Cricket: Gordon Goudie aims to build on his high of five against the Aussies

Goudie, whose famous haul came against mighty Australia in late August, is again shaping up as a key performer when the Scots entertain Kent tomorrow and Nottinghamshire 24 hours later in the Clydesdale Bank Pro 40 series.

What's more, the man who removed baggy caps Michael Clarke, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz and Dirk Nannes with some devastating swing and accuracy has gone from strength to strength as shown when the rejuvenated Scots launched their Pro 40 campaign by winning at Leicestershire last weekend.

"Getting a five-for against Australia was great. Michael Clarke went early in my stint and as the other wickets fell later I had to guard against thinking too far ahead and concentrate purely on techinique rather than what might be.

"Only when I read the match reports in the newspapers did it really sink in," said Goudie after helping introduce pupils from Ferryhill Primary, Drylaw, to Kwik cricket as part of an Asda-sponsored scheme.

He added: "Now it is all about trying to build on our win at Leicester."

Maintaining the form shown against the Aussies and during the Inter-Continental Cup win over Kenya in Nairobi last January, Goudie took three wickets at Grace Road.

"It was good for the team to be rewarded for working hard during the winter. It was all about being patient and hitting the right areas so as to restrict Leicester to a total our batsmen could chase down.

"Things became tense before we won with a couple of balls to spare and, while I wouldn't say the result was never in doubt, by the time Neil McCallum and Majid Haq came together near the end, were were certainly quietly confident because of the way they hit the ball."

That success provided further evidence that one-time Middlesex signing Goudie, who now plays for West, has fully recovered from the shoulder injury which saw his arm placed in a sling for six weeks of last season.

He added: "I'm aware of trying to make up for what was an incredibly frustrating period but there will be no shortcuts against a Kent side including guys like Joe Denly, who was a member of the England squad last year."

For Scotland all-rounder Richie Berrington, the visit of Kent evokes memories of how Scotland defeated the Spitfires on their 2009 visit to Edinburgh, albeit in a rain-affected match.

"Rain might have intervened but we did still prove we could beat a side like Kent," said Berrington, who will enter the fray on the back of a landmark half century in one-day matches with Scotland.

"I was pleased to get a 50 at Leicester but disappointed to get out when I got out. It would have been nice to help finish the game off."

While Berrington highlights the threat from the likes of Denly, Robert Key and Martin van Jaarsveld tomorrow, he knows there will be no let-up on Sunday with Nottinghamshire also capable of including three members of England's world twenty:20 winning squad – Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom and Graeme Swann.

But 'bring 'em on' is the message from Berrington, from Greenock, who added: "The word is that at least one of the three England winners could face us and the more we play against that level of opposition the more we learn.

"Scotland entertain England next month anyway so it is a chance to find out a bit more about them."

Meanwhile, Carlton's Gordon Drummond is convinced that Scotland have laid a bogey to rest with their success at Leicester.

"There was a little bit of a wobble in our batting near the end but we came through and maybe that was exactly the sort of match we would have lost not so long ago."

Drummond was one of those savouring back-to-back wins having led the side in Kenya over the winter – excluding the disastrous World twenty:20 qualifying series soon afterwards.

"We just didn't perform in the T20s but it is an experience that has made us stronger.

"I don't ever want to be feeling the way I did then after any other tournament and that is something that will continue to drive us throughout this summer," said Drummond.