Australia vs Scotland in Cricket
Australia and Scotland both have played very few matches against each other. Since Scotland doesn’t have test status, the teams have not played many games against each other. Australia and Scotland have played a total of six matches against each other. The teams have not faced each other in any T20 matches but 5 One […]
Australia and Scotland both have played very few matches against each other. Since Scotland doesn’t have test status, the teams have not played many games against each other. Australia and Scotland have played a total of six matches against each other. The teams have not faced each other in any T20 matches but 5 One Day International and 1 game in the ICC Cricket World Cup.
The other two times, the teams met in ODI matches. The first match was held again in Edinburgh in 2009, where Australia won. The second ODI match was held in Hobart in 2014, where Australia won by 7 wickets. And the one match played was the ICC cricket world cup. Given below are the statistics of the games played between Australia and Scotland.
Australia vs Scotland Statistics
Test Statistics: Series Wise Statistics
The Australian and Scotland national cricket team has not played any test match against each other. The Scotland team is yet to acquire its test status and has not played any test series.
Test statistics: Match Wise Statistics
As mentioned earlier, Scotland has not received its test status nor played any test matches. This is why there are no test matches between them, but it is anticipated that they will compete against each other soon.
ODI Statistics: Series Wise Statistics
The teams have played 1 bilateral series consisting of two matches.
Australia comfortably won both matches. The first ODI match between Australia and Scotland was played in August 2009 in Edinburg.
Australia won the toss and decided to bat first. Michael Clarke smashed a century for the team and increased the score to 345 in their 50 overs.
On the other hand, Scotland scored only 156 runs, and Australia won the match by huge 189 runs. The second match was held in Hobart in January 2014, where Scotland scored 130/8 runs in their 50 overs, and Australia chased down the score in just 15.2 overs and hence won the match by 7 wickets.
| Total no. of series | Won by Australia | Won by Scotland | Shared | Won by another team (Non-bilateral series) |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODI statistics: Match Wise Statistics
The teams have played 5 ODI matches. In those matches, the Australian team won all five matches. Their first ODI match was played on 16th May 1999. Below is the team’s win and loss record in ODI matches.
| Total no of matches | Won by Scotland | Won by Australia | No Result | Abandoned/Cancelled |
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
T20 Statistics: Series-wise Statistics
The Australian and Scotland cricket teams have not faced each other in any T20 series, but the possibility of matches between them remains open.
T20 Statistics: Match Wise Statistics
There haven’t been any T20 matches between the Australian and Scottish teams. However, there is still a possibility of them playing against each other in the future.
World Cup played: Australia vs Scotland
Both the teams faced each other only once in the ICC cricket world cup in March 2015 in Hobart. Scotland won the toss and decided to bat first but could only manage 130/9 in their 50 overs. Australia comfortably chased down the score making 133/3 in just 15.2 overs and won the match.
| Total no. of matches played | Won by Australia | Won by Scotland |
| 1 | 1 | 0 |
Australia vs Scotland: Win and Loss Record
In summary, Australia has always been a dominating team in all the matches between Australia and Scotland. While they have not played any T20 games, all 4 games played between them were won by Australia.
| Format | Won by Australia | Won by Scotland | No result | Abandoned /Cancelled | Draw |
| Test matches | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frequently Asked Questions about Australia vs Scotland
Q1. How many matches are played between Australia vs Scotland in total?
Ans: Both teams have played six matches against each other.
Q2. How many T20 matches has Australia played against Scotland?
Ans: Australia and Scotland have never faced each other in the T20 format.
Q3. Why is the test match played between Australia and Scotland not considered by the ICC?
Ans: Scotland did not have the test status when the match was played, so the ICC did not consider it.
