Ken Scott (Scottish cricketer)
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| Full name | Kenneth Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1964 Dechmont, West Lothian, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1985–1988 | Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenneth Scott (born 16 June 1964) is a Scottish chartered surveyor and former scotland, clarence district, watsonians, WLCCA and warwickshire cricketer.
Scott was born in June 1964 at Dechmont, West Lothian. He was educated at various schools, before matriculating to the University of Dundee. He graduated from Dundee with honours and began his professional training in the city, before working as a chartered surveyor at Hobart and Edinburgh.[1] A club cricketer for both West Lothian Cricket Club and Watsonians Cricket Club, Scott made his debut for Scotland against MCC in 1984 and List A Nottinghamshire in a List A one-day match at Glasgow in the 1985 Benson & Hedges Cup. He played one-day cricket for Scotland until 1988, making 16 caps with further appearances at Lords v MCC, Pakistan in Glasgow and eight further appearances in the Benson & Hedges Cup.[2] Playing as a batsman in the Scottish side, he scored 121 runs in his eight B & H matches at an average of 15.12, with a highest score of 34. He also scored 69 not out on debut at Lords. [3] In addition to playing one-day cricket for Scotland, Scott also made a single first-class appearance against Ireland at Coleraine in 1987.[4] Batting twice in the match as an opening batsman, he was dismissed for 33 runs in the Scotland first innings by Hugh Milling, while in their second innings he was unbeaten on 14, with the match ending in a draw.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ From left—Mr Logan, Mrs Duff and Mr Scott. Dundee Courier. 7 May 1992. p. 9
- ^ "List A Matches played by Ken Scott". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ken Scott". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ken Scott". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "Ireland v Scotland, 1987". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2022.