Cricket: Scotland pull off historic win over England

Sports Sunday 10/June/2018 22:12 PM
By: Times News Service
Cricket: Scotland pull off historic win over England

Edinburgh: Scotland's cricketers pulled off the greatest victory in their history to beat England for the first time amid scenes of disbelief and jubilation at Edinburgh's tiny Grange ground on Sunday.
The world's top-ranked ODI team were beaten by six runs in the 49th over after failing to pull off what would have been the second highest run chase in ODI history.
Scotland's Safyaan Sharif sparked a huge pitch invasion when he trapped Mark Wood in front of the stumps with an inswinging yorker just when England looked like they might escape one of their most embarrassing defeats.
England were all out for 365, just short of Scotland's 371 for five. Calum MacLeod top-scored for the Scots with an unbeaten 140.

SCOREBOARD
SCOTLAND
M. Cross c S. Billings b L. Plunkett 48
K. Coetzer c S. Billings b A. Rashid 58
Calum MacLeod (not out) 140
R. Berrington c J. Root b L. Plunkett 39
G. Munsey c M. Wood b A. Rashid 55
D. Budge b M. Wood 11
Michael Leask (not out) 10
Extras (lb-5, w-5) 10
Total (5 wkts, 50 overs) 371
Fall of wickets: 1-103, 2-107, 3-200, 4-307, 5-360.
Did not bat: Sharif, Watt, Sole, Evans
Bowling: Mark Wood 10-0-71-1; David Willey 10-0-72-0; Adil Rashid 10-0-72-2; Liam Plunkett 10-0-85-2; Moeen Ali 10-0-66-0.
ENGLAND
Jason Roy c&b Mark Watt 34
J. Bairstow c G. Munsey b R. Berrington 105
A. Hales c A. Evans b R. Berrington 52
Joe Root run out 29
E. Morgan c K. Coetzer b A. Evans 20
S. Billings c K. Coetzer b M. Watt 12
M. Ali c G. Munsey b M. Watt 46
D. Willey c M. Cross b A. Evans 7
Liam Plunkett (not out) 47
A. Rashid run out M. Leask 5
M. Wood lbw S. Sharif 1
Extras (w-7) 7
Total (all out, 48.5 overs) 365
Fall of wickets: 1-129, 2-165, 3-220, 4-245, 5-245, 6-263, 7-276, 8-347, 9-362.
Bowling: Safyaan Sharif 9.5-0-71-1; Chris Sole 8-0-72-0; Mark Watt 10-0-55-3; Michael Leask 4-0-50-0; Alasdair Evans 8-1-50-2; Richard Berrington 9-0-67-2.