Moeen Ali relieved as England beat Scotland by 119 runs

Man of the match Moeen Ali has admitted that it was vital for England to beat Scotland today after two earlier defeats in the Cricket World Cup.

Ali scored 128 of his side's 303 runs and took two wickets as England eased to a 119-run win over the minnows, and he said that he is relieved they came through the match unscathed.

He told BBC Sport: "It is the most important thing that we won. It is nice to get a hundred in a winning side. These games can be tough, as we have seen in the tournament so far."

Earlier defeats to Australia and New Zealand put England under a lot of pressure, but Ali said that they stuck together, and he hopes that they can now go on a winning run.

He said: "There was a point when we thought we might get 340 but we have not been playing well lately so we will take 300. Hopefully we will get on a run now and we can qualify and we will see after that."

England next play Sri Lanka on Saturday.