The Scottish cricket team represents Scotland at the game of cricket. Scotland is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom. It occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England. The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until 1 May 1707. However, Scotland is no longer a sovereign state and does not have direct membership of either the United Nations or the European Union.

When they play in the English one-day National Cricket League, they compete as the Scottish Saltires. In 2006 Scotland will play in the C&G Trophy. The Scottish Saltires play their home matches at The Grange, Edinburg.





The first recorded cricket match in Scotland took place in Alloa in 1785. It would be another 80 years however, before Scotland played their first full international, against Surrey in 1865, where they won by 172 runs.

They were elected to associate membership of the International Cricket Council in 1994 after having severed their cricketing links with the England cricket team two years earlier. This allowed them to qualify for the Cricket World Cup in 1999 but they lost all their five matches. Furthermore, the team were unable to qualify in 2003.

The first Scottish Cricket Union was formed in 1879, and the national team beat Australia by 7 wickets three years later. The cricket union became defunct in 1883, and Grange CC took over the administration of the game until 1909. Their first win would come against Lancashire in 1986.





In 2004 the Scotland cricket team competed in the inaugural ICC Inter continental Cup. They first played Ireland and Holland (The Netherlands), and then on the back of those results progressed to the semi-finals in Sharjah. They overcame Kenya in the semi-finals, and then won the Cup by beating Canada in the final. They also competed in that tournament in 2005, but failed to progress past the first round. By qualifying for the semi-finals of the 2005 Icc Trophy on 7 July 2005 they have gained One Day International status from 1 January 2006 to the next ICC Trophy in 2009.

Scotland named their World Cup squad at the end of August, several months ahead of the deadline. 2007 World Cup will be Scotland's second participation in World Cup and will besides allow it to play against the best teams in the world also interact with some of the best cricketers in business and learn about the finer nuances about the game.