Scotland Vs England 1st ODI 2018 Full Match Highlights
- 6 years ago
Scotland 371 for 5 (MacLeod 140*, Coetzer 58 Munsey 55) beat England 365 (Bairstow 105, Hales 52, Watt 3-55) by six runs
On the eve of Scotland's fifth-ever ODI against England, coach Grant Bradburn talked about "hunting history". Even though England arrived at the Grange as the top-ranked ODI side in the world, Bradburn said England had to lose to Scotland eventually, "so why not Sunday?"
Bradburn's question was answered affirmatively, emphatically and dramatically in a six-run win. Through much of the day it was hard to tell which team held the No. 1 ranking. After losing the toss and being sent in, Scotland posted 371 for 5, the highest ODI total ever by an Associate country and the fourth-highest ever conceded by England. Calum MacLeod became the first Scotsman to score an ODI ton against England, finishing unbeaten on 140 just three months after carving up the world's top limited-overs spinner, Rashid Khan, for an unbeaten 157 at the World Cup Qualifier.
It looked like England might overhaul it with ease during their Powerplay response as they rewrote a few pages in their own record books during a memorable run feast. Jonny Bairstow became the first Englishman to raise a century in three straight ODIs, dazzling the sellout crowd of 4600 with a 54-ball ton. But an inspired effort from spinner Mark Watt and medium-pacer Alasdair Evans brought Scotland back to life in the field, sparking a middle-overs collapse to see England fall from 220 for 2 in the 27th over to 365 all out.
The haymakers landed by Scotland in front of a global TV audience were a reminder about the folly of shrinking next year's World Cup to ten teams at the precise moment in time when the quality and competitiveness of Associate teams against Full Members is at an all-time high. Looking far more relaxed in a rare match in which qualification or funding wasn't at stake - just reputation - Scotland played with freedom to dominate the majority of proceedings.
Bradburn's batsmen backed his bravado with a blistering broadside almost from ball one, blazing away to break all sorts of ODI benchmarks in the Bannockburn bilateral rivalry: best partnership versus England (broken twice in one match), best individual score versus England, best Scotland score against a Full Member, and when that wasn't enough they went on to make the best ODI score by any Associate versus a Full Member. Indeed, Scotland were busy bees while England's bowlers bled boundaries.
Scotland's biggest ODI stand for any wicket against England was the first record of the day to fall, previously 86 between Gavin Hamilton and Kyle Coetzer in 2010. That went down inside of 13 overs thanks to the brisk start from captain Coetzer and Matthew Cross. The pair were especially belligerent against David Willey, who gave up the first boundary of the day to Cross cutting through point in the second over and proceeded to get a beating throughout the Powerplay, eventually ending the day
On the eve of Scotland's fifth-ever ODI against England, coach Grant Bradburn talked about "hunting history". Even though England arrived at the Grange as the top-ranked ODI side in the world, Bradburn said England had to lose to Scotland eventually, "so why not Sunday?"
Bradburn's question was answered affirmatively, emphatically and dramatically in a six-run win. Through much of the day it was hard to tell which team held the No. 1 ranking. After losing the toss and being sent in, Scotland posted 371 for 5, the highest ODI total ever by an Associate country and the fourth-highest ever conceded by England. Calum MacLeod became the first Scotsman to score an ODI ton against England, finishing unbeaten on 140 just three months after carving up the world's top limited-overs spinner, Rashid Khan, for an unbeaten 157 at the World Cup Qualifier.
It looked like England might overhaul it with ease during their Powerplay response as they rewrote a few pages in their own record books during a memorable run feast. Jonny Bairstow became the first Englishman to raise a century in three straight ODIs, dazzling the sellout crowd of 4600 with a 54-ball ton. But an inspired effort from spinner Mark Watt and medium-pacer Alasdair Evans brought Scotland back to life in the field, sparking a middle-overs collapse to see England fall from 220 for 2 in the 27th over to 365 all out.
The haymakers landed by Scotland in front of a global TV audience were a reminder about the folly of shrinking next year's World Cup to ten teams at the precise moment in time when the quality and competitiveness of Associate teams against Full Members is at an all-time high. Looking far more relaxed in a rare match in which qualification or funding wasn't at stake - just reputation - Scotland played with freedom to dominate the majority of proceedings.
Bradburn's batsmen backed his bravado with a blistering broadside almost from ball one, blazing away to break all sorts of ODI benchmarks in the Bannockburn bilateral rivalry: best partnership versus England (broken twice in one match), best individual score versus England, best Scotland score against a Full Member, and when that wasn't enough they went on to make the best ODI score by any Associate versus a Full Member. Indeed, Scotland were busy bees while England's bowlers bled boundaries.
Scotland's biggest ODI stand for any wicket against England was the first record of the day to fall, previously 86 between Gavin Hamilton and Kyle Coetzer in 2010. That went down inside of 13 overs thanks to the brisk start from captain Coetzer and Matthew Cross. The pair were especially belligerent against David Willey, who gave up the first boundary of the day to Cross cutting through point in the second over and proceeded to get a beating throughout the Powerplay, eventually ending the day