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MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM The Scottish Men's Team competed in the Cricket World Cup in 1999 . It lost all five of its matches and was eliminated in the preliminary round. Scotland failed to qualify for the 2003 World Cup but has successfully qualified for the 2007 Event In The West Indies . Scotland won the qualifying tournament, the ICC Trophy, in Ireland in 2005. Scotland will play Australia , South Africa and The Netherlands in the opening group stage in 2007. Most of the members of Scotland's national team are amateurs, although a few Scots have played professionally in English domestic cricket, and for the England national team, including former captain Mike Denness . In 2003 , the Scottish team was granted a place in the English national one day cricket league in the hope that playing against professional cricketers on a regular basis would improve the performance level of the best Scottish cricketers. ADMINISTRATION The governing body for Scottish cricket is Cricket Scotland , which administers women's cricket and junior cricket as well as the men's game. Scotland is an Associate Member of the International Cricket Council . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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