Scotland have actually beat Ireland in the Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier to receive their first-ever Women’s T20 World Cup and will certainly participate in the competition in Bangladesh later on this year.
The two-week certifying occasion in Abu Dhabi saw 10 groups get involved for 2 areas in the 2024 T20 World Cup, the timetable for which was revealed by the ICC previously today. Teams were separated right into 2 teams of 5 each, with the leading 2 sides making the semi-finals. The 2 finalists would at some point go and play in case in Bangladesh later on this year.
Scotland have currently come to be the first certifying group to make the competition after beating Ireland in the first semi-final in Abu Dhabi on Sunday (May 5). Batting first, Ireland Women were limited to 110-9, with Kathryn Bryce getting 4-8 in her 4 overs. Katherine Fraser additionally grabbed 3 scalps for 19 runs in 2.5 overs.
The target did not present a difficulty to Scotland, that were led by Megan McColl’s fifty, as they ferreted out ball game easily to come to be the first string to make the finals of the Qualifiers.
For the very first time in background, Scotland’s females’s group have actually protected an area in the World Cup#T20WorldCup #Cricket pic.twitter.com/pFEmFWzjE4
— Wisden (@WisdenCricket) May 5, 2024
They will certainly be signed up with by the victors of the 2nd semifinal in between Sri Lanka and the UAE, with the last on May 7.
This was the very first time in 9 versions that Scotland will certainly play in the Women’sT20 World Cup Scotland Women, that played their first T20I in 2018, have actually won 33 video games in their 56 T20I getaways so far. They were positioned in Group A in the Qualifiers together with Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uganda and the United States.
This will certainly additionally be their opening night in any kind of Women’s World Cup– they have actually not played in the 50-over occasion previously either.
Scotland ended up second in the factors table, with 3 victories from 4 video games, shedding their game toSri Lanka They dealt with a tight job in the semi-final, where Scotland, rated No.14 in the ICC Women’s T20 table, were slated to encounter tenth-ranked Ireland.
The Women’s T20 World Cup will certainly start on October 3, with the last on October 20. The victors of the Qualifiers will certainly be positioned in Group 1 together with Australia, India, New Zealand and Pakistan while the runners-up will certainly remain in Group B with Bangladesh, England, South Africa and West Indies.
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