English cricket team in Scotland in 2018

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English cricket team in Scotland in 2018
  Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of England.svg
  Scotland England
Date 10 June 2018
Captains Kyle Coetzer Eoin Morgan
One Day International series
Results Scotland won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs Calum MacLeod (140) Jonny Bairstow (105)
Most wickets Mark Watt (3) Adil Rashid (2)
Liam Plunkett (2)

The England cricket team toured Scotland to play a One Day International (ODI) at The Grange Club, Edinburgh, on 10 June 2018. [1] [2] [3] The match was followed by two Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against Pakistan on the same ground on 12 and 13 June. The last time the two teams played in an ODI against each other was in the 2015 Cricket World Cup, with England winning by 119 runs. [4] In May 2018, Cricket Scotland named a provisional 24-man squad for the matches against England and Pakistan. [5]

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Scotland won the one-off fixture by six runs, their first ever win against England in ODIs. [6] [7] Man of the match, Calum MacLeod, said it was "a massive statement from Scottish cricket", with England's captain, Eoin Morgan, saying "it is huge for Scotland". [8] In December 2018, the win against England won the Scottish team the Inspirational Performance award at the Scottish Sports Awards. [9]

Squads

Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland [10] Flag of England.svg  England [11]

Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes were both ruled out of England's squad due to injury and were replaced by Dawid Malan and Tom Curran respectively. [12] [13]

Only ODI

10 June 2018
11:00
Scorecard
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg
371/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
365 (48.5 overs)
Calum MacLeod 140* (94)
Adil Rashid 2/72 (10 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 105 (59)
Mark Watt 3/55 (10)
Scotland won by 6 runs
The Grange Club, Edinburgh
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Allan Haggo (Sco)
Player of the match: Calum MacLeod (Sco)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Dylan Budge (Sco) made his ODI debut.
  • Calum MacLeod scored the fastest century by a batsman for Scotland in ODIs [6] and became the first batsman for Scotland to score a century in ODIs against England. [14]
  • Scotland made their highest score in ODIs and the highest score by an Associate team against a Full Member team. [14]
  • Jonny Bairstow became the first batsman for England to score centuries in three consecutive ODIs. [14]

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