James Taylor (not THAT one):, external Good professional game by England! Much needed win! Batting was still poor other than Ali.

Scotland 184 from 42.2 overs

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (MacLeod 4), 47-2 (Coleman 7), 54-3 (Machan 5), 114-4 (Mommsen 26), 122-5 (Coetzer 71), 128-6 (Berrington 8), 150-7 (Davey 9), 160-8 (Cross 23), 184-9 (Evans 9), 184-10 (Haq 15)

Not out batsman: Wardlaw 0

Bowling figures: Anderson 6-0-30-2, Broad 7-0-24-0, Woakes 5.2-0-25-2, Finn 9-3-26-3, Moeen 10-0-47-2, Root 5-0-27-1

England 303-8: Moeen 128, Bell 54, Morgan 46

Record: Moeen and Bell's stand of 172 is England's highest World Cup opening partnership of all time and the highest by any team at this World Cup

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Next up for England is Sri Lanka on Sunday, late Saturday night UK time. They made rather heavy weather of it against Zimbabwe yesterday didn't they, only winning by four wickets?

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No time for Jimmy to get another as Woakes captures his second, Haq going for glory and finding fine-leg. In delightful afternoon sunshine England leave the field looking very contented, a far cry from the other day when they sloped off having lost in 12.3 overs against New Zealand.

Jimmy could do with a late brace here, he's only got 1-133 from his three matches in the tournament thus far. And sure enough, he strikes. Fabulous delivery too, 'too good for thee lad' as the late, great Fred Trueman was said to be fond of saying. Away movement, pitches on middle, finds the edge, and Buttler takes a neat catch diving forward behindthe timbers.

Evans picks up two more boundaries in typical tailender fashion off Woakes, fending a short one down the leg-side and scything wildly over the wicketkeeper's head where you very rarely find a fielder.

Scotland 175-8 after 40 overs (target 304)

Batsmen: Haq 14, Evans 9

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (MacLeod 4), 47-2 (Coleman 7), 54-3 (Machan 5), 114-4 (Mommsen 26), 122-5 (Coetzer 71), 128-6 (Berrington 8), 150-7 (Davey 9), 160-8 (Cross 23)

Bowling figures: Anderson 5-0-29-1, Broad 7-0-22-0, Woakes 4-0-17-1, Finn 9-3-26-3, Moeen 10-0-47-2, Root 5-0-27-1

England 303-8: Moeen 128, Bell 54, Morgan 46

Record: Moeen and Bell's stand of 172 is England's highest World Cup opening partnership of all time and the highest by any team at this World Cup

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Super shot from Majid. Stand and deliver, a free swing of the bat and down the ground she goes for four-penneth. He's played 52 matches, averaging 17 and has a best of 71. Combined with an inside edge and a lofted cut, the left-hander collects three boundaries in the over, the first Finn has conceded.

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Finn is up to second in the list of World Cup wicket-takers now with eight, three behind New Zealand's sultan of swing Tim Southee, who will surely add quite a few more. Broad has only two and after being incredulous his lbw appeal is not granted, he uses the England review, as he often likes to. It is clipping leg stump for height and width so it's umpire's call and Haq remains.

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But big Finny is back in the wickets in style. Those visions of a charging McCullum must have faded and he has 3-14 now in his eighth over. Cross is the personification of his name when he tries to leave a rising delivery and it simply flies off the face of the bat to Root at slip.

Now I don't like to criticise but let's talk about SCJ Broad. He has only taken four or more wickets 10 times in his 116 ODIs and the last of those was in March 2011. He's played 40 matches since then. It is not going to be significant in this match but it might be if England are going to challenge the big boys. Also his pace, it is barely 80mph. Cross has plenty of time to pick up two off the back foot and then keeps the bowling with an easy paddle to mid-wicket.

Jeremy Coney
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"After the savage beating Finn took from McCullum against New Zealand he has come back and looked lively, bowled a decent line and got good bounce. He has had all the batsmen struggling to get runs from him."

The powerplay begins, and much like an England batting powerplay there is hardly a flurry of runs. None in fact. There were only two maidens in the England innings and this is only the second of this one, both to Finn.

The Scots have reached 300 on two occasions - and one was on this very ground when MacLeod made that record 175 I told you about some hours ago. They scored 341-9 from their 50 then against Canada but they are likely to get around half of that here. Moeen concedes a fourth boundary as Cross swats away to leg, but he returns 2-47 from his 10 and has 19 ODI wickets from his 20 matches.

The last player to score a century and take two wickets in the same ODI for England was Jonathan Trott (102 & 2-31) v Australia at Adelaide on 26 January, 2011.

The only player to score a 100 and take three wickets in the same ODI for England is Paul Collingwood (112* & 6-31) v Bangladesh at Trent Bridge in 2005.

Stephan Shemilt
BBC Sport in Christchurch

"It never fails to amaze me how much a streaker captures the imagination of ex-cricketers. This particular streak, however, was something special. Our invader avoided the portly security with speed and nimble feet, making it all across the outfield, past our commentary box and over the fence at the back - the perfect crime. 'Wonderful athleticism,' says Geoffrey Boycott."

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I don't think my suggestion for the streaker graphic was passed by the BBC governors but we have one on the field - a streaker, not a BBC governor. He made a brave, scattergun run, rather like a pheasant surrounded by an invasion of game hunters, but there is no time to vault over the bails before he is apprehended.

Another wicket, Finn has Davey caught behind with a routine edge, and the big paceman has 2-14. He's enjoying this rather more than his two overs for 49 against the blazing blade of Brendon McCullum's New Zealand.

Jeremy Coney
Ex-New Zealand captain on BBC Test Match Special

"Ali has been impressive, bowling into a breeze, he has looked lively and has got good revs on the ball. The ball does things in the air for him and he is getting it to drift in the air and then grip.

The other thing he did was to bowl with enough speed to prevent the batsmen making room to hit on the on side. The batsmen lost their options and could only score on one side."

A leg slip in place for Moeen in the pleasant late afternoon sunshine. These views across the emerald turf are just a delight. He's not giving it much flight, Moeen, but England are rattling through the overs and watching the required rate escalate. It has gone above nine now.

The first wide of the innings as Root strays down the leg-side. The Scots bowled 15 of them and conceded 21 extra in total. An old school short-arm thump from Cross, a little like a hockey stroke, superbly stopped on the rope by Anderson prevents the four and saves one run, but was it really worth risking injury for England's premier bowler? One run is hardly going to matter is it? Is it?