AFTER a difficult week for cricket in Scotland, here was at least a wearying if also welcome sense of familiarity. The damning revelations in the independent report into Cricket Scotland unveiled on Monday will take some time to sink in before the slow rebuilding process begins, starting with the appointment of a new diverse and inclusive board and a new chief executive.
The focus yesterday, however, shifted back to the on-field action where a Scotland team, criticised in places for a lack of visible support for the anti-racism campaign, welcomed New Zealand for the first of two T20 internationals. If Cricket Scotland, or those still there, had hoped to go into hiding for a few months then the fixture list did not indulge them.
