KYLE COETZER, Scotland's most successful county cricketer in the last decade, has expressed his "huge disappointment" after being omitted from his country's 15-man squad for the World T20 qualifiers next month.
The 31-year-old Aberdonian struck a record-breaking 156 against ICC Full Members Bangladesh at the World Cup in New Zealand only three months ago and also top-scored with 71 against England. But despite achieving plenty in all versions of the sport, including being an integral part of his county Northants' winning 20/20 side in 2013, he has been left out by his governing body and responded by issuing a statement on his Twitter feed last night.
He said: "I am hugely disappointed not to have been selected in the squad announced by Cricket Scotland for the World Cup qualifiers. I believed I had a good deal to offer Scotland in all three formats of the game and am immensely proud of my overall record for Scotland which includes being the leading run-scorer at the 2009 T20 World Cup. After the recent [50-over] World Cup, which was successful from a personal point of view, it is upsetting I will not be able to transfer that form into the shorter format of the game.
"I would have loved to pass on my experience to the exciting younger members of the squad and to play a key part in qualification, but unfortunately, that is not to be.
"I look forward to hopefully being involved in future squads and wish good luck to those involved at the qualifiers."
It will be interesting to see how Cricket Scotland responds to Coetzer's statement, given that they have so far failed to come up with a response to the last Twitter row, which involved another senior Scottish player, Majid Haq, who was sent home from the World Cup in March after complaining about being dropped on social media.
Haq has not been picked for the T20 event, which isn't a surprise. But Coetzer's treatment is another matter.
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