CRICKET IN SCOTLAND

Early day motion 1916, tabled 16 July 2009 by Russell Brown (Labour). Signed by 16 members.

That this House welcomes the comments of Roddy Smith, Chief Executive of Cricket Scotland, that there is a huge interest in cricket among Scottish people, including in the current Ashes series; congratulates Cricket Scotland and the many community cricket clubs in Scotland for their endeavours in increasing the popularity of the sport in Scotland; looks forward with anticipation to the one day international between Scotland and Australia; deplores the comments of Scottish Nationalists in the Scottish Parliament that cricket is of no interest in Scotland; and rejects their demand that it should be censored from terrestrial sports bulletins as mean-spirited and anti-sport.

Signatures by party: Labour 14, Conservative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.