Tigers import earns Scotland World Cup call-up

TORQUAY Cricket Club recruit Finlay Carter has been selected to represent Scotland at the Under-19 World Cup.

The 18-year-old overseas import and his teammates will spend a week preparing in South Africa at the beginning of January before travelling to Zimbabwe for the international tournament.

Hailing from Whitstable Cricket Club in Kent, England, Carter’s Scottish heritage comes from his mother’s side.

He took part in Scotland’s successful World Cup European qualifying campaign earlier this year, not long before boarding a plane to Australia for Round 1 of the Geelong cricket season.

Carter said he looked forward to taking to the world stage in pool games against host nations as well as cricket heavyweights Pakistan and England.

“I’m looking forward to what’s going to be a pretty impressive month away,” he said.

“Being able to tour a different part of the world where you wouldn’t normally travel, it’s a good opportunity for us as a side to take on some bigger nations and test ourselves against some high quality players.”

Carter has impressed during his time with the Torquay Cricket Club, opening the batting for the Tigers and showing a clean pair of hands behind the stumps as wicketkeeper.

He has also represented the Barwon Rockets under-21 Geelong region representative side.

“It’s been a really good atmosphere around the club – very inviting – and it’s been good to come over to Australia and play cricket,” Carter said.

“I’m obviously getting a lot more out of it than you would spending the winter back home in the indoor nets.

“It’s been a really good opportunity to come out here.”

Carter will return to Torquay for the remainder of the Australian season following the World Cup.