It will be the 24th meeting of the two countries at this level. Scotland has won only four matches, the last time in 2000 when it won 84-74 in Newcastle.

Scotland warmed up for this year’s encounter by beating Iceland 2-1 (54-45; 61-53; 46-101) in a three-game series in Edinburgh earlier this month.

Portobello High will be well represented in the Scottish squad against England, with four members out of 16. The full line-up is: R Anderson, M Duff, E Findlay, S McQueen (all Portobello HS), D MacLaren, E MacNeill (both Millburn Acad), G Motion (Gracemount HS), N Purewal (Mearns Castle HS), S Fleming (Barrhead HS), N Strain (Wood Farm HS), G Stewart (Gryffe HS), A Taylor (St Andrew’s Acad, Paisley), S Moore (Our Lady’s HS, Cumbernauld), C McAulay (Marr Coll), N Doyle (Baldragon Acad) and P Schweikert (St John’s HS, Dundee).