Ritchie and Phillips return to Scotland squad for qualifiers

Matt Ritchie and Matt Phillips have returned to Gordon Strachan's Scotland squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania and Malta in September.

The two wide men were both absent through injury when Scotland battled to a dramatic 2-2 draw against rivals England at Hampden Park in June, a result that leaves Strachan's side one point behind second-placed Slovakia in Group F.

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