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In the 23rd match of the T-20 World Cup 2026, the England cricket team performed brilliantly and defeated the Scotland cricket team by 5 wickets. This was his second victory in this tournament. The team has faced defeat only in the match against West Indies. At the same time, Scotland has lost its second match. He has won only against Italy cricket team. In such a situation, let us take a look at the records made in the match.
Statement of account
match account
England won the toss and decided to bowl first. For Scotland, Richie Berrington scored the highest score of 49 runs and the team was successful in scoring 152 runs. Adil Rashid took 3 wickets for England. Joffra Archer and Liam Dawson took 2-2 wickets. In reply, England’s wickets kept falling at regular intervals, but Tom Banton (63) played a brilliant inning and gave the team victory. England achieved the target in 18.2 overs.
England’s first win over a European country in the T20 World Cup
England’s record against European teams in the T20 World Cup has been full of ups and downs. In 2009, lost to Netherlands by 4 wickets. The match against Ireland in 2010 remained inconclusive. In 2014, Netherlands again defeated by 45 runs in Chittagong. Lost to Ireland by 5 runs in Melbourne in 2022. The match against Scotland in Bridgetown in 2024 was cancelled, but in Kolkata in 2026, England won by defeating Scotland by 5 wickets.
A look at Rashid’s bowling and his statistics
Rashid took 3 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs. His economy rate was 9. Rashid has played 3 matches so far in this World Cup and has been successful in taking 5 wickets in his 3 innings at an average of 18.80. His economy rate was 8.54. This player has taken 155 wickets at an average of 23.43 in his T-20 international career. His best performance has been 4/2.
batting
Such was Barrington’s innings.
Berrington faced 32 balls and scored 49 runs. 5 fours and 2 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 153.12. He was just 1 run away from his half-century, when Rashid dismissed him and sent him to the pavilion. This player has played 105 T20 International matches so far and has been successful in scoring 2,441 runs in his 96 innings at an average of 31.29 and strike rate of 131.66.
Jos Buttler completes 4,000 T20 international runs
Jos Buttler completed 4,000 runs in his T20 international career as he scored the third run of his innings against Scotland. He has become the first batsman to achieve this feat for England. Apart from him, only 3 other batsmen in the world have achieved this feat. Butler was out after scoring only 5 runs in the match. So far he has not been able to play even a single big innings in this World Cup.
Butler joins the list of these greats
Butler has played 150 matches so far and has scored 4,000 runs at an average of 34.78. Only Virat Kohli (4,188), Rohit Sharma (4,231) and Babar Azam (4,556) are ahead of him. After him, former captain Eoin Morgan has scored the most runs for England. Morgan scored 2,458 runs at an average of 28.58 in 107 innings of 115 matches. He also scored 14 half-centuries. His best score was 91 runs.
player of the match
A look at Banton’s match-winning innings
Banton faced 41 balls in the match and scored 63 runs. 4 fours and 3 sixes came from his bat. His strike rate was 153.66. He was chosen ‘Player of the Match’ for his brilliant performance. This was the fourth half-century of Banton’s T20 international career. He has played 30 matches so far and has scored 608 runs in 27 innings at an average of 27.63. This was Banton’s first half-century in the T20 World Cup.
Mark sheet
England reached second place
This is the second victory of the England team present in Group-C. The team led by Harry Brook has reached second place in this group. On the other hand, this is Scotland’s second defeat. With this defeat, the Scottish team has reached the third position in the table. West Indies team has won its first 2 matches. The team captained by Shai Hope is at the first position in the table.
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