With the ICC Women’s World T20 Qualifier less than a month away, the Wildcats begin their ECB Division 2 campaign this weekend with a trip to Farnborough to play Hampshire and Gloucestershire. Scotland Women’s Head Coach Steve Knox names a strong squad led by national captain Kathryn Bryce as their preparations for the tournament in the Netherlands begin to gather pace.
Sarah Bryce finished the fifty-over season at the top of the ECB Division 3 North batting averages, and with added experience to bring in the form of her appearances in the Masterton Trophy for Watsonians the talented wicketkeeper-batsman will be looking to build on what has already been a terrific year.
Off-spinner Lois Wilkinson made it a Wildcat double by topping the bowling averages, too, and after some impressive performances with the bat during the fifty-over campaign the twenty-three-year-old will be keen to add to her all-round credentials.
The same could be said of Katie McGill after her maiden half-century for Wildcats ‘A’, and following an excellent opening weekend in the Women’s Regional Series T20 Blitz in which she scored 45 in the first match and took 4 for 12 in the second, the Eagles captain goes into the weekend in fine form.
Rachel Scholes, too, will be full of confidence after a half-century against the Eagles and will again offer consistency with the ball as the Wildcats look to begin their countdown to the Netherlands strongly.
Wildcats Squad v Hampshire and Gloucestershire on Sunday 10th June at Cove CC:
Kathryn Bryce (Captain, Eagles), Sarah Bryce (Wicketkeeper, Eagles), Priyanaz Chatterji (Stormers), Charlotte Dalton (Stormers), Laura Grant (Stormers), Abtaha Maqsood (Stormers), Katie McGill (Eagles), Jess Mills (Stormers), Hannah Rainey (Eagles), Rachel Scholes (Stormers), Ellen Watson (Stormers), Lois Wilkinson (Stormers)
Matches begin at 10.30am v Hampshire; 1.30 pm v Gloucestershire
