Scots' plan for spinners

Cricket may not as popular as football and rugby in Scotland but a win in the World Cup will definitely make a stir. And it will be more significant for them if it is comes against a Test nation. So when they take on Bangladesh in tomorrow's ICC World Cup group match at the Saxton Oval, they will be looking to make history.

They are not too familiar with each other as they have only played three ODIs and one T20 International. Scotland lost all three ODIs against Bangladesh but their last memory against the Tigers was a sweeter one as they beat the latter by 34 runs in the shortest format of the game in July 2012 courtesy of a hundred from Richie Berrington, who will be opening the game for the Scots on Thursday.

Despite the good memories Scottish skipper Preston Mommsen remained cautious. "We have good memories playing against Bangladesh. But this is a different ball game playing fifty over cricket and we know that they are a strong team. They have some strong individuals and some quality players and match winners.

"It's not going to be any easy game for us and we prepared well. We have had a good break after the last three games in the World Cup. The boys have come back fresh and we are looking forward to Thursday," said Mommsen.

With Scots denied their first World Cup win by inches in the last game against Afghanistan, they will hope they can cross the line this time.

"Playing in the World Cup is huge for us as we have never beaten a full member nation. This gives us another big opportunity to win a game. That's a huge goal for the Scotland team to get that first win against a full member nation. So it's a very important fixture for us.

"A win could do a huge amount for our team and cricket back home in Scotland and for all our supporters," he explained.

Handling Bangladesh's spin bowlers will be vital for the Scottish batsmen, who are not as experienced against slow bowlers. But Mommsen stated that they had worked out a plan against the Bangladesh spin attack. He believes that it's an good advantage that they don't know each other very well.