Pace bowlers Ali Evans, Gavin Main and Adrian Neill, and batters Chris McBridge and Oliver Hairs – who had been all a part of that residence sequence – have been overlooked.
The squad contains the expertise of Berrington, George Munsey, Matt Cross and Calum MacLeod within the batting division, whereas the bowling line-up additionally options Mark Watt, Safyann Sharif and Hamza Tahir. Cross has been named vice-captain of the aspect.
The launch additionally talked about that “forty players were considered for selection” after analysing the performances at males’s T20 Blitz cricket at Ayr and Clydesdale.
“The squad has a mix of youth and expertise alongside domestically primarily based gamers and County representatives. The steadiness of the workforce and chemistry is essential to contributing to performances on the World Cup. We imagine now we have a great mixture of the above and have chosen gamers which are in type and may carry out below stress.”
The only T20Is Scotland have played since last year’s T20 World Cup – where they finished winless in Group Two after qualifying for the Super 12s – are the two matches against New Zealand in July. They are scheduled to play warm-up games against Netherlands and UAE ahead of their first-round matches in the upcoming tournament, where they are placed alongside West Indies, Ireland and Zimbabwe in Group B.
Scotland will take on West Indies in their opening match in Hobart on October 17.
Scotland squad: Richard Berrington (capt), George Munsey, Michael Leask, Brad Wheal, Chris Sole, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Matthew Cross (wk), Calum MacLeod, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Brandon McMullen, Michael Jones, Craig Wallace