Published: Feb 23, 2015, 10:49 AM (IST)
Edited: Feb 23, 2015, 07:13 PM (IST)
England have cruised to victory in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match against Scotland by 119 runs. With that win England will regain some of their lost pride after a heavy, disastrous defeats to Australia and New Zealand. With that win England have moved up to fifth position in the points table in Pool A after lingering at the bottom. Scotland have swapped places with England at the bottom of the points table. LIVE UPDATES: England vs Scotland ICC Cricket World Cup 2015
The Scots were outplayed in pretty much all the departments against their bigger neighbours. In response to England’s first innings score of 303, all Scotland could piece together was 184. Apart from Kyle Coetzer, the other Scottish batsmen withered without any semblance of a fight. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
The wickets were distributed among most English bowlers in a display of a good team effort. James Anderson got the first wicket in the match removing opener Calum MacLeod cheaply. The next to fall was Freddie Coleman off the very first delivery from Chris Woakes in this match. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: POINTS TABLE
Even the half-centurion from the last match — Matt Machan — fell cheaply, only scoring five runs before Steven Finn got his wicket. Preston Mommsen tried to build a partnership with Coetzer but as the required run-rate crept up he went for a rash shot and got out for 26. The Scottish batsmen failed to put up strong partnerships and in the end were completely outdone by England.
Steven Finn caused plenty of troubles for the batsmen taking three wickets for 26 runs. Anderson, Waokes, Moeen Ali and Joe Root also contributed with handy wickets. ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Complete Coverage
In the first innings, England got off to a wonderful start with Moeen Ali and Ian Bell putting up a 172-run opening stand. Ali starred with the bat scoring 128 off 107 deliveries. Bell scored 54 but the other English batsmen didn’t match up to the intensity.
In the batting powerplay, England only managed 22 runs and lost two important wickets. Josh Davey was the pick of bowlers for Scotland and he picked four wickets for 68 runs. Eoin Morgan found some form with the bat, scoring 46 off 42 and ultimately it was his performance that helped England beyond the 300-run mark.
Brief Scores:
England 303 for 8 in 50 overs (Moeen Ali 128, Ian Bell 54; Josh Davey 4 for 68) beat Scotland 184 in 42.2 overs (Kyle Coetzer 71; Steven Finn 3 for 26) by 119 runs.
Man of the Match: Moeen Ali
(Rishad D’Souza, a reporter with CricketCountry, gave up hopes of playing Test cricket after a poor gully-cricket career. He now reports on the sport. You can follow @RishadDsouza on Twitter)
