England vs. Scotland: Highlights, Scorecard, Report from Cricket World Cup

England bounced back from their miserable start to the Cricket World Cup with a 119-run victory over Scotland in Christchurch.

England, after being put into bat, made 303-8 in their 50 overs, with Moeen Ali scoring his second one-day international century.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Moeen	c Coleman	b Haq	128	144	107	12	5
Bell	c Coetzer	b Berrington	54	124	85	2	0
Ballance		b Evans	10	23	18	0	0
Root	c Cross	b Davey	1	8	3	0	0
Morgan	c Mommsen	b Davey	46	68	42	4	2
Taylor	st Cross	b Davey	17	39	26	0	0
Buttler	c Davey	b Wardlaw	24	19	14	4	0
Woakes	c Mommsen	b Davey	1	4	2	0	0
Broad	not out		0	3	3	0	0
Finn	not out		1	2	1	0	0
Extras		1nb 15w 1b 4lb	21
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Wardlaw			10	1	60	1
Davey			10	0	68	4
Evans			10	1	46	1
Haq			10	0	51	1
Berrington			5	0	43	1
Machan			2	0	11	0
Coetzer			3	0	19	0

The Associate nation could make only 184 in reply at the Hagley Oval as they suffered their second defeat in Pool A.

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Coetzer	c Woakes	b Moeen	71	111	84	11	0
MacLeod	c Buttler	b Anderson	4	11	6	1	0
Coleman	c Morgan	b Woakes	7	30	16	0	0
Machan	c Buttler	b Finn	5	6	7	1	0
Mommsen	c Broad	b Root	26	53	42	3	0
Berrington	c Morgan	b Moeen	8	9	13	0	0
Cross	c Root	b Finn	23	40	32	1	0
Davey	c Buttler	b Finn	9	17	15	0	0
Haq	c Ballance	b Woakes	15	38	24	3	0
Evans	c Buttler	b Anderson	9	20	15	2	0
Wardlaw	not out		0		0	0	0
Extras		0nb 2w 0b 5lb	7
Bowler			Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Anderson			6	0	30	2
Broad			7	0	24	0
Woakes			5.2	0	25	2
Finn			9	3	26	3
Moeen			10	0	47	2
Root			5	0	27	1

After a humiliating eight-wicket defeat by New Zealand on Friday and a 111-run loss to Australia in their opening match, England had a lot to prove, and Ali and Ian Bell gave their innings a great foundation.

They put on a record-breaking 172 for the opening wicket, albeit against a tame bowling attack, with Ali making 128 and Bell making 54.

Ali reached his century off 91 balls with his fourth six, off Majid Haq, but Bell was more circumspect and had faced 85 balls when he slapped Richie Berrington to Kyle Coetzer at short extra cover at the start of the 31st over.

"

Moeen Ali ton up with a six https://t.co/ScgKCRQVDS

— Jack Mendel (@JackMendel4) February 22, 2015"

Ali finally went for 128, made from only 107 balls and featuring 12 boundaries and five sixes, after thrashing Haq to deep mid-wicket in the 35th over with the score on 201.

Cameos from Eoin Morgan (46 from 42 balls) and Jos Buttler (24 from 14 balls) helped Peter Moores’ side past 300.

Scotland, who lost to New Zealand by three wickets in their opener, had a sketchy start to their reply, with Calum MacLeod (four), Frederick Coleman (seven) and Matt Machan (five) departing inside 12 overs.

Coetzer held the innings together with 71, but he holed out to long-on off man-of-the-match Ali in the 27th over.

Ali picked up his second victim in the next over before Steven Finn, who finished with 3-26, got in on the act with the Scots all out in the 43rd over.

The Scots have never won a World Cup game but get a great chance against fellow minnows Afghanistan on Thursday. England return to action on Sunday against Sri Lanka.