England vs Scotland T20 World Cup 2026 highlights: Tom Banton's unbeaten 63 powers England home by 5 wickets

England win by five wickets. Tom Banton remained not out for 63 as England romped home in 18.2 overs while chasing Scotland's 152 all out. With this win, England displaced Scotland at the second place in the group with Italy on third place. Scotland are down to fourth in group C.

OUTTTT!!! Double blow for England in the chase, losing both their openers inside the first two overs. Phil Salt was the first to go on the third ball of the innings, caught by Tom Bruce at cover-point. Salt can't believe it and is down on his haunches as Brandon McMullen celebrates with his teammates. To add more misery, Jos Buttler was dismissed in the same manner in the next over off Brad Currie.

ENG 16/2 (3)

Sam Curran and Jamie Overton take the final two wickets as England bowl Scotland out for 152 in 19.4 overs. England need 150 runs to win.

This is pure collapse from the Scotland batters. From being placed at 115/4 after 13 overs, Scotland lose their next four wickets for just 12 runs, to be at 127/8 in 16 overs, with Adil Rashid picking three out of them including Richie Berrington.

SCO 127/8 (16)

100 comes up for Scotland. What a comeback for Scotland after losing three wickets inside the powerplay. OUTTTT!!! Liam Dawson finally breaks the stand. Tom Bruce, goes down on one leg, and slog sweeps Dawson only to find Sam Curran. Bruce walks back for 24.

SCO 115/4 (13)

Scotland might have lost three wickets in the powerplay, but that doesn't stop the duo of Tom Bruce and Richie Berrington to hammer the England spinners in Kolkata. While Berrington smashed Adil Rashid for a four and a six, Bruce ended the over with a six. Berrington adds two more boundaries to his tally in the next over from Liam Dawson. The partnership rises to 48 in just 25 balls.

SCO 90/3 (10)

OUTTT!!!! Sam Curran finally has the last laugh. After being smashed for 4, 4, 6 in the first three balls by Michael Jones, the Scotland batter holes out to Jacob Bethell in the deep. It's the short ball that did the wonders. Jones goes back for 33 off 20 balls.

SCO 42/3 (6)

OUTTTT!!!! Jofra Archer strikes for England and its none other than George Munsey, who tormented the Italians. Munsey pulls a short ball from Archer only to get a top edge. Tom Banton takes the catch. OUTTTT!!!!! Two wickets in three deliveries for England and Archer, It's the short-pitched deliveries that does the job again. Brendon McMullen holes out to Phil Salt and walks out without troubling the scorers.

SCO 18-2 (3)

Richie Berrington and Harry Brook walk for the toss at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Brook has won the toss and opted to bowl first.

England have never beaten an European team in the T20 World Cup. They lost to Netherlands in 2009 and 2014 edition. Against Ireland England lost in 2022 and theur game in the 2010 edition ended in no result. Against Scotland, England saw their game being abandoned due to rain in 2024.

England: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Luke Wood

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

England have played Scotland in T20Is only once in the shortest format, in 2024. However, the match yielded no result as rain played spoilsport at Bridgetown in the previous edition of the T20 World Cup. In a game that was reduced to 10 overs per side, Scotland had reached 90 without loss, before the rain gods opened up once again to dampen the spirits.

Scotland, on the other hand, started with loss to West Indies in Kolkata. However, the recovered with a convincing win over Italy. With momentum on their side, a win over England will help them inch towards a Super 8 spot.

England started with a narrow win over minnows Nepal, winning by just four runs. But in the second game, Harry Brook's men were outclassed by West Indies. A loss today against Scotland, will put them on the verge of elimination.

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