In June 2022, Berrington was named as the captain of the national team, after Kyle Coetzer stepped down from leading the side.
[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 the 2009 ICC World Twenty20.
This made Berrington just the seventh cricketer to score a century in a Twenty20 International, the first from an associate nation, and it gave Scotland their first ever win against a full member of the ICC.
[12][13] He scored his maiden century in ODIs against Ireland in September 2014, ensuring his place in Scotland's team for the 2015 Cricket World Cup, albeit in a losing cause.
[2][14][15] In Scotland's opening match of the 2015 World Cup against host nation New Zealand, Berrington scored 50 runs as part of a large partnership with Matt 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.
[18] While bowling during Scotland's group match against Sri Lanka, Berrington's shoe disintegrated as he took his delivery stride in one ball.
As the tournament was not making use of the Umpire Decision Review System to save on costs, Scotland were unable to challenge the call.
[28] In September 2019, he was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.
[36] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.