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Former New Zealand batter Tom Bruce has shifted his loyalties from New Zealand to Scotland and will be seen in action for his new team later this month in the Cricket World Cup League 2 matches in the Canada leg which is scheduled to start from August 27.
Bruce earned his first T20I call-up for New Zealand in December 2016. The batter made his debut a month later against Bangladesh. In just his second T20I appearance, he scored an unbeaten 59 batting at No.5 to secure victory for New Zealand. However, he failed to carry the momentum, scoring only one more fifty in his next 15 innings. A lack of consistency, along with twin ducks during New Zealand's 5-0 series defeat to India at home in 2020, limited his international career to just 17 T20Is.
Bruce has qualified to feature for Scotland because of his Edinburgh-born father, he earlier represented a Scotland Development side in 2016, before moving to New Zealand.
In a Cricket Scotland statement, Bruce said, "There's a long Scottish history within my family and I know they will be incredibly proud that I am representing Scotland on the world stage. I've been fortunate enough to play for New Zealand five years ago, and I want to continue to showcase my skills on the world stage, and help the Scotland team achieve success, as I know the group is capable of achieving success and continuing to grow as a team.
"I was involved briefly in the set-up back in 2016, and it was an awesome experience. I played alongside and against a lot of the current group of Scotland players, and it's been great following their development through the years and I'm looking forward to linking up with them again.
"For me, I want to help the team in any way shape or form to play some consistent quality cricket and ultimately help get us to a World Cup."
Scotland play Canada and Namibia across four matches between August 29 and September 6, at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City near Toronto.
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