Scotland secure George Bailey for Clydesdale Bank 40

Scotland have re-signed George Bailey, the Tasmanian batsman, as their overseas player for the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition.

Bailey, who played for Scotland in the 2007 competition, led Tasmania to the Australian domestic one-day title, with 538 runs at 59.77, and also as also made 692 runs at 43.25 in the Sheffield Shield. It was enough to earn him a call-up to the Australian squad for the one-day series against New Zealand and Bailey has since been playing at the IPL with Chennai Super Kings.

Bailey will be available for all of Scotland's games but will return home in the two-month break in June and July, to ensure his availability for a potential call-up for Australia A's series against Sri Lanka.

Roddy Smith, the chief executive of Cricket Scotland, is thrilled to see Bailey back with Scotland. "It is fantastic news that George is available for us this season. As soon as we knew that our fixture list fitted in well with George's commitments in the IPL and Australia, he was our number one target. We are delighted that we have managed to reach agreement for George to return to Scotland."

Meanwhile, the squads for Scotland's new regional competition have been announced.

Western Warriors Qasim Sheikh (Captain), Moneeb Iqbal, Dougie Lockhart, Ian Young, Zeeshan Bashir, Kasim Farid, Majid Haq, Omer Hussain, Richie Berrington, Andy Hislop, Tom McBride, Kevin McLaren, Willie Rowan, Neil Laidlaw, Raj Routray, Andi McElnea.

Eastern Knights Gordon Drummond (Captain), Ross Lyons, Preston Mommsen, Fraser Watts, Ollie Hairs, Neil McCallum, Gregor Maiden, Simon Smith, Ewan Chalmers, Stuart Chalmers, Ryan Flannigan, Paddy Sadler, Sean Weereratna, Keith Morton, Charles Legget, Ali Evans.

Caledonian Jan Stander (Captain), Freddie Coleman, Umair Mohammed, Matthew Parker, Craig Wallace, Ryan Watson, Calvin Burnett, Fraser Burnett, Marc Petrie, Craig Ramsay, Tyler Buchan, Matthew Cross, Scott Galloway, Stuart Coetzer, Graeme Tomlinson, Gordon Goudie, Gavin Hamilton.