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England add to list of white-ball disasters

A shock defeat to Scotland wasn't the first humiliation in England's recent cricket history

England's remarkable six-run defeat by Scotland on Sunday was not the first time they have been on the wrong end of a result that has stunned the cricket world.

Take a look back at several extraordinary England limited-overs defeats prior to Sunday's loss in Edinburgh.

2009, Lord's, World Twenty20: Netherlands beat England by four wickets

'The Home of Cricket' has witnessed a number of low points for England but few quite like this.

The opening match of the World Twenty20 saw England held to a total of 162.

Tim de Grooth's quickfire 49 off 30 balls kept the Dutch, who hit four sixes compared to England's none, up with the rate.

Yet England could have stolen victory right at the end. The last delivery of the match saw Netherlands No.8 Edgar Schiferli hit the ball straight back to Broad, who missed with a wild shy at the stumps and allowed the Dutch to claim victory on an extra run following the overthrow.

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2011, Bangalore, World Cup: Ireland beat England by three wickets

Kevin O'Brien hit the fastest-ever World Cup hundred, off just 50 balls, with his overall innings of 113 laying the platform for Ireland - then a non-Test nation - to chase down a target of 328 after they had been in dire straits at 5-111.

2014, Chittagong, World Twenty20: Netherlands beat England by 45 runs

Another Dutch debacle saw it all go horribly wrong for England in Chittagong. Previous results meant they already had no chance of going further in the tournament but, if anything, this was worse than the loss at Lord's as the Dutch played like seasoned professionals and England part-timers, comfortably accounting for their more experienced opponents.

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Replying to the Netherlands' 133, Stuart Broad's side collapsed to 88 all out with their 45-run loss a huge margin of defeat in a Twenty20 match.

2015, Adelaide, World Cup: Bangladesh beat England by 15 runs

Another miserable World Cup campaign for England saw them knocked out by a Bangladesh side that, up until that point, had been regarded largely as whipping boys for established nations in matches played outside the subcontinent. By the standards of one-day cricket, this was not even an especially close match with England falling short of a seemingly attainable target of 276 after Mahmudullah had scored Bangladesh's first-ever World Cup hundred.

England's next ODI assignment is a five-match series against a new-look Australia, beginning on Wednesday at The Oval in London. 

Qantas tours of England and Zimbabwe

ODI squad: Tim Paine (c), Aaron Finch (vc), Ashton Agar, Alex Carey, Travis Head, Nathan Lyon, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh, Michael Neser, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye

England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes (injured), David Willey, Chris Woakes (injured), Mark Wood

T20 squad: Aaron Finch (c), Alex Carey (vc), Ashton Agar, Travis Head, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Billy Stanlake, Marcus Stoinis, Mitchell Swepson, Andrew Tye, Jack Wildermuth

Qantas Tour of England

June 7: Australia beat Sussex by 57 runs at Hove

June 9: Australia beat Middlesex by 101 runs at Lord's

June 13: First ODI, The Oval (D/N)

June 16: Second ODI, Cardiff

June 19: Third ODI, Trent Bridge (D/N)

June 21: Fourth ODI, Durham (D/N)

June 24: Fifth ODI, Old Trafford

June 27: Only T20, Edgbaston (D/N)

Qantas T20I tri-series Tour of Zimbabwe

July 1: Zimbabwe vs Pakistan

July 2: Pakistan vs Australia

July 3: Australia vs Zimbabwe

July 4: Zimbabwe vs Pakistan

July 5: Pakistan vs Australia

July 6: Australia vs Zimbabwe

July 8: Final