New zealand player change team: Tom Bruce has now become a former player for New Zealand cricket. This player has not announced his retirement, but has changed his cricket team. Tom Bruce will now be seen playing for Scotland instead of New Zealand. Cricket Scotland has also included this player in the Squad of ICC Mains Cricket World Cup League 2 series, which is going to be in Canada. Scotland’s Cricket Board is very happy with Tom Bruce coming into the team.

Your Scotland Squad for our ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 Series in Canada #Followscotland

– Cricket Scotland (@cricketscotland) August 12, 2025

Why the New Zealand player changed the team?

Tom Bruce has played 17 T20 matches for New Zealand from 2017 to 2020, in which the player scored 279 runs. This player has scored a triple century in first class cricket. Tom has scored 6,267 runs in 93 matches in first class cricket for New Zealand, with the highest score of Toss Bruce 345 runs. Tom Scotland used to play for the development team before joining the New Zealand team.

After joining the Scotland cricket team, Tom Bruce said that ‘My family has a long connection with the Scottish team and my family will be very happy when they know that I am playing for this country’s team on the world stage. I had a chance to play for New Zealand for five years, for this I consider myself lucky. I still want to play on the world stage and achieve success for Scotland ‘.

Tom Bruce further said that ‘I was associated with this team for some time in 2016, it was a great experience. I have played both with and against the players present in the Scotland team and I am happy to see all these success and again I am eager to join them ‘.

Welcome (Back) to Scotland, Tom Bruce #Followscotland

– Cricket Scotland (@cricketscotland) August 12, 2025

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New Zealand explosive batsman Tom Bruce is now going to start a new chapter in his cricket career. He has decided to play for Scotland by saying goodbye to the New Zealand team. He will debut for Scotland in the Cricket World Cup League-2 series to be held in Canada later this month. This series will start from 27 August.

Family engagement with Scotland

Tom Bruce’s father was born in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Due to which he has got the right to represent the Scotland team. Bruce also played for the Scotland Development Team in 2016, after which he turned to New Zealand team.

Career in New Zealand

Tom Bruce has been playing domestic cricket for Central Districts since 2014. He has played 17 T20 matches for New Zealand between 2017 and 2020, with his strike rate of 122.36. In these matches, he also scored two brilliant half -centuries. Bruce made headlines during the 2015-16 Super Smash tournament, where he scored an explosive innings of 223 runs for Central Districts. During this time his strike rate was 140.25. Due to his brilliant performance, he was selected in the team for the T20 series against Bangladesh.

Religion to joining Scotland team

Bruce said, “My family has a very old history associated with Scotland and I am proud that I will be able to represent Scotland. Five years ago I got a chance to play for New Zealand which is a good fortune for me, now I want to contribute to the scotland team on behalf of Scotland team on behalf of Scotland team globally. I want to contribute to him.

He further said, “In 2016, when I was part of the Scotland Development Setup, it was a great experience for me. I have played with many players from Scotland and got a chance to play against them too. I have seen this team’s development. Now playing with them is a matter of joy.”

Preparations for World Cup League-2

The Scotland team will play four matches against Canada and Namibia in Ontario, Canada from 29 August to 6 September. These matches will be played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City near Toronto. In such a situation, the presence of Tom Bruce will prove to be strong for the Scotland team.