Cricket Scotland chief executive Roddy Smith, who flies to Dubai today to attend Tuesday's crunch meeting, declared: "It's looking very promising.

"The ICC has put together a series of increased funding packages in response to new TV and other commercial revenue streams. We currently receive around £150,000 in annual funding but, if the proposals are approved, that figure could virtually treble."

Smith added: "My understanding is that the new funding will go through unchallenged and, if it does, it is good news for Scottish cricket. It will, for example, enable us to vastly increase our coaching and youth programmes and to undertake more matches at all levels."

Smith also hinted that the cash injection could lead to an increase in Cricket Scotland's pool of contracted players. Twelve Saltires stars currently benefit from match fees and financial compensation for loss of earnings.

Meanwhile, Clydesdale officials have hit out after failing in a bid to have a two-point penalty overturned for failing to submit score details on time. Under new rules, home clubs must phone their results to league administrators by 10pm on a Saturday. The Titwood club missed that deadline following a match when their regular scorer was not on duty.

They lodged an appeal after premier league rivals Grange and Heriot's had penalty points reinstated. Clydesdale manager Colin Mitchell declared: "We accept the decision but feel it is a weak one given that points were reinstated to two other clubs earlier in the season.

"We feel it is wrong to adopt a hard-line stance midway through the season when leniency had been shown earlier."

It is understood bosses upheld the appeals of Grange and Heriot's because they failed to submit scores after their first home games of the season while the Clydesdale appeal was thrown out because they had already demonstrated an awareness of the new rule.

However, the row is likely to rumble on, particularly if the two points reinstated to title-challenging Grange have a bearing on the outcome of the championship. Mitchell added: "If I was attached to a club who lost the league to Grange by two points I'd be aggrieved." The contrasting treatment of the Edinburgh clubs and Clydesdale may also lead to accusations of an east-bias among the sport's administrators.

Meanwhile, a number of today's rescheduled Scottish Cup second-round ties could be decided by midweek Twenty20 thrashes and one – the tie between Arbroath and Clydesdale – could be settled by a bowl-out with the sides 100 miles apart. Only one of last Sunday's eight ties was settled at the first attempt, with Penicuik shocking premier division Grange to secure a quarter-final tie against either Aberdeenshire or Forfarshire next weekend.

With further rain forecast today, clubs can either embark on nerve-jangling bowl-outs this afternoon or, if both agree, try again in midweek in a reduced overs match. However, Clydesdale have already stated that a midweek round-trip of 200 miles is impractical and will settle their clash with the Lichties today.

If play is deemed impossible the sides may conduct a long-distance bowl-out with an umpire on hand at both Lochlands, Arbroath, and Titwood, Glasgow.

Dale manager Colin Mitchell declared: "It is an option and there seems no reason why the bowl-out could not be conducted by mobile phone."

Today's Scottish Cup 2nd round ties: West Lothian v Uddingston, Dunfermline v Greenock, Heriot's v Watsonians, Arbroath v Clydesdale, Prestwick v West of Scotland, Forfarshire v Aberdeenshire, Stenhousemuir v Ferguslie.