Scotland captain Preston Mommsen says his side is keen to use the opportunity to test themselves against better opposition, when they play Sri Lanka and co-hosts Australia in their final two matches of the World Cup.
In the science fiction television series, Star Trek, set in the 24th century, baseball is an obscure sport that nobody plays or watches any more. On current trends, this will be the fate of cricket by the middle of this century.
England overcame Scotland with relative ease in Christchurch on Monday, with a century from Moeen Ali ensuring a 300-plus score, and then the bowlers doing the job to see the tartan-clad side all out for 184, a win of 119 runs.
Scotland have never won a World Cup match, and are hoping that their clash against England in Christchurch on Monday will change that, given England's severe slump in form in Australasia so far.
England, you're making it very difficult, nay impossible, to pick any of you for our Dunamis UK Player of the Week, and Joe Root, your effort against Sri Lanka was admirable, but we cannot ignore the genius that is Kumar Sangakkara.
Scotland captain Preston Mommsen says their loss to Bangladesh was very disappointing, but gave credit to the Tigers for chasing down a Scotland record score to win comfortably in the end.
Both went on to lose their first two matches in the group stage, Afghanistan succumbing to a heavy defeat against Bangladesh before stretching Sri Lanka in their second game and Scotland taking seven wickets against New Zealand in defence of a small total before losing heavily against England.
Scotland are still looking for their maiden World Cup victory, having been denied by Afghanistan last week, while Bangladesh must win in Nelson to keep their quarter-final quest on track.
At previous appearances at the 1999 and 2007 World Cup, they suffered eight defeats and it will be Scotland's priority to ensure that run doesn't extend to 14.
After their agonising defeat to Afghanistan at the World Cup, Scotland's players were given a break from cricket to get over the disappointing loss and to recharge their batteries ahead of the clash against Bangladesh in Nelson on Thursday.
The World Cup continued to throw up thrilling results between the Associate sides as on Thursday Afghanistan beat Scotland by a single wicket at the University Oval in Dunedin.
Scotland captain Preston Mommsen believes that his side has the psychological advantage heading into their World Cup Pool A clash with Afghanistan in Dunedin on Thursday.
Scotland captain Preston Mommsen was disappointed by the margin of defeat against England in Christchurch on Monday, but hoped they'd be able to take some valuable lessons into the match against Afghanistan.
Scotland go into the game against England in Christchurch still searching for a maiden World Cup win, and they feel confident they can record that against a side under massive pressure from fans, and their own failures.
Scotland captain Preston Mommsen was pleased with the way his side fought back against New Zealand in Dunedin on Tuesday, despite going on to lose by three wickets and scoring just 142 runs.
New Zealand were expected to beat Scotland in Dunedin on Tuesday, and they did just that, but it was hardly convincing as they lost seven wickets on their way to a target of just 143.
The sixth match of the World Cup is probably the first match-up that's as unbalanced on paper as it is in reality. With Ireland beating the West Indies, it's not impossible for Scotland to win, but it's unlikely.
Scotland captain Preston Mommsen admits that his side will have a tough task on their hands if they want to beat co-hosts New Zealand, when the two teams meet at the University Oval in Dunedin on Tuesday.
For any cricketer, taking part in the World Cup is a special experience. But for players from Ireland and Scotland (and the other associate nations) this one holds particular significance.
Scotland gave the West Indies a serious run for their money in their World Cup warm-up on Thursday, and though it wasn't an official ODI, the Windies will be concerned that they won by just three runs.
All the cricket fixtures and results you'll need for the six weeks of World Cup action are here, and fixtures will become results as the games progress.
Against the backdrop of war and hardship, a severe lack of facilities and funds, cricket in Afghanistan has grown at a phenomenal pace in a dozen years.
Scotland caused somewhat of a stir just a few days before the World Cup gets underway by hammering Ireland by 179 runs at the Blacktown Olympic Park Oval in Sydney on Tuesday.
