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A previous cricket camp ran by Beyond Boundaries in partnership with Cricket Scotland.

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Sanas Sahib, pictured here with his children, Tariq and Layla

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Scotland's lead performance analyst Gavin Vaughan has been studying Pool B opponents Romania and Ireland. (Photo by Gary Hutchison / SNS Group)

Sri Lanka comparison is stark reminder of Scotland's scarce playing resources

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Sri Lanka struggling with crippling inflation, lack of essential goods and huge ...

Kayleigh Fraser, a Scottish woman living in Sri Lanka, who has been campaigning for activists protesting over the country's economic crisis

Scot documenting protests in Sri Lanka has passport seized by authorities

Protesters walk around and spend time at the ongoing protest site a day after storming into president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, July 10, 2022. Sri Lankaâ€™s opposition political parties will meet Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the countryâ€™s president and prime minister offered to resign in the countryâ€™s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officialsâ€™ homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nationâ€™s economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka opposition hopes to install new government amid turmoil

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People buy vegetables at a market after authorities relaxed the ongoing curfew for a few hours in Colombo on Thursday.

Sri Lanka protests: Why veteran PM has taken on job no-one else wants

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Moeen Ali hits the winning runs for England in the third and final ODI in Johannesburg. Picture: Dan Mullan/Getty Images

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Colin Whiteside, 52, was rushed to hospital in the country's capital, Colombo in early July after being diagnosed with dengue fever.

British father dies just weeks after suffering a mosquito bite in Sri Lanka

Englands Liam Plunkett (right) celebrates taking the wicket of Indias Hardik Pandya during the World Cup group stage match against India at Edgbaston on Sunday. Picture: PA.

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Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga celebrates taking the wicket of England's Jos Buttler for just 10 runs. Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP

Malinga the destroyer as England suffer setback on World Cup trail

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10/05/19 ODI SERIES
SCOTLAND v AFGHANISTAN
THE GRANGE - EDINBURGH
Scoland's George Munsey steps up to bat

Two defeats under Burger’s tenure but Munsey eyes a bright future

Scotland's Matthew Cross, batting with George Munsey, brought up his second ODI 50. Picture: Donald MacLeod/Cricket Scotland

George Munsey’s late rally in vain as Scotland fall short of target

Craig Wallace believes he still has work to do in order to secure his place in the Scotland side. Picture: SNS.

Scotland must aim for 350 to have a chance says Craig Wallace

Scotland's Brad Wheal in action for Hampshire. Picture: Harry Trump/Getty Images

Brad Wheal ready to fire for Scotland against Sri Lanka

Scotland's Safyaan Sharif in action. Pic: SNS/Bruce White

Saffy Sharif says Scotland are ready to bowl over ‘dangerous’ Sri Lanka

Scotland's Calum MacLeod celebrates his century against Afghanistan. Picture: Ian MacNicol/Getty

Calum MacLeod stars but Scotland fall just short against Afghanistan in the rain

Testing himself against quality batsmen while playing for Derbyshire has improved Mark Watt. Picture: SNS.

Scotland set to gain from Mark Watt’s stint in England

Ten-year-old Ashayal Rosairo was injured in an attack on the Zion church in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka (Picture: Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

The proof Isis are not true Muslims – Dr Azeem Ibrahim

The proof Isis are not true Muslims – Dr Azeem Ibrahim

A Sri Lankan soldier stands guard under the rain at St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 25, 2019, following a series of bomb blasts targeting churches and luxury hotels on the Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka. - Sri Lanka's Catholic church suspended all public services over security fears on April 25, as thousands of troops joined the hunt for suspects in deadly Easter bombings that killed nearly 360 people. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Catholic congregations in Sri Lanka told to stay away from church

Sri Lankan police officers clear the road as an ambulance drives through carrying injured of Church blasts in Colombo. Picture: AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Britons warned not to travel to Sri Lanka as death toll falls to 253

Anders Holch Povlsen

Sri Lanka attacks: 3 children of Scotland’s biggest landowner Anders Povlsen kil...

Anita Nicholson with her two children Alex and Annabel with husband Ben. Picture: Facebook

British mother and her two children confirmed dead in Sri Lanka terror attacks
British mother Anita Nicholson and her two children have been confirmed dead in the wave of terror attacks that hit Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

Relatives of a blast victim grieve outside a morgue in Colombo. More than 200 were killed and hundreds more hospitalized with injuries from eight blasts that rocked churches and hotels in and just outside of Sri Lanka's capital on Easter Sunday. Picture: AP/Eranga Jayawardena

Sri Lanka explosions: At least 8 Britons among 290 victims

Three of the children of Anders Povlsen were killed in the terror attack.

Sri Lanka attacks, what we know so far: 3 children of Scotland’s biggest landown...

Sri Lankan police officers clear the road as an ambulance drives through carrying injured of Church blasts in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka explosions: 137 dead as churches and hotels attacked on Easter Sunday

Idyllic beaches abound on the island which is opening up once more, a decade on from the civil war.

Sri Lanka’s unspoilt treasures: Scotland on Sunday travel

Chief executive Leigh Fell is delighted with the partnership. Picture: Contributed

Edinburgh life sciences firm Caritas in '˜landmark' tie-up

England vice captain Jos Buttler and Jack Leach. Picture: Getty

England's cricketers hold their nerve to complete historic clean sweep in Sri La...

Nightwatchman Jack Leach faced one over in the second innings. Picture: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Sri Lanka build lead but Jack Leach says England bowling is key

England's Sam Curran plays a shot as Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella watches during the first day of the second Test in Kandy. Picture: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

Sam Curran thrashes six sixes to fortify England in Sri Lanka

Ben Foakes swipes a ball away to leg during his innings of 87 not out against Sri Lanka in Galle. Picture: Stu Forster/Getty

Ben Foakes is surprise star for England after top order stumble

Sri Lanka fielder Pathum Nissanka falls after being hit on the helmet from a shot by England batsman Jos Buttler. Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Concern for Sri Lanka fielder hit by Jos Buttler pull

Sri Lanka's Niroshan Dickwella is watched by England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler as he plays a shot. Picture Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty

No English answers to serious questions posed by Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka police chief Pujith Jayasundara, right, at police headquarters in Colombo. Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/Getty

Sri Lanka's police chief pulls out of controversial visit to Scotland

Married couple, Natalie and William Goodacre, of Lincoln, in Lincs., who have decided to sell their home and all their belongings so they can take their children, Bonnie (right) aged seven and Ava, aged eight, to travel around the world. Picture: SWNS

Parents sell their home to take kids on open-ended journey around the globe

Art work by an asylum seeker in Glasgow.

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Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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