Sri Lanka 322 for 8 (Avishka 74, Karunaratne 77, Kusal Mendis 66, Wheal 3-49) v Scotland

Dimuth Karunaratne had scored his maiden ODI fifty back in 2011, in just his second match, against Scotland at the Grange. After eight years, he finally crossed 50 for the second time in his career in the format, against the same opponent on the same ground in a bit of handy deja vu on his ODI captaincy debut.

Making the most of a pair of let-offs, Karunaratne top-scored with 77 after being sent in. It was one of three half-centuries in the innings for Sri Lanka as his opening partner Avishka Fernando struck his maiden ODI fifty. Both men were spilled during Brad Wheal's opening spell, Karunaratne at first slip by George Munsey on 13 in the seventh over, and Avishka on 22 at mid-off by Alasdair Evans in the ninth, as Scotland paid for some sloppy fielding to see the pair construct a 123-run opening stand.

Karunaratne received a third life in the 21st over as well, on 36, when Calum MacLeod couldn't hang on to a sharp chance at midwicket off the bowling of left-arm spinner Mark Watt. It took the intervention of offspinning allrounder Michael Leask to break the stand at 123, striking with his first ball after being introduced in the 23rd over to induce a loose flick to Munsey at deep square leg by Avishka for 74.

Karunaratne continued to drive Sri Lanka forward, raising his 50 off 65 balls with a reverse paddle sweep for four off Watt in the 26th. After 33 overs, he was on 77 and constructing another ominous stand with Kusal Mendis, as Sri Lanka as Sri Lanka looked certain to sprint past 300 with their score on 203 for 1.

But the reintroduction of Wheal in the 34th put the brakes on their innings. Karunaratne fell, skying a pull to substitute fielder Gavin Main at mid-on. The decision to promote Thisara Perera to No. 4 with a terrific platform and a free license to swing big backfired spectacularly, as a cross-batted swipe at a back of a length ball angled across by Wheal resulted in an edge behind for a golden duck.

Tom Sole made it 3 for 6 in the space of 20 balls when Angelo Mathews charged the offspinner and heaved a catch to Leask at long-on to make it 210 for 4. Kusal focused on stabilising the innings through the 40th over before getting back into attack mode, heaving a six over long-on in an 11-run over. He eventually made 66 and Sri Lanka added 99 off their last 10, including 35 off their last 12 balls, to compensate for the earlier stumble. Wheal took a third at the death to end with 3 for 49 as Scotland's star bowler on the day.

Scotland had made 325 on this ground 10 days earlier against Afghanistan, which wound up being below par in a match decided by Duckworth-Lewis-Stern. Storm clouds were forecast to be on the horizon for the chase, which influenced their decision to bowl first at the toss and the calculation could come into play once more at the Grange before the day is through.