Blogs from Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 2

I have never been more disoriented over such a long period of time in my life! When I got to London on the 11th, I set my cell phone 1 hour fast and 1 day early. The first hostel I checked into gave me a coupon for a free beer from 7 - 7:30 at the bar. Well I was finishing up dinner at Leicester Sq and looked at my cell phone to find 19:05 (it only displays military time which adds another dimension to my confusion). I quickly pay, run to the tube, and get off at my stop about 19:15 ACPT (Alex Cell Phone Time). Thinking I’m going to make it, I start briskly walking back to find I’m lost and need to console the map. Finally I get there at 19:32 ACPT panting ... read more

Scotland fall to in-form Tigers World Cup warm-up, Barbados: Bangladesh 156-3 beat Scotland 152-9 by seven wickets Match scorecard Gavin Hamilton was surprised to see a ball scuttle on to bowl him Scotland suffered a second hefty World Cup warm-up defeat at the 3Ws Oval in Barbados after losing their way against Bangladesh's impressive spin attack. Scotland mustered only 152-9 and were powerless to stop Tigers captain Habibul Bashar (57 not out) helping his team to a second win in the week. Bangladesh had more than 15 overs and seven wickets to spare at the end. Scotland's batsmen squandered a strong start, which saw them safely reach 73-2 after 23 overs as they batted first. Little went right for them thereafter, as Abdur Razzak (3-25) and his fellow slow left-armers Mohammad Rafique and Saqibul Hasan put ... read more

Beaten Scots vow to bounce back All-rounder Dougie Brown tries to field off his own bowling against Sri Lanka Scotland skipper Craig Wright backed his side to emerge stronger from the experience of losing to Sri Lanka in their opening World Cup warm-up game. The Scots lost by 159 runs after being bowled out for just 135. But Wright said: "You can't go out there and play against Muralitharan or Vaas and expect to succeed if you haven't faced them before. "Next time some of the guys come up against them, they may have formulated some plans to be able to cope." Interview: Scotland captain Craig Wright Wright was content with his side's performance during Sri Lanka's innings and they will now look to build on that against Bangladesh on Thursday before taking on Australia on ... read more

Group A St Kitts & Nevis Group B Trinidad & Tobago Group C St. Lucia Group D Jamaica 1 Australia (1) Sri Lanka (2) New Zealand (3) Pakistan (4) 2 South Africa (5) India (8) England (7) West Indies (6) 3 Scotland (12) Bangladesh (11) Kenya (10) Zimbabwe (9) 4 The Netherlands (16) Bermuda (15) Canada (14) Ireland (13) Warm-up matches Date Group WA Jamaica Trelawny Group WB St. Vincent Group WC Trinidad Group WD Barbados, 3W's Mon 05 Mar West Indies v Kenya England v Bermuda Ireland v South Africa Sri Lanka v Scotland Tue 06 Mar India v The Netherlands Australia v Zimbabwe Canada v Pakistan New Zealand v Bangladesh Wed 07 Mar Thu 08 Mar Kenya v The Netherlands Zimbabwe v Bermuda Ireland v Canada Scotland v Bangladesh Fri 09 Mar India v ... read more

Click on the Scotland Team Photo on the left and then click on the Gallery at the foot of the page and then click on the lead Picture which is Adam/Woodsie....... (or the lad with the Red,white and Blue hat for those who don't know him) That will take you into all the other guys pictures that are on the trip. ... read more