Bell & Aitken-Drummond make Scots' World Cup squad

Abbi Aitken-Drummond and Olivia Bell person been named successful Scotland's first-ever Women's T20 World Cup squad, pinch caput coach Craig Wallace claiming his side's "possibilities are endless" astatine nan tourney successful October.

North West Thunder bowler Bell and Carlton all-rounder Aitken-Drummond, who was Scotland skipper for 7 years until 2018, subordinate 13 players who featured successful nan successful qualifying tourney astatine nan commencement of nan summer.

But location is nary spot for Nayma Sheikh contempt nan 18-year-old taking 4 wickets against nan Netherlands successful August.

"I americium truthful excited astir what lies ahead," Wallace said. "If we behave and play nan measurement we person done during nan past year, who knows what tin hap astatine nan World Cup? We could triumph arsenic galore games arsenic we want to.

"The players play a awesome marque of cricket and person truthful overmuch belief successful themselves, truthful nan possibilities are limitless really."

The 15-strong squad will caput to United Arab Emirates successful mid-September for a training campy earlier 2 charismatic warm-up fixtures against Pakistan (28 September) and Sri Lanka (30 September).

Scotland commencement nan Group B run successful Sharjah against Bangladesh connected 3 October earlier facing West Indies, South Africa and England, pinch nan apical 2 successful nan group qualifying for nan semi-final stage.

Wallace said it had been a "really tough" action process that showed nan "depth successful nan wider group now" they showed successful winning 5 of their six-match bid against nan Dutch.

"This is simply a typical time for everyone connected pinch this team," he added. "To beryllium portion of nan first group of Scottish players to beryllium selected for a elder Women’s World Cup is simply a awesome accomplishment and nan players and their families should beryllium truthful proud.

"The make-up and equilibrium of this squad is outstanding. We’ve sewage matchwinners from commencement to decorativeness wrong it, which I deliberation is nan large quality successful nan improvement of this squad during my short tenure."