{"id":703417,"date":"2026-07-21T13:31:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703417\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T13:31:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T13:31:30","slug":"marcus-scotland-ruled-out-of-cup-match-for-st-georges-the-royal-gazette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/703417\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Scotland ruled out of Cup Match for St George\u2019s – The Royal Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"

Created: Jul 21, 2026 03:59 AM<\/p>\n

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Out for personal reasons: Marcus Scotland<\/p>\n

St George\u2019s will be forced to make at least one change to their Cup Match team this year.<\/p>\n

Wicketkeeper-batter Marcus Scotland has been ruled out for the challengers after failing to play any matches in the league for St David\u2019s this season for personal reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of right now Marcus Scotland hasn\u2019t played any cricket this season for personal reasons so that one spot is available,\u201d St George\u2019s coach Clay Smith told The Royal Gazette.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a few people we are looking at, but that\u2019s where the final trial comes into play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI doubt if there will be many other changes, but anything is possible. We showed last year that we are close and are just looking for the missing piece of the puzzle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scotland made his Cup Match debut for St George\u2019s in 2024 when the challengers suffered a heavy 226-run loss against the champions at Somerset Cricket Club.<\/p>\n

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Marcus Scotland keeps wicket for St George\u2019s on his Cup Match debut at Somerset Cricket Club in 2024 (File photograph by Blaire Simmons)<\/p>\n

Smith, the former St George\u2019s star batter and captain, said his team\u2019s preparations have been going \u201cfairly good\u201d so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started a bit later than usual because the national team played a home series [ICC T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Qualifier] so that was understandable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately there hasn\u2019t been a whole lot of 50-overs cricket being played in the lead-up to Cup Match, hence we had a trial match last weekend against Cleveland, which was productive.\u201d<\/p>\n

St George\u2019s will confirm their two teams for Saturday\u2019s final trial match at Wellington Oval on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

One player selectors will be keeping a close eye on is Luke Fulton, who is understood to be nursing a sore shoulder. The Warwick player made his debut two years ago and was a reserve in last year\u2019s Cup Match that ended in a draw at Wellington Oval.<\/p>\n

Champions Somerset are hosting this year\u2019s two-day classic to be held on July 30 and 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Created: Jul 21, 2026 03:59 AM Out for personal reasons: Marcus Scotland St George\u2019s will be forced to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703418,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,99529,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-703417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-st-george","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703417\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}