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Scotland at the Cricket World Cup

Year	Round	Games	Won	Tied	Lost
1975[6]	Not an ICC member[1]
1979[7]
1983[8]
1987[9]
1992[10]
1996[11]	Not an ICC member at time of qualification[1]
1999[3]	Group Stage	5	0	0	5
2003[12]	Did not qualify
2007[4]	Group Stage	3	0	0	3
2011[13]	Did not qualify
2015[5]	Group Stage	6	0	0	6
Total	Group Stage	14	0	0	14

World Cup Record (By Team)[edit]

Cricket World Cup matches (By team)
Total : 0 Wins – 0 Ties – 14 Losses – 14 games played
Against	Wins	Draws	Losses	Total
Afghanistan	0	0	1	1
Australia	0	0	3	3
Bangladesh	0	0	2	2
England	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	0	0	1	1
New Zealand	0	0	2	2
Pakistan	0	0	1	1
South Africa	0	0	1	1
Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
West Indies	0	0	1	1
Source:[14] Last Updated:16 March 2015

1999 World Cup[edit]

1999 was Scotland's first appearance at the Cricket World Cup, and their matches against Bangladesh and New Zealand were played in Scotland.^[3] Scotland were drawn in Group B with Australia, Bangladesh, New Zealand, Pakistan and West Indies.^[3] Scotland failed to win a single match, and were eliminated in the group stages.^[3]

2007 World Cup[edit]

After failing to qualify for the 2003 World Cup, Scotland qualified for the 2007 tournament in the West Indies.^[4] Once again, Scotland failed to win any of their matches, and were again eliminated in the group stage.^[4]

Australia were put in to bat and made the seventh-highest total in World Cup history,^[15] It was nevertheless the third-lowest total in Scotland's ODI history and the third time a team had won by more than 200 runs in World Cup cricket. Ricky Ponting became the leading Australian run-scorer in World Cups, second overall only to Sachin Tendulkar.^[16] In reply, Colin Smith made his first ODI half-century on World Cup debut, and only ten men batted for Scotland; John Blain, one of two players in the eleven with previous World Cup experience, suffered an injury and was absent.

68% of South Africa's total was made up of boundaries, as Graeme Smith and A. B. de Villiers thumped runs and South Africa qualified for the Super Eights, and the result also confirmed Australia's place. South Africa bowled first, and after Fraser Watts and Majid Haq made it through the first ten overs, South Africa took a wicket every five overs to reduce Scotland to 84 for five after 30 overs. Andrew Hall and Charl Langeveldt took the wickets, but also got hit for runs by Dougie Brown, John Blain and Paul Hoffmann as Scotland posted their highest-ever World Cup total of 186.^[17]

Nevertheless, South Africa made their way to the total in half the required time, as Graeme Smith and A. B. de Villiers hit at a rate of more than eight an over. Scotland turned to their spin bowlers in the thirteenth over, with Majid Haq and Glenn Rogers taking three wickets, though they still cost nearly eight an over between them. Justin Kemp hit the winning runs with a six off Rogers.

2015 World Cup[edit]

After failing to qualify for the 2011 World Cup, Scotland managed to qualify for the 2015 tournament by winning the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. Scotland lost all of their group matches, and were eliminated.

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Four players were dismissed for golden ducks during Scotland's innings, the first such instance in World Cups. Five Scotland players were dismissed for ducks, the most in Scotland's history.^[18]

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum won the toss and put Scotland in to bat. Trent Boult and Tim Southee picked up two wickets each within the first five overs of the innings which left Scotland at 12/4.^[19] Both Matt Machan and Richie Berrington then scored fifties before being dismissed by Corey Anderson.^[19] Scotland's lower order offered little resistance and their innings ended in 36.2 overs at 142.^[19] Anderson and Daniel Vettori picked 3 wickets each for New Zealand.^[19]

In reply, New Zealand lost wickets at regular intervals from the start and were 66/3 in the 11th over.^[20] Kane Williamson and Grant Elliott put on 40 runs for the fourth wicket,^[21] before Williamson fell for 38.^[19] Scotland picked another three wickets in quick time to leave New Zealand 137/7 in the 24th over.^[19][20] Vettori scored an unbeaten 8 from 4 balls and New Zealand went on to win the match by 3 wickets.^[19] Boult was awarded the Man of the Match for his bowling figures of 6-1-21-2 in Scotland's innings.

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first time Scotland scored over 200 in a World Cup match.^[22]
• Alasdair Evans and Majid Haq's ninth-wicket partnership of 62 was Scotland's best ninth-wicket partnership in ODIs.^[22]
• This was Afghanistan's first ever World Cup win.^[22]
• Scotland captain Preston Mommsen was fined 20% of his match fee, and the other Scotland players 10%, for a slow over rate.^[23]

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
• This was the first time Scotland scored more than 300 in a World Cup match.
• Kyle Coetzer scored Scotland's first ever World Cup century and the highest score by an associate nation player in World Cups.^[24]
• This is Bangladesh's highest ODI run-chase.^[25]
• Scotland was eliminated from the World Cup as a result of this match.^[24]

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kumar Sangakkara hit a record 4th consecutive ODI century.^[26]
• Sangakkara has now taken 54 dismissals as a wicket keeper, the most by any player in World Cups.^[26]
• Angelo Mathews scored Sri Lanka's fastest World Cup fifty and their second fastest in all ODIs (20 balls).^[26]
• This is the highest score conceded by Scotland in an ODI.^[27]

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

See also[edit]

• Scotland national cricket team
• Cricket in Scotland

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