‘It would do wonders for Scottish cricket. It would really raise our profile and… give them good exposure,’ says chair of Cricket Scotland
Scotland want to open talks with the ECB over a bid to enter the T20 Blast and the Hundred.
The Scots defeated West Indies in the first round of the T20 World Cup, but suffered defeats by Ireland and Zimbabwe to miss out on a berth in the Super 12 phase.
Between last year’s World Cup and this year’s competition, Scotland played just two T20 internationals but are now targeting places in the T20 Blast, contested by the 18 first-class counties in England and Wales, in a bid to grow the game in the country.
“That would be amazing,” said Anjan Luthra, the newly appointed chair of Cricket Scotland. He revealed that he planned to approach the England & Wales Cricket Board about the concept soon, with the hope that Scotland can feature in the T20 Blast from 2024, when the county season will be restructured.