Scotland 371-5

[PinkDalek]

I’m “watching” it now http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/1851 ... tland-2018

Noting there appears to be a Scottish umpire.

[PinkDalek]

Yes, I nearly said as much. Great effort by the Gaelic speaking MacLeod 140 not out - 10 years after his ODI debut, also against England and in Edinboro.

[PinkDalek]

Yes, agreed, wickets needed on a flat pitch.

[tjh290633]

Now Ali is out and England are 347-8, needing 25 more from 27 balls.

[PinkDalek]

Certainly an exciting match, whatever the outcome.

BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra are correctly complaining that Scotland and Ireland haven't qualified for the World Cup. Partially due to the reduction in the number of teams playing.

Incidentally, Cricinfo are a ball or so ahead of BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra.

[PinkDalek]

Spoiler:


Loads of money could have been made, having looked at the odds when Bairstow was batting.

[kiloran]

Well I don't know how England lost that. All they had to do was push it around for a couple of dozen singles and they'd have made it no problem at all.

Getting the (english) nation in the right state of mind for the FIFA World Cup?

--kiloran

[PinkDalek]

Not that England did any better but at least that was against South Africa.

Until this evening then ...