The former Wanganui Collegiate 1st XI captain and Central Districts top batsman Tom Bruce will be pushing for full Scottish international honours after making an unbeaten century near Glasgow this week.
Bruce, who qualifies for Scotland through his Edinburgh-born father, headed to the Northern Hemisphere for summer and wasted no time in scoring 132 not out for the Scottish Development XI in a two-day game against Durham Academy, an English team, in the town of Uddingston.
His innings' carried the Scots total of 297 and saw the 24-year-old put himself firmly in contention for the full Scotland team later in the season.
Bruce hit 14 boundaries and four sixes in his 143-ball knock. The next highest scores were two batsmen reaching 30.
The Development team then had Durham in trouble at 23/4 at the close of the day's play.