tries another pull, gets a top edge and he's taken at fine leg, England have won! Woakes banged in another short ball, Haq could not get on top of it and got only a top edge. Easy catch for Ballance
England vs Scotland, 14th Match, Pool A at Christchurch, Feb 23 2015 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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6.14pm England will not be given extra credit for beating Scotland but this win of 119 runs will do their confidence some good after the two thrashings. They could have scored much more than 303, but made sure their bowlers didn't allow many scoring opportunities to the Scotland batsmen. Finn will also be happy to pick up 3 for 26. Scotland did well in phases. They curbed England to just over 300, started will in the chase but could not sustain their performance.
Moeen Ali is the Man of the Match: Nice to spend time in the middle and get through first 10 overs. It was not an easy pitch to start, takes a bit of time to play some shots but we did well to score over 300. At one time I thought of maybe 330-340 but it was not easy to pitch and at least we got 300. Nice to get a bit of form before the next match and hopefully I can continue it. Thank god for winning the game and hopefully we can win the next three in a row. Don't think I bowled that well today, haven't bowled for a couple of weeks in matches now.
Preston Mommsen: We won the toss and we we would have liked a few more early wickets. We pulled them back nicely but didn't get going in the chase, we didn't quite hit our areas but credit to our bowlers for bouncing back in the death. We thought we were in with a shot and needed a partnership upfront but didn't get one that we needed. Joshy did great work at the death and Kyle batted beautifully there. NZ game was a tough first World Cup match for a lot of boys. Today some learnings for us and hopefully we'll be better when we come up against Afghanistan. This is a huge step up from county to international - more pressure, huge crowds, there's more at stake.
Eoin Morgan: Delighted with today's performance, today we played not within ourselves but expressed ourselves little bit, which was good to see. Two openers were exceptional and ideally we would have liked to kick on without stuttering. But we recovered really well to a good score. We are really flexible in our batting, today was all about a win. As we get close to Powerplay we are flexible. Nice to get some runs under my bat. I thought our bowlers were really good, standout from Finn and Broady got rewarded. Moeen was brilliant chipping in with his 10 overs. It's great to have Anderson and Broad back at full strength, their combination works and that's a massive plus for us.
That's all we have from this match, I'm afraid. England will now face Sri Lanka after a week in Wellington. Scotland, meanwhile, face Afghanistan in Dunedin on the 26th. Just in case you are watching the entire World Cup, we have West Indies v Zimbabwe tomorrow from Canberra. Join us again for that, until then it's goodbye and good luck from Vishal and Devashish. Ciao!
42.2
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Woakes to Haq, OUT
Majid Haq c Ballance b Woakes 15 (24b 3x4 0x6 42m) SR: 62.5
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Woakes to Haq, no run
slightly short, pulled straight to midwicket by Haq
Sree: "I would give bonus point to Scots if they can survive 50 overs.."
end of over 421 run • 1 wicket
SCOT: 184/9CRR: 4.38 • RRR: 15.00
Majid Haq15 (22b 3x4)
James Anderson 6-0-30-2
Chris Woakes 5-0-25-1
41.6
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Anderson to Evans, OUT
gets an edge, gets a wicket! Length delivery outside the off stump, making Evans drive and a thick edge goes to Buttler who completes a good, low catch to his right
Alasdair Evans c †Buttler b Anderson 9 (15b 2x4 0x6 15m) SR: 60
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Anderson to Evans, no run
almost a yorker, just outside off and beaten! It swung in late towards off stump and missed everything
41.4
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Anderson to Evans, no run
on length outside off, wide enough to be left alone
41.3
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Anderson to Haq, 1 run
short of length outside off, pushed into the covers and they sneak in a quick single
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Anderson to Haq, no run
back of length on middle and leg, he defends on the off side
41.1
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Anderson to Haq, no run
angling across with the length delivery, pushed towards cover point
England desperate for the two wickets now, here's Anderson
end of over 418 runs
SCOT: 183/8CRR: 4.46 • RRR: 13.44
Alasdair Evans9 (12b 2x4)
Majid Haq14 (19b 3x4)
Chris Woakes 5-0-25-1
Steven Finn 9-3-26-3
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Woakes to Evans, FOUR runs
opens up and heaves on the leg side only to get a top edge right over the keeper's head for four more
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Woakes to Evans, no run
backs away little bit and defends it into the covers
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Woakes to Evans, no run
well outside the off stump now, he lets it go as it shapes away
40.3
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Woakes to Evans, FOUR runs
short and quick towards the batsman, he was looking to take evasive action and got four. Probably went off his glove
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Woakes to Evans, no run
nips it in little towards off stump from length, he pushes and gets a thick inner edge on the leg side
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Woakes to Evans, no run
back of length outside off, pushed back to the bowler
Broad replaced by Woakes now. England want to finish this off soon
end of over 4012 runs
SCOT: 175/8CRR: 4.37 • RRR: 12.90
Majid Haq14 (19b 3x4)
Alasdair Evans1 (6b)
Steven Finn 9-3-26-3
Stuart Broad 7-0-24-0
39.6
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Finn to Haq, FOUR runs
too short and wide this time, there's room and Haq cuts on the off side, over the point fielder to collect four more
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Finn to Haq, no run
bangs it in short outside off, Haq lets it go
39.4
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Finn to Haq, FOUR runs
too full on the stumps and he lofts it straight down the ground over Finn' head for four. Got a chance to free his arms and did it
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Finn to Haq, no run
angled in and Haq looks to work it on leg but takes it on the body
Round the wicket now
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Finn to Haq, no run
length delivery and he defends it back this time
39.1
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Finn to Haq, FOUR runs
inside edge, just misses the stumps and gets four! Haq leaned forward for the ball that was angled across, got an inside edge that went just over the stumps and down leg for four
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