Scotland have lost their warm-up game against a Barbados Select XI in a warm-up to the World Cup warm-ups next week. John Blain, Navdeep Poonia and Glenn Rogers all played for the opposition to give the squad a good run out.

Mike Stanger, a spokesman for the Scottish side, told PA Sport: "It was a warm-up for the warm-ups and it was good for the players to get a game in.

"There were some very good things and some not so good things to come out of the game but it was a training match.

"Obviously we are hoping to be on our mettle for the first of the official warm-ups against Sri Lanka and we expect to be.

"There were no injuries and 14 players played, as well as a 12th man."

Barbados batted first after a rain delay and all-rounder Majid Haq excelled with the ball, taking five for 37, while Wright chipped in with two for 41.

There was one wicket apiece for Dewald Nel and Dougie Brown but, with Paul Hoffmann and Ross Lyons each going wicketless and shipping over 50 runs, the final total of 296 looked a challenge.

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