Karim earns place for Scotland

Kasim Farid, the captain of Scotland at the recent Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, has been named in the Scotland squad for their warm-up matches against Durham next week.

In preparation for the C&G Trophy they are playing two matches at Chester-le-Street before their opening game of the tournament against Warwickshire on April 30. Craig Wright leads the team, which includes the former England, Yorkshire and Durham allrounder Gavin Hamilton.

Squad Craig Wright (capt), Kasim Farid, Gavin Hamilton, Paul Hoffmann, Omer Hussain, Douglas Lockhart, Ross Lyons, Gregor Maiden, Dewald Nel, Colin Smith (wk), Ian Stanger, Ryan Watson, Fraser Watts, Sean Weeraratna.