Rachel Slater is on the rise during 'a great time to be a Scottish cricketer'

"It was pretty mental to be fair," Slater said. "We just talked about different skills and bowling to the death, which I've been working on a lot and we talked about the mindset and how to do those things.
"He was like my idol growing up, so that was really cool and really useful and I definitely got a lot out of it. It was an unreal opportunity."
Slater, born in the United States, raised in Leeds and who qualified for Scotland through his Glasgow-born mother, is still only 20 but has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the highest levels of cricket.
After being picked up in The Hundred as an injury replacement for Northern Superchargers last year, playing just one game, she has since done her regional debut, was selected to represent Scotland and returned to Headingley for this year's competition.
The Superchargers have had a disappointing second campaign in the professional franchise's new 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and eight women's teams located in major cities across England and the Wales.
However, Slater is confident that the experience wi I will help him contribute to his national team when the Scotland will host Ireland in three games this week, starting on Monday, and will advance to World Cup qualifiers against the same opponents, USA and Bangladesh, later in the month."Playing for Scotland has been really exciting," she said. "It wasn't something I really expected, but having more opportunities to play against big names and really good players can only be a positive thing for my cricket.
"The more you play cricket, especially at the higher level, the more different situations you find yourself in and the more you learn to deal with them . I think any time you go bowling and there are 10,000 people watching, you are under pressure, but the more pressure situations you are exposed to, the easier it becomes."
Slater is part of a strong Scottish contingent in this year's Hundred women's squads. Abtaha Maqsood has been a permanent fixture in the side of Birmingham Phoenix, while Bryce sisters Katherine and Sarah represent Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire respectively.
For Scottish players, the competition has provided opportunities not currently widely available to cricketers across the border.
"At international level, all England girls are professional and then at national level there are also professional contracts s,” Slater said. "There's none of that in Scotland so all the girls are working full time or studying - some are still there at school.
"I think the main thing is the funding and the fact that people have to adapt that in their lives, whereas we are very privileged here not to have to do that and I can make a living playing cricket and focus everything on cricket which obviously will help."
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Rachel Slater is on the rise during 'a great time to be a Scottish cricketer'

Rachel Slater and Alice Davidson-Richards of Northern Superchargers

"It was pretty mental to be fair," Slater said. "We just talked about different skills and bowling to the death, which I've been working on a lot and we talked about the mindset and how to do those things.

"He was like my idol growing up, so that was really cool and really useful and I definitely got a lot out of it. It was an unreal opportunity."

Slater, born in the United States, raised in Leeds and who qualified for Scotland through his Glasgow-born mother, is still only 20 but has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the highest levels of cricket.

After being picked up in The Hundred as an injury replacement for Northern Superchargers last year, playing just one game, she has since done her regional debut, was selected to represent Scotland and returned to Headingley for this year's competition.

The Superchargers have had a disappointing second campaign in the professional franchise's new 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and eight women's teams located in major cities across England and the Wales.

However, Slater is confident that the experience wi I will help him contribute to his national team when the Scotland will host Ireland in three games this week, starting on Monday, and will advance to World Cup qualifiers against the same opponents, USA and Bangladesh, later in the month."Playing for Scotland has been really exciting," she said. "It wasn't something I really expected, but having more opportunities to play against big names and really good players can only be a positive thing for my cricket.

"The more you play cricket, especially at the higher level, the more different situations you find yourself in and the more you learn to deal with them . I think any time you go bowling and there are 10,000 people watching, you are under pressure, but the more pressure situations you are exposed to, the easier it becomes."

Slater is part of a strong Scottish contingent in this year's Hundred women's squads. Abtaha Maqsood has been a permanent fixture in the side of Birmingham Phoenix, while Bryce sisters Katherine and Sarah represent Trent Rockets and Welsh Fire respectively.

For Scottish players, the competition has provided opportunities not currently widely available to cricketers across the border.

"At international level, all England girls are professional and then at national level there are also professional contracts s,” Slater said. "There's none of that in Scotland so all the girls are working full time or studying - some are still there at school.

"I think the main thing is the funding and the fact that people have to adapt that in their lives, whereas we are very privileged here not to have to do that and I can make a living playing cricket and focus everything on cricket which obviously will help."

New ICC status helps Scots 'get their foot down'

It wasn't just The Hundred that allowed Scottish female cricketers to play cricket professionally on and off throughout the year. and Slater have professional contracts with...