23/02Result
14th Match, Pool A, ICC Cricket World Cup at Christchurch, Feb 23 2015
England won by 119 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland
23/02Result
14th Match, Pool A, ICC Cricket World Cup at Christchurch, Feb 23 2015
England won by 119 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland

Best performances - Batsmen

MM Ali
MM Ali
128(107) 12x4 - 5x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 29 runs
  • 4x4 - 2x6
0 12 5 18 37 13 15 28
KJ Coetzer
KJ Coetzer
71(84) 11x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 23 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
5 0 10 6 13 4 5 28

Best performances - Bowlers

JH Davey
JH Davey
O10
M0
R68
W4
Eco6.8
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
ST Finn
ST Finn
O9
M3
R26
W3
Eco2.88
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

England - Innings

172
IR Bell54 (85)
MM Ali108 (97)
29
MM Ali20 (10)
GS Ballance9 (16)
2
GS Ballance1 (2)
JE Root1 (2)
0
EJG Morgan0 (5)
JE Root0 (1)
49
EJG Morgan29 (26)
JWA Taylor17 (26)
45
EJG Morgan16 (9)
JC Buttler24 (14)
3
EJG Morgan1 (2)
CR Woakes1 (1)
0
SCJ Broad0 (0)
CR Woakes0 (1)
3*
SCJ Broad0 (3)
ST Finn1 (1)

Scotland - Innings

17
KJ Coetzer13 (11)
CS MacLeod4 (6)
30
KJ Coetzer23 (28)
FRJ Coleman7 (16)
7
KJ Coetzer2 (2)
MW Machan5 (7)
60
KJ Coetzer30 (39)
PL Mommsen26 (42)
8
KJ Coetzer3 (4)
RD Berrington5 (4)
6
RD Berrington3 (9)
MH Cross3 (3)
22
JH Davey9 (15)
MH Cross12 (17)
10
RM Haq1 (8)
MH Cross8 (12)
24
RM Haq14 (14)
AC Evans9 (15)
0
RM Haq0 (2)
I Wardlaw0 (0)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

Match Coverage

All Match News

  • 'Your captain's Irish'

    It might have been a bit of a no-contest but the fun fans and excellent weather made up for it

  • England's cobwebs and shackles are still on

    They won the game. They found some form. If you're judging England on the scoreboard, it was above par, but still well below par

  • Moeen fights a lone battle

    While he stroked his way to a fluent and majestic hundred, his team-mates struggled to find the boundaries, something that is very likely to cost England in their upcoming games

  • Scotland defeated by lack of experience

    What this game showed us is that Scotland have the talent to compete with England. They were not blown away; they were defeated by their lack of exposure to the circumstances

  • Morgan backs Bell's cautious approach

    England's captain Eoin Morgan expressed support for Ian Bell's understated role in a Woirld Cup record opening stand with Moeen Ali as England saw off Scotland comfortably in Christchurch

A Big Win

7

Number of World Cup games that England have won by a margin of 100 runs or more.

A Rare Event

1

Number of times that Scotland have successfully chased down a 300+ target in ODIs (v Ireland, Edinburgh, 2011)

Donut

0

Number of times that Scotland have beaten a Test nation in ODIs.

Tons by Englishmen in NZ

27

Years since an English batsman scored an ODI hundred in New Zealand (Chris Broad, 106, v NZ, Napier)

A New Opposition

38

Number of previous ODIs that England have played in New Zealand. All of those were against New Zealand.

Looking for Change

0

Number of World Cup matches that Scotland has won. They are the only team to play in two or more World Cups without a win.