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Scotland seek Qualifier berth as UAE, Canada aim for progress

Scotland seek Qualifier berth as UAE, Canada aim for progress

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Scotland can book their place at the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier event when they host UAE and Canada in a ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series that commences on Monday.

Adding to this, The European side currently sit in third place on the League 2 standings ahead of their final four matches of the event and can ensure a place in the Qualifier tournament for next year's ICC Men's Cricket World Cup with a batch of positive results on home soil across the coming 10 days.

Meanwhile, View this post on Instagram Only the top four teams at the completion of League 2 play earn a direct place in the Cricket World Cup Qualifier, with the remaining sides forced into the Qualifier Play-off.

Notably, Scotland are without the services of injured duo Brad Currie and Owen Gould and have omitted experienced all-rounder Michael Leask from the side that travelled to Nepal in May, with Zainullah Ihsan and Michael Jones returning to the setup alongside young batter Lyle Robertson.

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In further updates, Scotland's Michael Jones set a strong platform with his 71 runs from 45 balls against Nepal at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026.

On top of that, The tri-series will also be the first in charge at home for Owen Dawkins and the Scotland coach is looking forward to seeing how his side will perform.

“We’re looking forward to hosting Canada and UAE in what promises to be another highly competitive series. The tour of Nepal saw us played some very good cricket against excellent teams in challenging conditions, and we are ready to build on those performances and continue to improve back in front of our own followers," he shared.

Source: ICC