Scotland players "buzzing" ahead of return to competitive action

Scotland are in Dubai as part of the Cricket World Cup League 2 and will face Papua New Guinea and Oman in a 50-over tri-series

Scotland's players are "buzzing" to return to international action in Dubai on Saturday, according to interim head coach Craig Wright.

The team have travelled to Dubai as part of the Cricket World Cup League 2 and will face Papua New Guinea and Oman in a 50-over tri-series. They will take on the former on April 9 and April 13 and the latter on April 10 and April 16, with all matches beginning at 6:30am GMT (9:30am local time).

Scotland beat both teams in the group stages of last year's T20 World Cup as they qualified for the Super 12 stage of the tournament.

Head coach Shane Burger is unable to make the trip to Dubai for personal reasons, leaving his assistant Wright to take the reins as interim head coach.

^{Scotland will face Papua New Guinea and Oman [Haitham Al-Shukairi/AFP via Getty Images]}

Wright told Edinburgh Evening News: "Training has been going well and the guys are just buzzing to get back to some competitive cricket.

"What has pleased me of late has been the intensity of the training and the work being put in and we are all aware that we want to hit the ground running for 2022 on this trip.

"It is nice to see a few new faces in amongst a settled group and they have integrated well. The batters have also benefited from some sessions with Stevie Gilmour of late back at home and I am looking forward to seeing how the team performs."

Scotland have included the uncapped trio of Brad Currie, Chris McBride and Fin McCreath in their 15-man squad which will be captained by Kyle Coetzer.

Scotland squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington, Dylan Budge, Brad Currie, Matthew Cross, Michael Leask, Gavin Main, Calum MacLeod, Chris McBride, Fin McCreath, George Munsey, Adrian Neill, Safyaan Sharif, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt

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