Scotland women's national cricket team
The Scotland women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Wildcats, represents Scotland in international women's cricket. The team is organised by Cricket Scotland, an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Scotland was involved in the first international women's cricket match, when they played against England in August 1932. The team played sporadically throughout the remainder of the 20th century, with regular competition beginning only in 2000. Scotland's first international tournament was the 2001 European Championship, where matches held One Day International (ODI) status. The team's only other ODI  appearances to date came at the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands, a qualifier for the 2005 World Cup. Outside regional tournaments, Scotland has only qualified for two major events since then – the 2008 World Cup Qualifier and the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier. In April 2018, the ICC granted full Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status to all its members. Therefore, all Twenty20 matches played between Scotland women and another international side after 1 July 2018 will be a full WT20I. History. In , a Scottish women's team played England at New Road, Worcester, in what was the first international  women's cricket fixture. Four members of the inaugural Scottish women's side – Betty Snowball, Myrtle Maclagan, Joy Liebert, and Betty Archdale – later played in Test matches for England. After 1932, a Scottish women's team was not raised again until 1979, when a fixture was played against a Junior England team at Malvern College, Worcestershire. Scotland made their international tournament debut at the 2001 edition of the Women's European Championship. They lost all three games, finishing last in the four-team tournament. Two years later, they played in the 2003 IWCC Trophy, the inaugural edition of what is  now known simply as the World Cup Qualifier. They finished fifth in the six-team tournament, which was hosted by the Netherlands, with their only win coming against Japan. They again played in the European Championship in 2005, but again went without a win and finished last. In 2007 they will compete in the Women's World Cup qualifier in Ireland playing the hosts as well as Bermuda, The Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, South Africa and an African qualifier. The top two in this tournament will qualify for the World Cup in 2009, whilst the top four will gain  Test and ODI status for the following four years. In 2014, Scotland was promoted to Division 2 of the Women's County Championship after losing only one game throughout the season. The Wildcats are currently preparing for the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifiers to be held in Thailand at the end of 2015. In April 2018, Kathryn Bryce was named the captain of the team. In July 2018, Scotland played its first T20 international match against Uganda in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier in the Netherlands. In December 2020, the ICC announced the qualification pathway for  the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. Scotland was named in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier regional group, alongside five other teams. Tournament history. Other tournaments. In the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series, Scotland finished in second place, winning four of their six matches. Following is the final standing of the same: Records and statistics. International Match Summary — Scotland Women "Last updated 23 January 2022" Women's One-Day International. ODI record versus other nations "Records complete to Women ODI #449. Last updated 29 June 2019." Women's Twenty20 International. Most T20I runs  for Scotland Women Most T20I wickets for Scotland Women T20I record versus other nations "Records complete to WT20I #1023. Last updated 23 January 2022." "Note: Scotland won a Super Over after the tied match against Netherlands. Current squad. This lists all the players who have played for Scotland in the past 12 months. Updated on 24 January 2022.