Gavin Hamilton

Edward Craig reveals the players who weren't so quick off the blocks

Participation in 1999 was an opportunity to boost the sport's profile in the country - one the cricket board didn't take, leading to a long period in the wilderness

Cricket Scotland began a celebration of their history by launching the Scottish Cricket hall of fame in Edinburgh

Gavin Hamilton, the veteran Scotland batsman and former captain of the national side, has announced his retirement

Durham cruised to a 47-run win over Scotland in a rain-shortened Clydesdale Bank 40 clash in Glasgow

Former captain Gavin Hamilton has been recalled to Scotland's strong 14-member squad to face Bangladesh in the one-off ODI in Glasgow on July 19

Gavin Hamilton has stepped down as Scotland captain and handed the role to Gordon Drummond

A lightening 117-run opening stand between Andrew Strauss and Craig Kieswetter rocketed England to a seven-wicket victory with over a quarter of their innings to spare against Scotland in a sun-drenched Edinburgh

Scotland captain Gavin Hamilton, allrounder Ryan Watson and Durham batsman Kyle Coetzer have been added to Scotland's squad to take on England at Grange Cricket Club on Saturday.

Ireland, Scotland, USA and Afghanistan all warmed up for the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifiers with victories

Gordon Drummond will lead Scotland in the Intercontinental Cup while Gavin Hamilton will take over the reins for the ICC World Twenty20 qualifiers

The team for the four-day Intercontinental Cup contains four changes from the team that beat Canada

Gavin Hamilton and Fraser Watts scored hundreds for the hosts but their efforts were overshadowed by Canada's centurion, Sandeep Jyoti, and Ashish Bagai who pulled off the chase with eight balls to spare

A preview of how Scotland will fare in the ICC World Twenty20

Scotland have proven they are capable of fighting opposing teams with the same veracity they do each other

Gavin Hamilton's England career was a brief and inglorious affair as he bagged a pair on his only Test against South Africa, at Johannesburg, in 1999

Gavin Hamilton is only three weeks into his tenure as Scotland captain but, according to Glenn Rogers, the allrounder, his impact has been immediate

Scotland have named Gavin Hamilton, their most experienced player, as the successor to Ryan Watson, the former captain who stepped down this week in the wake of his team's failure to qualify for the 2011 World Cup.

When it mattered, Scotland finally produced a performance meriting their pre-tournament status as one of the two favourites, thumping UAE by 122 runs and, with it, retaining their status as an international country by the thinnest of margins