England vs Scotland highlights, T20 World Cup 2026: ENG beat SCO by 5-wickets in Kolkata

Well, Will Jacks gets the final boundary away to close out the game back to winning ways are the English. Tom Banton has played an exceptional hand today. Scotland did have their moments to win this game, but eventually they threw it away. Those are the moments which established sides take and hurt you and if Scotland have to go to that next level they will need to make the most of. That's it from us for today folks tata and good night.

Sam Curran has started well here in his first couple of games he got a bit stuck at the crease but today he has got the strike rotation going nicely and is scoring boundaries regularly. He is picking up his options which is the right thing to do. Scotland had their moments though in their defense like they had in batting.

Oliver Davidson has picked up the wicket of Bethell, who tried to sweep and was caught at short-fine leg, which was a massive wicket. The partnership was growing quite nicely. They hang in there do the Scotish as we update Leask has picked up the wicket of Harry Brook here England are four down now.

Tom Banton has an okayish World Cup so far, and it is a good opportunity for him to score some runs and register his place in the lineup. Brook, when asked about his batting down one number too many, said he trusts in the ability of Banton and his ability. The middle-order man needs to show that trust here.

Another wicket has fallen here, it is Currie who managed to pick up the wicket, and it is the important one in Jos Buttler who got the bottom edge. McMullen, who took a wicket of the previous over ran and turned behind to complete the catch. England has now lost two quick wickets and are in a bit of pickle.

Scotland (Playing XI): George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington(c), Tom Bruce, Michael Leask, Matthew Cross(w), Mark Watt, Oliver Davidson, Brad Currie, Brad Wheal

England (Playing XI): Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid

English spinners have done pretty well here; they have turned the game on its head. Scotland was in a pretty good position for a while, but in that period of two-three overs, they completely lost the momentum. At a point, 150-170 seemed like a decent total on this wicket, but given how easily runs were scored in the middle overs, 160 will be 20-30 short, given the firepower of English batters. Unless the pitch continues to deteriorate and starts turning in the second innings, we have seen England struggle against spin.

First, Dawson got rid of Bruce, who tried to slog sweep one, and the square-leg fielder took the catch, and then Berrington was trapped in front of the wicket and was given out. The decision was sent upstairs, and there were two reds and one orange on umpires call. Well, all the work the Scottish pair has done in the middle overs has now fallen apart. Two new batters in the middle, and it might be a good opportunity for Harry Brook to consider bringing Archer back into the attack and close out his four, looking for wickets.

Both Rashid and Zampa have been on the international circuit for a very long time, and they have done pretty well for their sides. While Zampa tends to hit good lengths regularly and skids the ball on to beat the batters, Rashid tends to toss the ball up and look for flight to beat the batters. The pros and cons of it is when Australia wants to run through an opposition on a turning wicket Zampa might not be the option teams will need but Rashid on the contrary when the wicket is flight and things are up against the spinners Rashid might go for a few and they would need someone like Zampa.

Archer has bowled three here. It is a good move from Brook; he is in good rhythm, and moreover, Brook has the option of Sam Curran, who is a decent death bowler. It is helping the seamers a bit, but will the spinners get the same amount after the powerplay will be interesting to see. One of the other things at this venue is that it tends to skid on, and it will get better, if anything. It is a bit tacky to start, especially in the noon games, and Sam Curran has picked up the wicket with a slower one dug into the surface yet again, this time against Jones. Scotland has lost three in no time.

Archer took the new ball, and he tried to cramp Munsey for room here early on, but the batter was up for it. We have seen quite a bit of bowlers this tournament who tried to cramp batters for room espically to the left-handers. Jamie Overton has taken the new ball from the other end for England. This has been a bit of a problem for England this tournament, and even prior in the series against Sri Lanka, where Sam Curran and Jamie Overton were given the new ball, but neither could get the control with that new ball.

A record for Eden Gardens, Kolkata, this is the 15th T20 international played here, more than any other venue in India. And the weather is set absolutely perfectly for it. A high of 29 degrees, very low humidity and a slight breeze blowing across the ground. 74 metres hitting straight down the ground and a slight discrepancy, it is 62 metres offside, 66 metres legside.   Yeah, even, what a ground this is to start with. Below the surface over the years, it has notoriously been associated with spin. The thing that has negated that in the last five or six years, even 10 years, you go back to 2016, the degrees of turn that have changed and negated spin ever so slightly. So it hasn't become a place where spinners have come and absolutely dominated the game. The pace, because of the consistency of the grass across the surface has allowed pace and a little bit of bounce. But today, being a day game, you might just see it hold ever so slightly. So a little bit on offer for everybody. So good weather, good pitch and a very fast outfield. There should be plenty of runs to be had

We probably would’ve batted first, but I don’t think the toss will make too much difference. It looks pretty similar to the last couple (of games). It’s been a good batting track. The key will be how we play spin in the middle overs.We’re up against a very good side who travel well and adapt quickly. But it’s been valuable for us to get used to conditions, and hopefully we can carry some positives into today. Same team.

Philip Salt, Jos Buttler(w), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook(c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid

"We are aware of this incident and it has been dealt with through a formal and confidential ECB disciplinary process. The player involved has apologised and acknowledged their conduct fell below expectations on this occasion."

“The incident doesn't surprise me. They've (England team) been quite loose for a while. And I guess, you know, whether it's consequences with shots that have been played over the course of the last three years, there hasn't been one," Michael Vaughan told BBC. "And now obviously the loose nature of this environment. The Noosa trip was fine for me, but the Noosa trip on the back of what we now know went on in New Zealand. You have to point the finger at the leadership group or the ECB, because if they knew, and then we had this incident, and then he played the next day as England captain," he added.

“With the power that we have at the back end… I feel like I could have potentially taken a risk a little bit earlier, knowing we still had Jacksy and Jamie Overton to come in. With that depth, we think we can chase almost anything. Obviously, today we didn’t.”

“We thought it was chasable, definitely,” Brook said at the post-match press conference. “We obviously planned for dew, and it didn’t quite get as dewy as we thought. It didn’t quite slide onto the bat as much as we were expecting.”

"It wasn't easy at all, thankfully got over the line. They played extremely well and not many teams take Adil Rashid like they did. I thought we were in a very good position to defend that. I wish them all the best for the rest of the competition," Brook said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

"We have actually beaten them before in a 50-over game. I don't think we've played them much in T20 cricket. The last World Cup, unfortunately, the game got washed out halfway through...But obviously we've seen a lot of them. For us, it's just preparing well this week, make sure we're focused on what we need to do as a team"

George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross (wk), Mark Watt, Michael Leask, Oliver Davidson, Chris Greaves, Brad Currie

Hello and welcome to our live blog of England taking on Scotland. For the former, it is a must-win after their loss against the West Indies. They have not looked convincing in their first win, either against Nepal and will be hoping to put on a show against Scotland, who have been introduced to the World Cup late but managed to put on a decent show against West Indies and had a thumping win against Italy in their opening fixture.