Scots' Planning Meets With Love's Approval (11 Apr 1996)

11 April 1996

Scots` planning meets with Love`s approval

By Keith Graham

SCOTLAND`S team to compete in next March`s mini World Cup in Malaysia will be better prepared than any of their predecessors - according to Jim Love, the Scottish Cricket Union`s Director of Cricket.

Love, the former Yorkshire and England player who has just returned from a fact-finding mission to Kuala Lumpur, was speaking at the launch of the 1996 Scottish Cricket Guide at Clydesdale Cricket Club in Glasgow. He has advised that the Scottish squad should arrive in Malaysia at least 10 days before the start of the tournament in order to properly acclimatise to the hot, humid conditions, and believes they will be at the peak of form when they open their campaign.

George Salmond, the Scotland captain, said yesterday that he believed the forthcoming season - which embraces the European Championship in Copenhagen in July, the defence of the Triple Crown they have held for the last two years, preparation for the mini World Cup and the introduction of the new Scottish League - will be the most momentous in the history of the game in Scotland.

The Scots begin their season with two one-day friendlies against Durham at the new Chester-le-Street Racecourse ground on April 22 and 23 before starting their Benson and Hedges campaign against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge on Sunday April 28.

Source :: Electronic Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk)