Match Day

Report

4102dThe Report by Jonathan Coates

Finch, Marsh set up thumping Australia victory

Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh shared an opening stand of 246 - the second-highest Australian partnership for any wicket in ODIs - in a clinical dissection of Scotland, who were beaten by 200 runs.

4103dJon Coates

Scotland's prolonged reality check

Beneath the surface, Scottish cricket is in reasonable health and the signs from the age group teams are promising, but the conversion process is a tough one and years keep passing without any natives making an impact in professional circles

Scotland INNINGS		R	B
HJW Gardiner	lbw	1	17
FRJ Coleman	lbw	0	5
MW Machan	caught	39	54
PL Mommsen	run out	8	20
CS MacLeod	caught	24	37
RD Berrington	caught	6	5
D Murphy	caught	11	37
RM Haq	caught	25	51
G Goudie	caught wk	23	25
GD Drummond	bowled	8	13
I Wardlaw	not out	0	0
EXTRAS	(b 3, lb 4, w 9, nb 1)
TOTAL	162 (all out; 43.5 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
CJ McKay	9.0	2	18	1	2.00
MG Johnson	9.5	3	36	4	3.66	(1nb, 4w)
AC Voges	7.0	1	23	1	3.28
MJ Clarke	2.0	0	7	0	3.50	(1w)
Fawad Ahmed	10.0	0	39	1	3.90
JP Faulkner	6.0	0	32	2	5.33

Scotland 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	FRJ Coleman	HJW Gardiner
2nd	2	MW Machan	HJW Gardiner
3rd	25	MW Machan	PL Mommsen
4th	42	CS MacLeod	MW Machan
5th	10	RD Berrington	CS MacLeod
6th	6	CS MacLeod	D Murphy
7th	24	RM Haq	D Murphy
8th	39	RM Haq	G Goudie
9th	9	G Goudie	GD Drummond
10th	5	GD Drummond	I Wardlaw