Veteran English spinner Adil Rashid produced a magic ball, bamboozling Mark Watt. Tossing it up, the legbreak drifted in the air before ripping sharply back through the gate. Watt, pressing forward to defend, was beaten all ends up as the ball spun between bat and pad to crash into middle and leg. It was Rashid’s third wicket of the evening, and arguably his best.

That wicket left Scotland reeling at 127/8, capping off a brilliant spell from the veteran spinner. Earlier, he had trapped captain Richie Berrington lbw with a clever slider that straightened just enough to earn an umpire’s call on review. Berrington, who had looked set on 49, misjudged the sweep and paid the price. Two overs later, Matthew Cross perished attempting another slog-sweep, top-edging a slower, looped-up delivery straight to deep square leg. Rashid finished with 3/36 from his four overs, breaking the backbone of Scotland’s middle order just when they looked to accelerate.

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Scotland’s innings began with early blows from Jofra Archer, who removed George Munsey and Brandon McMullen in the same over. Michael Jones counterattacked in the powerplay. Berrington and Tom Bruce stitched a 71-run stand off 41 balls, which took Scotland to 113/3 in the 13th over.

However, once Bruce fell to Liam Dawson, and Rashid struck in the very next over, Scotland completely lost their way. From 113/3, they collapsed to 127/8 in a matter of deliveries. Oliver Davidson’s unbeaten 20 provided a late contribution, but Scotland were eventually bowled out for 152 in 19.4 overs.

England’s seamers set the tone, with Archer returning figures of 2/24 and Jamie Overton chipping in, but it was Rashid’s brilliance in the middle overs that turned the game. However, Scotland began well by picking two wickets inside two overs to push the English team onto the back foot. Phil Salt fell for 2, skewing a drive off Brandon McMullen, and Jos Buttler followed soon after, caught off Brad Currie.