Scots stun woeful England

England's RBS Six Nations winning hopes were put to the sword as Chris Paterson inspired Scotland to a 15-9 win at Murrayfield.

Brain Ashton's men produced an utterly woeful showing in even worse conditions as Scotland lifted themselves off the foot of the table with a deserved victory in Edinburgh.

Scotland's fly-half kicked 12 of his side's 15 points as he out-shone an out-of-sorts Jonny Wilkinson in the battle of the kickers.

England rarely threatened the Scotland try-line, and despite Wilkinson surpassing Neil Jenkins as the leading point scorer in Test rugby, the English talisman failed to inspire his team-mates as their Six Nations dreams went out with a whimper.

Wilkinson got the 2008 Calcutta Cup clash underway as both side's went in search of much-needed points at either end of the Six Nations table.

In wet and windy conditions Wilkinson and Paterson exchanged long-range kicks as the hosts tried to exploit the belated selection of Iain Balshaw at full-back.

Penalised

Paterson kicked his, and the games first points of the afternoon on nine minutes after Nick Easter had been penalised for coming in at the side.

England struggled to maintain any meaningful possession with Ashton's men guilty of knocking on the greasy ball in good attacking areas.

England produced their first purposeful attack mid-way through the first-half after good work from Balshaw.

The England full-back produced a fantastic kick down the line, and as he and Rory Lamont challenged for the loose-ball the Scotsman came off worse and was forced to leave the field.

Balshaw's knee caught Lamont flush on the temple and with the Scotland winger out cold he was replaced by Dan Parks.

The resulting line-out saw Steve Borthwick drive within a yard of the Scottish try-line, but the resilient home defence held firm.

Wilkinson became the leading points scorer in Test match history as he brought the scores level on 26 minutes.

England's fly-half overtook Neil Jenkins' tally with an accurate penalty after Alan Jacobsen had brought down a scrum on the Scotland 22.

Slender lead

Andrew Sheriden gifted Paterson the opportunity to put Scotland back in front after he needlessly went over the top of the ruck.

The Gloucester kicker duly obliged to take the score to 6-3 after half an hour.

Paterson struck his third penalty after Wilkinson's long-range penalty faded just short of the posts and Scotland deservedly held a slender 9-3 lead going into the interval.

Scotland flew out of the traps and Wilkinson was immediately put under pressure and penalised for holding onto the ball.

Paterson converted from under the posts as Scotland extended their lead to six-points.

Sloppy

England desperately needed inspiration from somewhere, and with the ever-reliable Wilkinson guilty of a number of wayward kicks, Scotland continued to boss proceedings at Murrayfield.

Parks took over penalty kicking duties as England continued to concede a flurry of sloppy penalties. Parks converted from distance but Wilkinson responded with a kick of his own straight after to take the score to 15-6.

The battle of the kickers continued as Wilkinson reduced the deficit to six-points on 52 minutes after Scotland were guilty of holding on just outside their 22.

As the game progresses England looked devoid of ideas and the game turned into a war of attrition which Scotland were winning at a canter.

A miserable afternoon for Wilkinson was complete when he was withdrawn for Hodgson with 10 minutes remaining.

A truly forgettable game petered out with Ashton and his troops left to contemplate what went wrong in a nightmare showing north of the border.