The world champion England suffered a big shock at the beginning of the World Cup. They dropped points against Scotland in a match that should have taken full points. In the beginning, it was a little behind.
English captain Jos Buttler therefore expressed his hope to return to the fight of the tournament from the next matches.
Scotland won the toss and batted at the Kennington Oval in Barbados on Tuesday despite the threat of rain. After crossing the rain barrier twice, he made 90 runs without losing any wicket in 10 overs. Opener George Munsey scored 41 off 31 balls and Michael Jones scored 45 off 30 balls. In the stormy batting, the Scottish’s eyes were determined to challenge England. Then the match was washed away by a long rain.
England and Scotland got a point each as the match was abandoned due to rain. With Oman, Namibia and Australia as the other opponents in the group, England may not need to gain much momentum to advance to the next round. But if the rain spoils one more match like this, there will be no more forehead burning.
At the end of the match, Butler said, “We played a full match. But it didn’t happen. Hopefully, the next match will be perfect and we will be back in the tournament. Jofra Archer is back in the World Cup squad. He also played the match. Even with Mark Wood and Chris Jordan in the team, England could not overcome the Scottish. According to Butler, they chose the Archer-Wood combination because of the added pace.
