Australians a big draw for Scotland

Scotland have named a 15-man squad for their match against Australia at Edinburgh on August 18.

The one-day friendly international will be the first Scottish cricket match outside the World Cup to be televised live throughout. It will be shown on BBC 2 Scotland from 11am, with an hour of highlights in the evening, both on BBC 2 and on Sky Sports.

The selectors have included all available players from the squad which won the ICC Trophy last month. However, none of the four English County players involved in Ireland is available. The two overseas professionals contracted for 2005 season are also included.

"This game is officially classed as a friendly," said Andy Moles, Scotland's coach. "But you can be sure the Australians will be playing it seriously - particularly those players who have yet to be selected for their Test side. With the match being televised, it is important that Scotland fields its fittest and strongest available team, and we will be reviewing all options right up to the day of the match itself."

All 4500 tickets for the game were sold more than two months ago. Scotland squad Craig Wright (capt), Yasir Arafat, Jonathan Beukes, Cedric English, Gordon Goudie, Paul Hoffmann, Douglas Lockhart, Gregor Maiden, Dewald Nel, Colin Smith, Ian Stanger, Ryan Watson, Fraser Watts, Sean Weeraratna, Greig Williamson.