Scotland and the United Arab Emirates will lock horns in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier New Zealand 2014 at Lincoln Oval, Christchurch, in a match that will determine which Pool they will join at cricket's pinnacle event, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
The two teams secured their positions in Saturday's final, and their spot in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, after recording victories on the last day of the Super Six stage yesterday.
Scotland and UAE now complete the 14-team line up for the 2015 event, and will compete alongside the 10 Full Members, Afghanistan and Ireland.
The winner of the final, will join Afghanistan, 1996 champion Sri Lanka, four-time champion Australia, co-host New Zealand, Bangladesh and three-time finalist England in Pool A of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. The losing finalist will be placed in Pool B along with defending champion India, Ireland, 1992 champion Pakistan, South Africa, two-time champion West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Having enjoyed playing for Scotland in the under 19 World Cup in 2012, Glamorgan's Ruaidhri Smith said, Congratulations to all involved with the Scotland team on qualifying for the World Cup. Good luck in the Final, it would be great to finish the tournament off in style.
Playing in a World Cup would be an incredible experience and is a tournament that every cricketer dreams of playing in.
Smith has already completed one cricketing dream - a wicket with his maiden ball in Championship cricket - as he clean bowled Kent's Brendon Nash at the SWALEC Stadium in September last year and matched the achievement of his teammate Andrew Salter who did the same just two weeks earlier - a feat that no other Glamorgan bowler had achieved since 1957.
However, neither Salter or Smith have had much time to rest on their laurels during the winter months with Ruaidhri - who shone at sport at both Llandaff Cathedral School and Shrewsbury School - commencing his studies for a mathematics degree at Bristol University whilst Andrew began the third and final year of his course at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
As well as working on his game over the winter, Ruaidhri has also had to deliver in the examination room, after his first term at Bristol. It has certainly been a busy winter so far, the young all-rounder said, but I have been able to juggle my studies with travelling back to Cardiff, often twice a week, for training in the National Cricket Centre with Toby Radford and Steve Watkin.
In particular, I have been working very hard with Toby on various aspects of my batting technique, including how I set up at the crease. With Steve I have also been working on my bowling action, especially to reduce the stress on my front leg and working on consistently putting balls in good areas. Both Salter and Smith will be hoping the hard work on and off the pitch pays off and are both keen to shine again for Glamorgan in 2014.