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Scotland gear up for the cricket World Cuphttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/scotland/6230643.stmScots target Twenty20 World Cup Scotland skipper Craig Wright believes his team can secure a place in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championships taking place in September. The Scots, who head for the Caribbean in March to play in their first World Cup, will first try to qualify for the shortest form of the game's main event. In Nairobi, they will compete in the World Cricket League, where the top two teams qualify for the Twenty20 event. "The guys are certainly up for it," 32-year-old Wright said. Following their short trip to Bangladesh in which they lost both one-day internationals against the Tigers, the Scots continue a busy schedule prior to the World Cup. They have a four-week schedule ahead of the Caribbean, which begins with a four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup clash against the United Arab Emirates. There are four one-day matches against Kenya and Canada in Mombasa before the qualifying competition in Nairobi. Their busy schedule is a factor Wright admits will be new to many of his players. "Other than three or four guys who have played county cricket, not too many of our guys are experienced at playing this amount of cricket over this sort of duration," he told BBC Scotland. "It gives us a fantastic opportunity to go into the World Cup really prepared to put our best show on in that tournament, which will obviously be the most watched cricket that most of us have ever played." The Twenty20 World Championships will be held in South Africa. |