Scotland call up Richards (17 April 1999)
West of Scotland's Australian professional Corey Richards will make his debut for Scotland in their first round NatWest tie against a Nottinghamshire County Board XI at Boghall, Linlithgow, on May 4
17-Apr-1999
17 April 1999
Scotland call up Richards
Keith Graham
West of Scotland's Australian professional Corey Richards will make
his debut for Scotland in their first round NatWest tie against a
Nottinghamshire County Board XI at Boghall, Linlithgow, on May 4.
Richards, who is a regular in the New South Wales Sheffield Shield
team and recently toured Zimbabwe with Australia A, is a prolific run
scorer who took 160 off the England attack during the winter. As
Scotland's overseas player, he will strengthen a side which is in
effect a second string due to the absence on World Cup duty of the
15-man first-choice squad.
Nevertheless, the Scots are able to include nine full caps in their
12-man squad, including Richards' club colleague Craig Wright who
narrowly missed out on World Cup selection despite having taken five
for 25 in Scotland's historic win over Worcestershire last season in
the same competition.
Douglas Lockhart, also unlucky to have been omitted from World Cup
action, will lead a side which is a blend of experience and youth.
The old campaigners are David Cowan and Scott Gourlay from Freuchie.
Victory for the Scots would set up a home game against Dorset in the
second round.
Scotland Squad: D Lockhart (capt), C Richards, G Maiden, C
Wright (all West of Scotland), D Cowan, S Gourlay (both Freuchie), C
Smith wk, K Thomson (both Aberdeenshire), C Mackellar (West Lothian),
S Crawley (Grange), A Parsons (Prestwick), D Lockie (Carlton).
Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)