Richard Douglas Berrington (born 3 April 1987) is a Scottishcricketer. He played for Scotland in the2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup inSri Lanka, and has since playedfirst-class,One Day International, andList A cricket forScotland. In June 2022, Berrington was named as the captain of the national team, afterKyle Coetzer stepped down from leading the side.^[1]

Berrington was born inPretoria,South Africa, but emigrated toScotland as a child.^[2] Berrington played cricket for Scotland at a national level as a teenager, representing the country at every youth level from under-13s up to under-19s.^[3] He was so skilled that while he was still eligible to play under-17s cricket, he was already playing forScotland's under-19 team.^[2] As an 18-year-old, he went to India as part of theEuropean Cricket Council Development team, and he was also part of theInternational Cricket Council's first Winter Training Camp in Pretoria.^[2][3] Following this, he was part of Scotland's squad for the2006 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka.^[2][4]

Berrington progressed through theScottish A team and then made hisOne Day International debut forScotland againstIreland in July 2008, hitting the winning runs for Scotland.^[2][5] He played in his firstTwenty20 International, also against Ireland, the next month.^[6] Berrington became a regular member of the Scottish team,^[2] being particularly effective in Twenty20s and first-class cricket,^[7] and he was part of their squad to play in the2009 ICC World Twenty20.^[8] After being on a seasonal contract between April and September 2009, he became the sixth Scottish cricketer to be given a full-time contract withCricket Scotland in March 2010 as part of Scotland's efforts to increase professionalism in their national team.^[7]

Berrington has scoredcenturies in a number of key matches for Scotland, but he was frustratingly inconsistent.^[2] In June 2010, in a match againstIndia A, Berrington scored 106 to help Scotland recover from 7/64 to score the required 277 runs, causing a major upset.^[9] In July 2011, he scored 56 runs in just 23 balls in an ODI to help Scotland scale highest ever successful run chase,^[10] which years later Scottish captainPreston Mommsen would refer to as his most memorable innings.^[11] Next he scored 100 runs off 56 balls in aTwenty20 International on 24 July 2012 againstBangladesh, which Scotland won by 34 runs. This made Berrington just the seventh cricketer to score a century in a Twenty20 International, the first from anassociate nation, and it gave Scotland their first ever win against afull member of the ICC. Berrington's ton won the match almost single-handedly for Scotland, as none of the other Scottish batsmen scored more than 19 runs.^[12][13] He scored his maiden century inODIsagainst Ireland in September 2014, ensuring his place in Scotland's team for the2015 Cricket World Cup, albeit in a losing cause.^[2][14][15]

In Scotland's opening match of the 2015 World Cup against host nationNew Zealand, Berrington scored 50 runs as part of a large partnership withMatt Machan, who also scored a half-century, but it was the only substantial partnership of the innings and Scotland were bowled out for 142, which New Zealand chased down with more than half of their overs remaining.^[16][17] This was Berrington's highest score of the World Cup.^[18] While bowling during Scotland's group match againstSri Lanka, Berrington's shoe disintegrated as he took his delivery stride in one ball.^[19]

In a 2016 ODI match against theUnited Arab Emirates, Berrington passed 1,000 ODI runs. In the same match,Preston Mommsen andKyle Coetzer both passed 1,000 runs as well. Previously, only two Scottish cricketers had achieved this milestone.^[11] In January 2017, Berrington andCalum MacLeod were part of a record 127-run partnership, the highest ever T20I partnership for Scotland, in a match againstHong Kong, with Berrington's orthodox style combining well with MacLeod's unorthodox strokeplay.^[20] He made his career-best List A score of 110 againstNamibia in June 2017.^[21][22] Berrington also captained his first international matches for Scotland in January 2018 during the2017–18 United Arab Emirates Tri-Nation Series. Scottish captainKyle Coetzer was unavailable for the first two matches as he was completing coaching qualifications, so Berrington stood in as captain for Scotland's first two matches against Ireland.^[23]

Berrington played for Scotland in the2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. He scored a half-century in Scotland's opening-day upset win againstAfghanistan as part of a national record 208-run third-wicket partnership with Calum MacLeod,^[24][25] and he scored 47 runs in Scotland's thrilling tie withZimbabwe.^[26][27] In Scotland's final match, with Scotland needing to beat theWest Indies to qualify for the2019 Cricket World Cup, Berrington was controversially dismissedleg before wicket. Replays showed that the ball hit Berrington outside the line of off stump, meaning he should not have been given out. As the tournament was not making use of theUmpire Decision Review System to save on costs, Scotland were unable to challenge the call. Scotland lost by just four runs under theDuckworth–Lewis–Stern method, but had they lost one less wicket they would have won.^[28]

In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.^[29] In November 2020, Berrington was nominated for the ICC Men's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.^[30]

In September 2021, Berrington was named the vice-captain of Scotland's provisional squad for the2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.^[31]

In December 2022, Berrington became the first player to make 100 ODI appearances for Scotland.^[32]

On 28 July 2023, he joined the small group of T20I players to have scored over 2,000 runs in their T20I career.^[33]

In May 2024, he was named the captain in Scotland's squad for the2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.^[34]

On 20 July 2024, Berrington passed 3,000 one-day international career runs while scoring 79 not out in a rain-affected 47 run win over Namibia in aWorld Cup League 2 match in Dundee.^[35]

On 16 May 2025, Berrington scored 105 off 86 deliveries against theNetherlands, his 5th ODI century. His knock helped Scotland to a record total of 380/9.^[36]

On 8 June 2025, Berrington scored his 6th ODI century and 2nd in under a month scoring 102 off 114 balls helping Scotland to a narrow 2 run win againstNepal.^[37]

In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Edmonton Royals franchise team in the2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.^[38] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in theinaugural edition of theEuro T20 Slam cricket tournament.^[39][40] However, the following month the tournament was cancelled.^[41]

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