Scotland squad for T20 World Cup 2022: Berrington to lead, Davey, Wheal included

Pacers
Josh
Davey
and
Brad
Wheal
impressed
during
various
stages
of
last
year’s
edition
of
the
tournament
in
the
UAE
and
have
been
selected
in
a
strong
squad
that
will
be
captained
by
experienced
batter
Richard
Berrington.

Richie
Berrington
will
lead
the
side
which
includes
Chris
Greaves
who
made
his
debut
at
last
year’s
ICC
T20
World
Cup
scoring
a
match-winning
45
versus
Bangladesh.

Matt
Cross
will
keep
wicket
and
deputise
for
Berrington.
Young
batter
Brandon
McMullen
also
earned
a
call-up.
Experienced
seamers
Ali
Evans
and
Gavin
Main
miss
out
on
the
final
15,
while
highly-rated
batter
Oliver
Hairs
is
also
a
notable
absentee.

The
improving
Scotland
team
will
rely
heavily
on
Berrington
to
provide
the
bulk
of
their
runs,
while
veteran
duo
Henry
Munsey
and
Calum
MacLeod
are
also
capable
of
scoring
well.

Berrington’s
experience
will
be
valuable
in
Scotland’s
top
order,
with
the
35-year-old
hitting
two
half-centuries
and
contributing
a
team-best
177
runs
during
last
year’s
event.

The
right-hander
will
need
to
be
at
his
best
again
this
year
if
Scotland
are
to
progress
through
to
the
Super
12
stage,
with
Berrington’s
side
drawn
in
Group
B
of
the
first
round
alongside
Ireland,
Zimbabwe
and
the
West
Indies.

On
the
squad,
head
coach
Shane
Burger
stated
in
an
official
statement
released
by
Scotland
Cricket,
“We
are
very
pleased
and
excited
to
announce
our
15
players
for
the
T20
World
Cup.

We
have
selected
15
that
we
believe
will
make
the
desired
impact
we
are
looking
for.
For
those
players
who
are
not
going
to
the
world
cup,
we
look
forward
to
seeing
them
challenging
for
international
honours
in
years
to
come.”

Burger
continued:
“We
are
very
pleased
and
excited
to
announce
our
15
players
for
the
T20
World
Cup.
We
have
selected
15
that
we
believe
will
make
the
desired
impact
we
are
looking
for.
For
those
players
who
are
not
going
to
the
world
cup,
we
look
forward
to
seeing
them
challenging
for
international
honours
in
years
to
come.

“The
squad
has
a
blend
of
youth
and
experience
alongside
locally
based
players
and
County
representatives.
The
balance
of
the
team
and
chemistry
is
crucial
to
contributing
to
performances
at
the
World
Cup.

“We
believe
we
have
a
good
mix
of
the
above
and
have
selected
players
that
are
in
form
and
can
perform
under
pressure,”
he
added.

Cricket
Scotland’s
interim
Head
of
Performance
Toby
Bailey
said
“I
would
like
to
thank
George
Salmond
for
chairing
the
selection
meeting
and
Moneeb
Iqbal
for
acting
as
an
advisor.
These
two
roles
provided
thorough
checks
and
useful
challenges
to
the
process,
enabling
Shane
Burger
and
the
selectors
to
pick
the
World
Cup
Squad.”

Scotland
will
take
on
the
West
Indies
in
their
opening
match
of
the
tournament
at
the
Bellerive
Oval
in
Hobart
on
October
17.

Scotland
T20
World
Cup
squad:
Richard
Berrington
(c),
George
Munsey,
Michael
Leask,
Bradley
Wheal,
Chris
Sole,
Chris
Greaves,
Safyaan
Sharif,
Josh
Davey,
Matthew
Cross,
Calum
MacLeod,
Hamza
Tahir,
Mark
Watt,
Brandon
McMullen,
Michael
Jones
and
Craig
Wallace.