Top-order batter Tom Bruce has officially committed to playing for Scotland and is set to debut in the upcoming World Cup League 2 Series against Canada and Namibia. The 34-year-old, who represented New Zealand in 17 T20Is between 2017 and 2020, will add valuable experience to the Scottish side.
The four-match series is scheduled from August 29 to September 6 in King City near Toronto. Somerset bowler Josh Davey also returns to the squad, having last played for Scotland during the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Several key players — including Michael Jones, Brad Wheal, Scott Currie, and Michael English — will miss the series due to work, personal commitments, or county cricket duties.
“𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝒁𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑺𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍. “𝑾𝒆’𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅.”
Tom Bruce’s Career Journey and Scotland’s Current Standing
Tom Bruce, who previously had county cricket stints with Sussex and Lancashire, also represented the Scotland development team in 2016 before breaking into the New Zealand national side. His inclusion is expected to boost Scotland’s batting depth and experience.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍,” 𝑺𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅. “𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅.”
Defending champions Scotland currently sit third in the eight-team table with 11 wins and seven losses from 20 games. Canada and Namibia hold fifth and sixth spots, respectively, with Canada just four points behind Scotland.
This will be Scotland’s first series since failing to advance in the European T20 World Cup qualifier.
Scotland Squad:
Richie Berrington (capt), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross, Brad Currie, Josh Davey, Jasper Davidson, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Finlay McCreath, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Charlie Tear, Mark Watt.
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