T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Rain returns in Barbados after SCO's good start

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Rain returns in Barbados after SCO's good start

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T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: The rain continues to subside but it is still not really coming down to a complete hault.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: The rain has eased up but not stopped. Moreover, it is dark wherever you look and remember, we are just past the noon mark and that is no time for the skies to be dark unless it is packed with rain clouds.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Unfortunately, there is nothing more to report. It's absolutely pouring in Bridgetown.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: This is not looking good at all, the ground staff struggling to keep the covers in place. We can see a few big umbrellas covering one of the tables on the ground flying off to goodness knows where.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: The aforementioned grey clouds on the horizon have rolled over, bringing rainfall with them. With them come the ground staff with the covers. Let's hope the covers can adequately cover the pitch this time.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: What a powerplay this has been for Scotland, as grey clouds appear in the horizons and the ground staff appear beyond the boundary lines. Chris Jordan, another Bajan in this English side, bowls the last over. Dot ball to start off with and then Jones hits the second out of the park! In fact it has dented one of the solar screens on the roof of the stadium. The third ball is sent through covers for a four and the fourth ball is sent through midwicket for another four. Single off the last ball and Jones is on 29 off 19, Munsey on 17 off 18.

ENG vs SCO Live Score: Scotland 49/0 in 6 overs

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Well this is quite sloppy from England. A couple of misfield in the fifth over and Wood's third ball is hacked high in the air by Munsey. Buttler gets underneath it and takes the catch but it is a no ball. Wood overstepped by a huge margin there.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: 10 runs for Scotland from Archer's first match in Barbados. Jones ran two off the first and second balls, then punishes the wide third delivery with a wonder cover drive off the backfooot for a four. Two dot balls and then Jones hits the last ball up in the air, it goes over the head of the wicketkeeper who collects the ball and throws. Two runs off the last. Now Moeen Ali to bowl the first over of spin in the third over.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Two runs off the second and third balls, the first of which was a leg bye. Munsey then gets off the mark by smashing the fourth ball over mid-on for a four. Jofra Archer to bowl the second over.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Mark Wood to start the match off fast and furious for England. George Munsey and Michael Jones open for Scotland.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: First comes the Scottish anthem, “Flower of Scotland”, and then England's, well, the United Kingdom's national anthem “, God Save the King”. Scotland uses Flower of Scotland in sports events and England uses God Save the King as its anthem. Both countries officially don't have a national anthem, since they are both part of the United Kingdom. Excited yet, new fans from America?

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: That patch is being dried out with a huge leaf blower and a sponge. Somewhat farcical scenes here, especially any fresh new fan that may have been intrigued to tune in, which is something that is going to happen quite a lot if we go by what the ICC and the broadcasters have been harping about all these days.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Well this is not good news at all. There is a wet patch on the pitch itself which means that the scheduled start time of 8.30pm IST is pretty much impossible.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: There is the official update from the match referee. No overs lost. The rain has eased up but the covers are still on.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Probably the least surprising development but we can now confirm that the match start time has been pushed back.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Oh just minutes before the start of the match. It started as a light drizzle but it has gotten much heavier since. No delays announced for now, stay tuned.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: This will be the first time that Jofra Archer plays an international match in the country and at the ground where it all began for him. Archer had travelled to England to make his name and he did that and more. For a while though, it had looked like all that potential may have fallen by the way side as he missed more than a year of cricket due to recurring injuries. But here he is now, having returned to cricket with the two games England played against Pakistan this month.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Scotland: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington(c), Matthew Cross(w), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Christopher Sole, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie

England: Jos Buttler(w/c), Philip Salt, Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Scotland captain Richie Berrington has won the toss and chosen to bat first

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: It will be the same strip that was used in the match between Namibia in Oman where 109 tied with 109 and went into a Super Over.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score:This will be England's first match against Scotland in the T20 World Cup. In previous editions of the T20 World Cup, England has played two matches each against Ireland and Netherlands but failed to win either of those matches.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: The top three for England look in form but they will want better numbers from their middle-order, which has been one of their pain points in this World Cup cycle. Of the 20 participating teams in the ongoing tournament, their middle-order average of 22.28 in the aforementioned period stands at 13th.

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Matthew Cross(w), Michael Jones, George Munsey, Ollie Hairs, Richie Berrington(c), Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, Jack Jarvis, Charlie Tear, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie, Christopher Sole

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: Jos Buttler(w/c), Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Jonny Bairstow, Will Jacks, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Philip Salt, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Tom Hartley

T20 World Cup, England vs Scotland Live Score: England are the only Europe-based full member in the game of cricket. They are the defending champion in this tournament and boast an enviable roster of players who are hot properties in T20 leagues around the world. And yet, today they are looking to end a rather bizarre curse - England are looking for their first win against a side based in Europe. They have faced Ireland and the Netherlands in the past and lost to both teams, that too on more than one occassion. Can Scotland ride this curse and do a number on their neighbours?

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