Scots Aiming To Be Competitive

Watson - Hoping For A Good Showing.

Scotland today named their 13-man squad for Monday's historic one-day international against England - and vowed to be realistic about their victory prospects.

The nations will play competitively for the first time at Citylets Grange, Edinburgh, with the hosts boasting six players with previous County Championship experience.

Head coach Peter Steindl said: "Selection has been a difficult process with a couple of our players unfortunately missing out.

"Our aim is, quite simply, to be competitive. Being sport, we do, of course, harbour fond thoughts of creating an upset. But we must be competitive."

Captain Ryan Watson added: "All the players have been looking forward to this game all season.

"I'm delighted that we have available all six of our current or former county players, and we are all determined to show what we can do."

Cricket Scotland chief executive Roddy Smith said: "This is also the biggest match we have ever hosted.

"In all honesty, it would be a massive, massive shock if we were to win, but we want to put on a performance that shows our true worth as an emergent cricketing nation.

"Over the past 18 months or so, we have faced all the top Test-playing nations except England, so this will be the final piece in that jigsaw."

There are fewer than 200 tickets remaining, which will be available for purchase through the Cricket Scotland website until tomorrow.

Squad: Ryan Watson (Forfarshire, capt); Gavin Hamilton (East Bierley), Kyle Coetzer (Durham), Navdeep Poonia (Warwickshire), Colin Smith (Aberdeenshire), Neil McCallum (Grange), Richie Berrington (Greenock), Craig Wright (Greenock), Calum MacLeod (Warwickshire), John Blain (Rotherham), Dewald Nel (Greenock), Gordon Drummond (Watsonians), Ross Lyons (Clydesdale).