Scotland are raring to go for the T20 World Cup, with head coach Doug Watson urging his squad to take advantage of the “unbelievable alternative” to tackle England and Australia within the Caribbean.
The Scots, who open towards defending champions England on Tuesday, additionally face Oman and Namibia in Group A.
Having solely performed six T20 matches this yr, there are welcome warm-up matches to return in Trinidad towards Uganda on Thursday and Afghanistan on Friday earlier than travelling to Barbados to get their event began.
“The Oman and Namibia video games can’t be taken flippantly,” stated Watson. “They’re two powerful groups, actually skilled, they usually’ve grown over the past couple of years.
“And enjoying England and Australia is an unbelievable alternative.
“We’re coming off the again of (final summer season’s ODI World Cup) qualifying marketing campaign the place we bought previous West Indies and Zimbabwe and that’s put us ready the place we’re fairly assured and searching ahead to the chance of dealing with these guys.
“Each event we play, we need to win each sport. However we simply have to dial it again and ensure we’re specializing in each second of each sport and never trying too far forward. We additionally want to ensure we get pleasure from each second.”
Watson took over in April following a profitable interval in interim cost in 2023.
Throughout that spell, Scotland additionally beat Eire, Oman and the UAE within the 50-over format and got here by way of the T20 European qualifiers with a 100% report.