Scottish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025

Scottish cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2025
	Zimbabwe A	Scotland
Dates	24 – 28 April 2025
Captains	Roy Kaia	Matthew Cross
LA series
Result	Scotland won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs	Antum Naqvi (158)	Finlay McCreath (182)
Most wickets	Jasper Davidson (8)	Brad Evans (4)
Player of the series	Finlay McCreath (Sco)

The Scotland national cricket team toured Zimbabwe in April 2025 to play three List A matches against the Zimbabwe A cricket team. ^[1] In March 2025, Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed the fixtures for the tour, ^[2] with the matches taking place at Harare. ^{[3] [4]}

Squads

Zimbabwe A	Scotland [5]
Roy Kaia (c) Faraz Akram Kian Blignaut Brad Evans Alex Falao Luke Jongwe Takudzwanashe Kaitano Clive Madande (wk) Ernest Masuku Timycen Maruma Tadiwanashe Marumani (wk) Tony Munyonga Dion Myers Antum Naqvi Brandon Senzere	Matthew Cross (c, wk) Richie Berrington Charlie Cassell Brad Currie Jasper Davidson Owen Gould Chris Greaves Jack Jarvis Michael Leask Christopher McBride Finlay McCreath Brandon McMullen George Munsey Safyaan Sharif Mark Watt

Tour matches

Before the List A series against Zimbabwe A, Scotland are playing two Twenty20 matches and one 50-overs match against the Zimbabwe Academy at the Takashinga Cricket Club ground.

T20 series

1st T20

19 April 2025 09:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe Academy 105/6 (19 overs)	v	Scotland 106/3 (15 overs)
Ronak Patel 19 (26) Olly Davidson 2/11 (4 overs)		Matthew Cross 32* (37) Michael Blignaut 1/17 (2 overs)

Scotland won by 7 wickets Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare Umpires: Tafadzwa Musakwa (Zim) and David Shawane (Zim) Player of the match: Brandon McMullen (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.

2nd T20

19 April 2025 13:30 Scorecard

Scotland   194/5 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe Academy 127/9 (20 overs)
Matthew Cross 77 (47) Munashe Zata 2/56 (4 overs)		Lennox Chando 37 (37) Chris Greaves 2/17 (3 overs)

Scotland won by 67 runs Takashinga Cricket Club, Harare Umpires: David Shawane (Zim) and Oscar Tafirenyika (Zim) Player of the match: Mark Watt (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.

Only 50-over match

19 April 2025 09:00 Scorecard

Zimbabwe Academy 141 (35 overs)	v	Scotland 143/5 (26 overs)
Ryan Kamwemba 57 (88) Chris Greaves 4/22 (5 overs)		Finlay McCreath 35* (44) Brandon Senzere 4/41 (8 overs)

Scotland won by 5 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Tafadzwa Musakwa (Zim) and Oscar Tafirenyika (Zim)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

List A series

1st Unofficial ODI

24 April 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Zimbabwe A 240 (49 overs)	v	Scotland 241/6 (43.2 overs)
Takudzwanashe Kaitano 72 (102) Michael Leask 3/33 (7 overs)		Finlay McCreath 100 (110) Roy Kaia 2/36 (9 overs)

Scotland won by 4 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Finlay McCreath (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
• Brandon Senzere (Zimbabwe A) and Finlay McCreath (Sco) both made their List A debuts.
• Mark Watt (Sco) played his 100th List A match.
• Finlay McCreath (Sco) scored his maiden century in List A cricket. ^[6]

2nd Unofficial ODI

26 April 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Scotland   347 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe A 340 (49 overs)
Brandon McMullen 115 (80) Brad Evans 4/67 (10 overs)		Antum Naqvi 158 (110) Jasper Davidson 7/75 (9 overs)

Scotland won by 7 runs Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Forster Mutizwa (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Jasper Davidson (Sco)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kian Blignaut (Zimbabwe A) made his List A debut.
• Brandon McMullen (Sco) scored his 1,000th run in List A cricket.

3rd Unofficial ODI

28 April 2025 09:30 Scorecard

Scotland   85 (20.3 overs)	v	Zimbabwe A 86/2 (17.3 overs)
Michael Leask 29 (35) Ernest Masuku 7/35 (9 overs)		Takudzwanashe Kaitano 42 (53) Christopher McBride 1/8 (2 overs)

Zimbabwe A won by 8 wickets Harare Sports Club, Harare Umpires: Iknow Chabi (Zim) and Percival Sizara (Zim) Player of the match: Ernest Masuku (Zimbabwe A)

• Zimbabwe A won the toss and elected to field.
• Kupakwashe Muradzi (Zimbabwe A) and Owen Gould (Sco) both made their List A debuts.
• Jack Jarvis (Sco) took his 50th wicket in List A cricket.

References

1. "Scotland to tour for limited-overs series against Zimbabwe 'A'". Zimbabwe Cricket. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
2. "Zimbabwe Cricket to host Scotland Men for OD Series in April 2025". Czarsportz. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
3. "Scotland to Tour Zimbabwe for Limited-Overs Series in April 2025". My Afrika Magazine. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
4. "Scotland set for Zimbabwe Tour: A boost for emerging talent and tourism . . ". The Herald. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
5. "SCOTS HEAD TO ZIMBABWE FOR TRAINING CAMP". Cricket Scotland. 19 March 2025.
6. "26-year-old batter with no professional experience slams century on List A debut for Scotland". Wisden. Retrieved 26 April 2025.

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo