ABERDEEN: England made 167 for six against Scotland in the lone One-day International here at Mannofield on Friday after rain before and during their innings reduced the match to a 20-overs-per-side contest.

Ian Bell top-scored with 50 and England captain Alastair Cook made 44 after the visitors lost the toss.

Somerset seamer Josh Davey led Scotland’s attack with three wickets for 28 runs, including two in two balls in the final over.

Scotland were set an adjusted target of 173 to win under the Duckworth/Lewis method for rain-affected matches.

ENGLAND:
A. Cook c MacLeod b Taylor 44
I. Bell b Taylor 50
E. Morgan c Cross b Wardlaw 31
J. Buttler c Taylor b Davey 9
R. Bopara c MacLeod b Davey 3
J. Root c Taylor b Davey 17
G. Ballance not out 1
C. Jordan not out 6
EXTRAS (B-1, W-4, NB-1) 6
TOTAL (for 6 wkts, 20 overs) 167
DID NOT BAT: H Gurney, J Tredwell, J Anderson.
FALL OF WKTS: 1-83, 2-113, 3-136, 4-140, 5-160, 6-160. BOWLING: Wardlaw 4-0-37-1 (3w); Evans 4-0-33-0 (1w); Davey 4-0-28-3; Haq 3-0-26-0; Taylor 4-0-36-2; Machan 1-0-6-0.
SCOTLAND: Kyle Coetzer (captain), Calum MacLeod, Matthew Cross (wicket-keeper), Matt Machan, Rob Taylor, Majid Haq, Josh Davey, Michael Leask, Alasdair Evans, Preston Mommsen, Iain Wardlaw.
UMPIRES: Mark Hawthorne (Ireland), Ian Ramage (Scotland)
MATCH REFEREE: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand).

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