Scots go tartan barmy

FROM BACK PAGE best,” said England one-day skipper Eoin Morgan.

“We were miles off where we expect to be and didn’t do enough to win. We didn’t deserve to win.

“We might have scraped past them and won, but there were still quite a few mistakes that we need to rectify and learn from ahead of the Australia series.

“It is huge for Scotland. I’m not hugely disappointed about it because it was a good competitive game and that is all we could have asked for.”

Irishman Morgan may feel philosophical about the result, but for an associate nation to put so many runs on the board and go on to beat the World No.1-ranked team is a cause for embarrassment.

Like their football fans who saw Scotland beat England’s World Champions in 1967, there were jovial claims to the No.1 ranking for a nation cruelly denied a place in next year’s 10-team World Cup.

With Flower of Scotland ringing around the ground, their proud Tartan Army was embraced by a crowd that included David Sole.

Scotland’s 1990 Grand Slam skipper had just proudly witnessed his seam bowler son Chris following in his England-beating footsteps.

The visitors must now regroup for their five-match series against the Aussies, which begins at The Oval on Wednesday.