Rain ruins England's one dayer against Scotland

LONDON (Reuters) - Rain ruined the first competitive one-day international between Scotland and England in Edinburgh on Monday.

England, chasing 157 to win, were 10 without loss when the weather intervened for the last time.

Earlier, rain reduced Scotland's innings from 50 to 44 overs and the hosts chalked up 156 for nine with opener Gavin Hamilton scoring 60.

Hamilton, who made a test appearance for England in South Africa in 1999, helped Scotland recover from 11 for three after recalled seamer Tim Bresnan had removed Kyle Coetzer and Navdeep Poonia for ducks.

Andrew Flintoff eventually had Hamilton caught behind by Matt Prior, one of three wickets for the England all-rounder.

England are back in action on Wednesday when they meet South Africa in a Twenty20 match at Durham.

(Writing by Simon Hart, editing by Tony Jimenez)