Scotland is full of confidence in front of their Super 12 clashes against Afghanistan and the party wants to use the Twenty20 World Cup as a platform to encourage their case to become a full member of the Cricket next, said Batsman Calum Macleod on Sunday.
The Scottish side won the three matches in the preliminary round, including victory over Bangladesh, to seal their place in the Two group and play Afghanistan in Sharjah on Monday.
Scotland, currently the association side, has long been harbored the hope of being promoted to be a full member – the elite group of teams was allowed to play in a traditional five-day test match.
The International Cricket Council has 12 full members, with Ireland and Afghanistan, the last teams to be promoted in 2017.
Progress to Super 12 Stage will enable Scotland, which is famous for defeating England in 50 years backwards, the opportunity to rub shoulder.
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Read Alsot20 World Cup: After a chaotic stack, Afghanistan opened their campaign against Spirited Scotlandthe Team Cricket Afghanistan would hope to give joy to people who passed the turmoil when starting the T20 World Cup campaign on Scottish here Sunday.
“I think it’s very significant, not just for the team but for the organization and some aspirations owned by Cricket Scotland,” Macleod, 32, told reporters.
“We want to be a leading partner, and we want to encourage our case to become the next full member.” I think if you look specifically by Afghanistan and Ireland do it, they do it well at the World Cup, and I think we now have five great opportunities to come out and show the cricket of the world what this organization and this team in Scottish victory over England, said His team needs to remain aggressive to the Afghans.
“The good thing from having the first half is that we come with confidence,” he said.
“This will be the first Afghanistan match in the tournament, and we can also enter there and put pressure on them.” We will come and play the type of aggressive cricket we want to play.
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