PLANET CRICKET

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Joining the elite? Scotland and Ireland have proved themselves on the big stage
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“The way Scotland have overcome their multifarious handicaps has been remarkable. This was no freakish aberration”
For Scottish cricket it was the greatest of days. A full house in Edinburgh, lush sunshine, 736 runs in the day – and a historic sixrun victory over England.
So this day was many things. One thing it was not, though, was a freakish aber...