Hamilton gets Scotland call

Gavin Hamilton has confirmed his availability for Scotland

Scotland have selected former England and Yorkshire player Gavin Hamilton in their 15-man squad for next month’s ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

The Broxburn-born 32-year-old has featured infrequently for Scotland since the ICC World Cup early this year, with work commitments keeping him out of some matches.

Hamilton has confirmed his availability for the tournament in South Africa, however.

Scotland face warm-up games against Bangladesh on September 8 and Zimbabwe on September 9, and then launch their campaign against Pakistan on September 12 before taking on India the following day.

Scotland’s South Africa-raised captain Ryan Watson said: “I know that this bunch of cricketers will give everything they’ve got to make an impression.

“We have nothing to lose, and we have to play with that certainty in order to spring a surprise or two.”

Spinner Glenn Rogers, who was due to miss the warm-up games to attend a family wedding in Australia, was declared unavailable, as was Durham batsman Kyle Coetzer.

Scotland squad: Ryan Watson (captain), John Blain, Dougie Brown, Navdeep Poonia, Gordon Drummond, Gavin Hamilton, Majid Haq, Ross Lyons, Qasim Sheikh, Neil McCallum, Gregor Maiden, Dewald Nel, Colin Smith, Fraser Watts, Craig Wright.