Scotland national cricket team

Scotland appear in 214 of the men's internationals in the records used here: 120 One Day Internationals and 94 Twenty20 Internationals. The earliest of them is dated 4 February 2007 and the most recent 13 August 2026.

Of the 204 matches that produced a winner, Scotland won 106 and lost 98, a win rate of 52.0%. Across the 19 national sides on this site that is the 10th highest overall win rate, although the sides are measured over very different eras and formats.

The latest recorded result is an ODI against Canada on 13 August 2026: Scotland won by 170 runs.

In One Day Internationals, Scotland have played 120 recorded matches, winning 61 and losing 51, with 1 tie and 7 without a result. The first of these is dated 4 February 2007 and the last 13 August 2026, a win rate of 54.5% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough ODI matches recorded to compare, that is 6th. Their innings in these matches average 216.0 runs, against 209.5 for opponents. Batting first Scotland have won 31 and lost 34 (47.7%); chasing, 30 won and 17 lost (63.8%).

In Twenty20 Internationals, Scotland have played 94 recorded matches, winning 45 and losing 47, with 1 tie and 1 without a result. The first of these is dated 12 September 2007 and the last 18 April 2026, a win rate of 48.9% in decided matches. Among the 19 sides with enough T20I matches recorded to compare, that is 13th. Their innings in these matches average 148.9 runs, against 148.2 for opponents. Batting first Scotland have won 28 and lost 23 (54.9%); chasing, 17 won and 24 lost (41.5%).

Since the start of 2024 Scotland have played 59 recorded matches across all formats, winning 30 and losing 25. That win rate of 54.5% is above the overall figure of 52.0%.

Scotland's first recorded year is 2007, with 7 matches. The busiest calendar year is 2022 with 25 matches, and the year with most wins is 2022, with 15 wins and 10 defeats from 25 matches. The heaviest year for defeats is 2024, with 10.

Year by year, the most recent calendar years read as follows: 2018, 5 won and 8 lost from 15; 2019, 13 won and 9 lost from 22; 2021, 9 won and 8 lost from 18; 2022, 15 won and 10 lost from 25; 2023, 13 won and 4 lost from 17; 2024, 11 won and 10 lost from 24; 2025, 10 won and 8 lost from 18; 2026, 9 won and 7 lost from 17.

Earlier calendar years: 2007, 1-5 from 7; 2008, 2-2 from 5; 2009, 0-4 from 4; 2010, 0-1 from 1; 2011, 1-0 from 1; 2012, 1-1 from 2; 2013, 1-4 from 5; 2014, 3-3 from 6; 2015, 3-7 from 10; 2016, 5-3 from 9; 2017, 4-4 from 8.

By decade the recorded record is 2000s, 3 wins and 11 defeats from 16 matches; 2010s, 36 wins and 40 defeats from 79 matches; 2020s, 67 wins and 47 defeats from 119 matches.

In One Day Internationals, Scotland's highest ODI total in the records is 380/9, made against Netherlands at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht on 16 May 2025; the lowest completed innings is 104 against Canada on 8 April 2009. The widest recorded ODI wins are by 170 runs against Canada on 13 August 2026 and by 10 wickets against Namibia on 15 February 2023. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 191 by HG Munsey against Netherlands on 12 June 2025 and the best bowling is 7 for 21 by C Cassell against Oman on 22 July 2024. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 4, between 20 May 2021 and 29 September 2021. The longest losing run is 6, from 12 January 2015 to 14 March 2015.

In Twenty20 Internationals, Scotland's highest T20I total in the records is 252/3, made against Netherlands at The Village, Malahide on 16 September 2019; the lowest completed innings is 81 against South Africa on 7 June 2009. The widest recorded T20I wins are by 166 runs against Austria on 25 July 2023 and by 9 wickets against United Arab Emirates on 9 July 2015. Among individual efforts, the highest individual score is 132 by HG Munsey against Austria on 25 July 2023 and the best bowling is 5 for 13 by BJ Currie against Ireland on 28 July 2023. The longest run of consecutive recorded wins is 6, between 20 July 2023 and 28 July 2023. The longest losing run is 6, from 27 October 2021 to 29 July 2022.

The leading ODI run scorer for Scotland in the records is RD Berrington with 2,972 runs from 104 matches at an average of 35.81, ahead of HG Munsey (2,557) and KJ Coetzer (2,280). The most successful bowler is MRJ Watt with 108 wickets at 28.60, followed by SM Sharif (101) and MA Leask (69).

The leading T20I run scorer for Scotland in the records is HG Munsey with 2,508 runs from 81 matches at an average of 33.00, ahead of RD Berrington (2,040) and MH Cross (1,253). The most successful bowler is MRJ Watt with 87 wickets at 22.05, followed by SM Sharif (79) and MA Leask (54).

In One Day Internationals, Scotland players have passed 100 on 32 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 118 occasions; the most centuries are RD Berrington (7), CS MacLeod (6) and BJ McMullen (5). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 12 times, most often CD de Lange (1), SM Sharif (1) and Hamza Tahir (1). The most recorded appearances are MH Cross (104), RD Berrington (104), MA Leask (88) and MRJ Watt (84).

In Twenty20 Internationals, Scotland players have passed 100 on 4 occasions and 50 (without reaching 100) on 52 occasions; the most centuries are HG Munsey (3) and OJ Hairs (1). A bowler has taken five wickets in an innings 3 times, most often GT Main (1), BJ Currie (1) and AC Evans (1). The most recorded appearances are RD Berrington (87), HG Munsey (81), MH Cross (79) and MRJ Watt (76).

In One Day Internationals, the highest total Scotland have chased down is 301, against United States on 13 August 2022, one of 30 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 164, against Namibia on 4 September 2025, among 31 wins batting first.

In Twenty20 Internationals, the highest total Scotland have chased down is 181, against Ireland on 15 February 2019, one of 17 recorded wins batting second; the lowest total they have successfully defended is 94, against United Arab Emirates on 14 March 2024, among 28 wins batting first.

The One Day Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against Kenya on 4 February 2007 (Scotland won by 77 runs); match 10 was against Ireland on 1 April 2009 (Ireland won by 7 wickets); match 25 was against Sri Lanka on 11 March 2015 (Sri Lanka won by 148 runs); match 50 was against United States on 14 December 2019 (Scotland won by 4 wickets); match 100 was against United Arab Emirates on 4 May 2025 (Scotland won by 3 wickets).

The Twenty20 Internationals milestones in the records: match 1 was against Pakistan on 12 September 2007 (Pakistan won by 51 runs); match 10 was against Netherlands on 22 November 2013 (Scotland won by 15 runs); match 25 was against Pakistan on 12 June 2018 (Pakistan won by 48 runs); match 50 was against Bangladesh on 17 October 2021 (Scotland won by 6 runs).

The side Scotland have met most often in the records is Netherlands: 27 matches, 14 won and 12 lost, the latest on 8 July 2025.

Other regular opponents are United Arab Emirates (16 won, 7 lost from 23), Ireland (5 won, 16 lost from 22), Namibia (11 won, 5 lost from 17), Oman (11 won, 2 lost from 15) and Nepal (6 won, 8 lost from 15).

Against opponents met at least five times, the strongest record is against Oman (84.6% of decided matches won) and the weakest against Ireland (23.8%).

Against the other sides met at least three times the recorded results are United States (6 won, 4 lost from 10, last met 20 May 2026), Hong Kong (6 won, 2 lost from 9, last met 6 March 2018), Zimbabwe (3 won, 5 lost from 9, last met 4 July 2023), Papua New Guinea (9 won, 0 lost from 9, last met 13 April 2022), Canada (5 won, 3 lost from 8, last met 13 August 2026), New Zealand (0 won, 6 lost from 6, last met 31 July 2022), Australia (0 won, 6 lost from 6, last met 7 September 2024), Kenya (3 won, 1 lost from 5, last met 19 October 2019), Pakistan (0 won, 5 lost from 5, last met 7 November 2021), West Indies (2 won, 2 lost from 4, last met 7 February 2026), England (0 won, 3 lost from 4, last met 14 February 2026), Sri Lanka (0 won, 3 lost from 3, last met 27 June 2023) and Italy (2 won, 1 lost from 3, last met 9 February 2026).

The grounds used most often are Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh (22 matches, 10 won and 11 lost), Dubai International Cricket Stadium (22 matches, 11 won and 11 lost), ICC Academy, Dubai (15 matches, 6 won and 9 lost) and Forthill, Dundee (11 matches, 8 won and 2 lost).

Further grounds with the most recorded matches are Mannofield Park, Aberdeen (10, 7-3), Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur (8, 4-4), Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1) (8, 6-1) and Titwood, Glasgow (8, 4-4).

By competition, the largest groups of recorded matches are ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 (66 matches, 42 won, 20 lost), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (18 matches, 7 won, 10 lost), ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier (11 matches, 5 won, 6 lost), ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (9 matches, 7 won, 2 lost) and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (8 matches, 5 won, 3 lost).

Smaller groups of matches are Netherlands Tri-Nation T20I Series (7, 3-3), United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series (6, 1-5), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier (6, 6-0), ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier (ICC Trophy) (5, 2-2), ICC Cricket World Cup (5, 0-5), ICC World Cricket League Championship (4, 3-1) and Desert T20 Challenge (4, 3-1).

Across the last 10 recorded matches, most recent first, the sequence is W W W L L W W L W W (W won, L lost, T tied, D drawn, N no result): 7 wins and 3 defeats.

In order, those matches were Canada on 13 August 2026 (ODI, Scotland won by 170 runs); United Arab Emirates on 9 August 2026 (ODI, Scotland won by 1 wicket); Canada on 7 August 2026 (ODI, Scotland won by 9 runs); United States on 20 May 2026 (ODI, United States of America won by 6 wickets); Nepal on 18 May 2026 (ODI, Nepal won by 6 wickets).

Every count on this page comes from the recorded matches only. For Scotland the earliest dates are ODI 2007 and T20I 2007, so no figure here is an all-time total.

Of the 214 matches counted for Scotland, 106 were won, 98 were lost and 10 ended tied, drawn or without a result; the win rate in the tables leaves that last group out.

Scotland won the toss in 92 of 214 recorded matches (43.0%) and chose to field 49 times and to bat 43 times. They went on to win 48 of the 84 of those matches that produced a winner (57.1%).

Scotland batters hit 3,411 fours and 954 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 9.3 balls; 51.8% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 55%, bowled 23%, lbw 11%, run out 6% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,469 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 64%, bowled 19%, lbw 12%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 3% of the 1,435 times.