Filed under SA v Scots - T20 WC - 7 June 09

Scotland may be a less known cricket team around the world, but since they play in England county circuit constantly, they are very familier to English swinging and rainy conditions. Moreover, their captain, Gavin Hamilton has had International experience with England team and will be looking for a good performance against Proteas.

South Africa, on other side, will be looking to sharpen their skill before the all important Group D match against New Zealanders. here are some related FAQ :-

South Africa T20 World cup squad = Grame Smith, Johan Botha, Herschelle Gibbs, Jaques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher, Roelof van der Merwe, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Justin Ontong, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Wayne Parnell and Yusuf Abdulla.. more info.

Scotland T20 World cup squad : Gavin Hamilton (captain), Richie Berrington, John Blain, Kyle Coetzer, Gordon Drumond, Majid Khan, Neil McCallum, Dewald Nel, Navdeep Poonia, Ryan Watson, Glenn Roger, Colin Smith (wicket keeper), Jan Stander, Fraser Watts and Craig Wright.. more info.

Previous T20 meeting : none.

Test & ODI head to head : Scotland have never played a test match and they obviously lost the only they play South Africa in an one day international.. at the 2007 Cricket world cup in Caribbean.

Start Time : scheduled to be played as afternoon game, this Scotland vs South Africa world cup twenty20 match will start at 1.30pm local England time = 2.30pm Africa time = 6pm India time = 10pm Sydney/Melbourne time.

Match : 5 of this T20 world cup 2009, Scotland will have their last chance to stay in the competition.

South Africa T20 report card = 18 played, 11 won, 7 lost = 61.11% win ratio.

Scotland T20 report card = 6 played, 2 won, 3 lost, 1 no result but this is excluding the first match Scotish team will play against kiwis the day before.

Watch this match live = on various sports channels like supersport in South Africa, skysports in England and scotland and starcricket in India.

Prediction : Scotland have not qualified for 2011 world cup and they don't have much chance in this match as well. But, it's never too late to start performing.

FAQ : South Africa vs Scotland : World Twenty20 : 7 June 2009

Scorecard : South Africa vs Scotland, World T20, Match 5 : 7 June 2009