Both Inverness natives now living in Edinburgh, Clyne and Lobban will take to the courts at Oxenford Studios hoping to secure Scotland’s first squash medal for 20 years.

In their first major tournament as a doubles pairing, they claimed gold at the 2016 World Doubles Championship in Australian city Darwin.

It came during a prolific summer in which both players were also part of the first Scottish team for 17 years to secure a European Team Championship medal with bronze in Poland’s capital Warsaw.

Following their success, serious injury put Lobban out of action for several months, but he has made an outstanding return to the court.

Having never previously won a Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour event, he had an incredible run of success in May and June of this year, reaching five finals and taking three titles; one in England and two in New Zealand.

Clyne, meanwhile, clinched his seventh Scottish national title in March and has risen to a career high of 24^th in the men’s world rankings.

The 31-year-old, who finished fourth in men’s doubles at both the Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, has competed extensively in the PSA World Series and reached the semi-finals of the 2017 Swedish Open earlier this year.

Re-united for the defence of their World Doubles Championship title in English city Manchester in August, Clyne and Lobban reached the final before losing to Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly and Cameron Pilley.

Scotland last won a Commonwealth Games medal in squash in 1998, when Peter Nicol won the men’s singles title and also joined forces with Stuart Cowie to claim men’s doubles bronze.

"We are pleased to be able to confirm Alan and Greg on Team Scotland for Gold Coast 2018, allowing them to concentrate fully on their preparation over the next five months," Jon Doig, Team Scotland’S Chef de Mission, said.

"They both bring a wealth of past Games experience and their recent results indicate their medal potential in April next year, which would be a first for Scotland since 1998.

"I wish them all the best with their training and look forward to watching them compete in Gold Coast."

Maggie Still, chief executive of Scottish Squash added: "At Scottish Squash we are delighted to see the early selection of Alan Clyne and Greg Lobban for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

"Their recent past achievements will put them among the favourites for a medal on the Gold Coast and we know that both players always give their best for Scotland and are hugely focused and committed performers.

"The past 12 months have been challenging for both players, who have shown great resilience and demonstrated that they are outstanding role models.

"We are already extremely proud of their achievements and we wish them all the very best in the Games."

Clyne and Lobban’s selection brings the total number of athletes named to Team Scotland to 33, following team announcements for swimming and lawn bowls in October.

Further selections in squash are scheduled to be announced in February 2018.

Squash competition at Gold Coast 2018 is due to run from April 5 to 15.