T20 World Cup 2026: Scotland Head Coach Confirm Team And Support Staff

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T20 World Cup Qualifier: Scotland men’s head coach Owen Dawkins on Monday confirmed his coaching team and support staff for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in India.

Dawkins and men’s assistant coach Gordon Drummond, who were both appointed in December 2025, will be assisted by Moneeb Iqbal, Paul Tweddle and Zac Bess during the tournament in India.

Dr Raj McRea-Routray (Doctor), Gary Metcalfe (Physio) and Fiona Rae (Team Manager) complete a backroom team that was put together at short notice following Scotland’s invitation to compete at the tournament ten days ago.

Iqbal is a former Scotland international and will be Spin Coach at a second successive Men’s T20 World Cup, having been part of the coaching team for the 2024 tournament in the West Indies and USA.

Tweddle is Somerset’s fielding and assistant coach and was part of the coaching team that guided the county to T20 Blast success in 2023 and 2025. He has also served as interim head coach at Taunton and worked with England Lions at international level.

Bess will act as strength and conditioning coach, a role he currently fulfils with Nottinghamshire. He previously worked with Worcestershire and also has experience of franchise cricket with Trent Rockets in The Hundred.

Owen Dawkins, Scotland Head Coach, said, “I’m delighted to confirm the Scotland coaching team for this T20 World Cup campaign. Given the extremely short notice we had to build a staff for the tournament, it was important for us to build provide a staff with a number of different experiences to work alongside Gordon and myself, and it’s great to see we’ve assembled a high-quality group.

“Moneeb and Paul both bring huge value in their different areas. Moneeb has good awareness of much of the playing squad having worked with them across the last few years including at the last World Cup in the Caribbean.

“Paul brings great experience at success from his time at Somerset and having previously toured with England. I’m excited to have him lead on our fielding during the tour and know the players will gain lots from him, but alongside this he will add across all the skill sets.

“Our support staff have been operating at high level at some time, with Gary having come straight from the Men’s U19 World Cup in Zimbabwe, while Raj was also there, before heading home to help continue our preparations for this tour.

“Paul brings great experience at success from his time at Somerset and having previously toured with England. I’m excited to have him lead on our fielding during the tour and know the players will gain lots from him, but alongside this he will add across all the skill sets.

“I am very grateful to everyone who managed to rearrange so much to make themselves available at such short notice, and particularly Steve Snell our Head of Performance who has pulled everything together so quickly to ensure our players have excellent all-round support here in India, for what is an exciting time ahead of us.”

Article Source: IANS