Strengths They have a very strong batting lineup. Scotland have players in the top five who are in good form and can deliver with the bat. Their pacers are pretty good with Wheal and Bradley Currie playing regularly in English domestic circuit.

Weaknesses

Scotland lack options in the spin department. They are heavily dependent on Mark Watt and there is no other spinner who is a genuine wicket-taker. If the pitches are spin friendly that is an area they might struggle given the lack of options.

X Factor

Mark Watt is a left arm-spinner who has taken 89 wickets for Scotland in 77 T20I matches. He can bowl at any stage and is handy with the bat in the lower middle order. He recently played in the Nepal T20 League and did well with both bat and ball which shows he is in good form.

Preferred Playing XI

George Munsey, Michael Jones, McMullen, Berrington ©, Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross(wk), Leask, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Bradley Wheal, Bradley Currie

Key Players to Watch

George Munsey – He is an aggressive batter and has a good record at the top of the order. George Munsey has scored 2302 runs in 81 T20I matches at a strike rate of 144.

Tom Bruce – Former New Zealand batter who has played 17 T20I for the Black Caps. He has been in great form and smashed 95 recently for Central Districts in Super Smash. He will bolster the middle order batting for Scotland.

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T20 World Cup history Snapshot

Scotland will be featuring in their seventh ICC T20 World Cup. They could not qualify for the 2026 WT20 as they finished fourth in the European qualifiers below Netherlands, Italy and Jersey. They had just one win in four matches. They were a late addition as Bangladesh decided to pull out of the World Cup and Scotland due to their higher ranking came in as a replacement team for this tournament.

World Cup 2026 Fixtures

7th FEB vs West Indies 9th FEB vs Italy 14th FEB vs England 17th FEB vs Nepal

Scotland Team T20 World Cup 2026

⁠Richie Berrington, 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.