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Rangers midfielder Lee McCulloch makes the starting line-up for Scotland for the first time three years for tonight’s Euro 20102 qualifier in Lithuania.
Six Rangers players make the starting eleven with Steven Naismith, Allan McGregor, Steven Whittaker, Kenny Miller and David Weir joining McCulloch along Middlesbrough duo Stephen McManus and Barry Robson are included while Alan Hutton, Scott Brown and team captain Darren Fletcher complete the side.
Manager Craig Levein defended the selection of both Weir and Hutton. Weir becomes the oldest Scottish international at the age of 40 while Hutton has not featured for Spurs this season after a summer hernia operation.
“I think everybody would recognise that he would be our first choice right-back,” Levein said of Hutton on Wednesday.
“Anytime you get a good player fit and available that you didn’t expect to get then it’s a real bonus.”
Speaking of Weir, Levein said “Davie Weir is probably the best centre-back we have got at this time. He is playing week in, week out at the highest level and playing to such a standard that this type of football is something he can cope with easily.”
McCulloch will probably play in a holding role with Fletcher and Brown in the centre of central midfield while the selection of Miller as a lone striker comes as no surprise.
“One of the important things is to pick players in form,” Levein said of Miller who has hit five in three games for Rangers this season.
“Kenny Miller would probably have played anyway but it’s good to know he’s in form.”
Injuries ruled out Craig Gordon, Kevin Thomson and Gary Caldwell. Chris Iwelumo withdrew this week along with Steven Fletcher and Andy Webster. Jay McEveley and Garry O’Connor were drafted in.
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