Scotland stun England as Calum MacLeod hits 140 not out in Edinburgh

[scooterscot]

ouch... a small nation of 5 million+ on a diet of deep fried pizza and Iron Brew can best the lions, how is this possible?

Scotland secured the biggest win in their cricketing history with a thrilling six-run defeat of England.

Callum MacLeod's brilliant 140 not out took the home side to 371-5 in glorious batting conditions in Edinburgh.

Jonny Bairstow's 54-ball century looked to have England on course until they slipped from 220-2 to 276-7.

Liam Plunkett (47 not out) and Moeen Ali (46) kept them in it, but last man Mark Wood was lbw to Safyaan Sharif from the fifth ball of the 49th over.

It is a wonderful result for Scotland, who have been improving steadily since the 2015 World Cup and were only denied a place in the 2019 tournament when rain stopped their match against West Indies in the qualifying tournament in March.

Here, against the number one ranked side in the world, the Scots gave the sort of performance that further questions the International Cricket Council's decision to cut the World Cup to only 10 teams.

For England, so impressive in limited-overs cricket in recent years, this defeat can be mentioned in the same breath as the Twenty20 humblings by the Netherlands, and World Cup losses to Ireland and Bangladesh.

They must regroup for the five-match series against Australia, which begins at The Oval on Wednesday, while Scotland move on to T20s against Pakistan on Tuesday and Wednesday.

source: https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/44431264

[malvolio]

Because the English team were tulip?

[scooterscot]

Well... I dont think Scotland should get carried away with this victory....afterall they were only playing England!

[woohoo]

England are ranked number one in the world. Hopefully Scotland can use this to move forward and become a powerhouse in world cricket.

[WTFH]

England are ranked number one in the world. Hopefully Scotland can use this to move forward and become a powerhouse in world cricket.

It would be good if they could.

It took Ireland long enough to be allowed into the top flight, but the current ICC want to encourage developing nations, so getting invited to that table takes a lot of effort. They also do stupid things like having the Cricket World Cup, but only 10 teams are allowed to participate.

[GreenMirror]

Did the Scottish team nick the generators?

[DeludedKitten]

It would be good if they could.

It took Ireland long enough to be allowed into the top flight, but the current ICC want to encourage developing nations, so getting invited to that table takes a lot of effort. They also do stupid things like having the Cricket World Cup, but only 10 teams are allowed to participate.

BBC showed how they rank a match like this in terms of importance, though - TMS out out their second / third string commentators and they didn't even have a TV in the commentary box so they couldn't see any replays or reviews.

Short highlights can be found https://www.ecb.co.uk/video/712367/h...the-first-time though

[WTFH]

BBC showed how they rank a match like this in terms of importance, though - TMS out out their second / third string commentators and they didn't even have a TV in the commentary box so they couldn't see any replays or reviews.

Short highlights can be found https://www.ecb.co.uk/video/712367/h...the-first-time though

It's not normal for Scottish cricket matches to have TV coverage, so the box isn't set up with TV, etc. In fact, to emphasise the lack of TV coverage, when Sky put up their scaffolding for the cameras, it blocked the view from the commentary box.

They had a good interview with David Sole during the interval.

Simon Mann, Andrew Samson and Stephan Shemlit are part of the BBC sport A-team for commentary and were involved, some of the summarisers might not have been their most regular ones, but as usual it included guest summarisers from Scottish cricket.

[DeludedKitten]

Simon Mann, Andrew Samson and Stephan Shemlit are part of the BBC sport A-team for commentary and were involved, some of the summarisers might not have been their most regular ones, but as usual it included guest summarisers from Scottish cricket.

Never heard Stephan Shemlit on TMS - no Aggers, Boycs, Tuffers, Vaughan, Marks, Swann... Even Dan Norcross was missing, though I quite like Daggers.

[jamesbrown]

Bump.