 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland  
290/9 (50 overs)
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  Namibia
235/9 (44 overs)
George Munsey 91 (62)
Bernard Scholtz 3/23 (10 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 63 (51)
Michael Leask 4/40 (9 overs)
Scotland won by 47 runs (DLS method)
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
  • Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
  • No further play was possible due to rain. Namibia were below the DLS par score of 282 in 44 overs.
  • Richie Berrington (Sco) scored his 3,000th runs in ODIs.[12]
  • Michael van Lingen (Nam) scored his 1,000th runs in ODIs.

4th ODI

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22 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Oman  
91 (21.4 overs)
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  Scotland
95/2 (17.2 overs)
Pratik Athavale 34 (56)
Charlie Cassell 7/21 (5.4 overs)
Brandon McMullen 37* (43)
Fayyaz Butt 1/11 (4 overs)
Scotland won by 8 wickets
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: Iain McDonald (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
Player of the match: Charlie Cassell (Sco)

5th ODI

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24 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Namibia  
196/9 (50 overs)
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  Oman
197/6 (49.1 overs)
Malan Kruger 73 (90)
Bilal Khan 3/50 (10 overs)
Aqib Ilyas 68 (129)
Jack Brassell 2/49 (10 overs)
Oman won by 4 wickets
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: Iain McDonald (Sco) and David McLean (Sco)
Player of the match: Aqib Ilyas (Oma)
  • Oman won the toss and elected to field.
  • Bilal Khan (Oma) became the fastest pace bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs, in terms of matches (49).[15]

6th ODI

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26 July 2024
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland  
301/6 (50 overs)
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  Namibia
163 (40.1 overs)
Michael English 107 (122)
Shaun Fouché 3/60 (10 overs)
Gerhard Erasmus 53 (73)
Brad Currie 3/25 (9 overs)
Scotland won by 138 runs
Forthill, Dundee
Umpires: David McLean (Sco) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
Player of the match: Michael English (Sco)

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket Scotland to host Namibia and Oman for ODI/T20I series in May 2024". Czarsportz. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Forfarshire to host men's CWCL2 fixtures in May". Forfarshire Cricket Club. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Eight-team CWC League 2 begins in Nepal on the road to 2027". International Cricket Council. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Cricket World Cup 2027: Scotland qualifiers postponed over poor weather". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Forfarshire to host Men's CWCL2 fixtures in May". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "ICC CWCL2 series postponed until July". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Eagles gain experience in Punjab series defeat". The Namibian. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Oman ready for ICC World Cup League 2 in Scotland". Times of Oman. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Scotland men's squad named for ICC CWCL2 series". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  10. ^ @CricketScotland (15 July 2024). "𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Charlie Cassell has been added to the Scotland Men's squad for the upcoming CWCL2 series in place of Chris Sole, who is unavailable for personal reasons" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Scotland men A to face Oman". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Berrington reaches landmark as Scotland beat Namibia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Scotland quick breaks Rabada's record with seven-wicket haul on debut". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Cassell sets seven-wicket record as Scots rout Oman". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Bilal Khan becomes fastest pacer to 100 wickets in ODIs". Cricket.com. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Hundred on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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