The annual accounts of Scottish Cricket Limited, the formal legal entity behind the trading identity of Cricket Scotland, reveal a record turnover of £1,778,891, yielding a surplus of £40,121 for the 2007 calendar year.

The annual report and accounts will be tabled at the Annual General Meeting of the governing body at Stirling Cricket Club tomorrow, Sunday March 30, and are published as a 12-page A4 document which can be downloaded here (3.1MB pdf document).

Much of the increase in turnover is the result of the staging of the first ever 'offshore international' in Scotland, the ODI between India and Pakistan last summer, although not a ball was bowled because of the sodden conditions after two weeks of rain.

The commensurate costs of this weather-insured game were also an order of magnitude greater than Cricket Scotland has previously had to deal with, adding around £300,000 to the organisation's Profit and Loss Account in various ways.

In a year of astonishing activity at all levels, the costs of taking part in two ICC World Cups and sundry other international tournaments and fixtures abroad added more than £360,000 to the SCL's bills under different headings.

With the Scotland A team playing for the first time in the English County 2nd XI Championship, domestic cricket costs also rose. But sponsorship income increased by about £100,000, in addition to extra revenue grants of £60,000 from the ICC and £40,000 more from sundry sales and fund-raising activities.

Keith Oliver, chairman of Scottish Cricket Limited, said: "It was a helter-skelter year for us at all levels, so we must be pleased to have emerged with financial credit. But we need to continue to make annual surpluses if we are to build up our reserves to a sensible level in relation to our turnover."

Roddy Smith, chief executive of Cricket Scotland, added: "The Annual Report accompanying the publication of the accounts demonstrates the continuing progress of the sport in Scotland, across all fronts.

"In 2007, our senior team played eight of the ten Full Member ICC countries, including a last-ball ODI finish against the West Indies. And we have over 20,000 people participating in our cricket activities at grassroots club and school levels."