But when it came to chasing down the runs, Haddin (39 in an opening stand of 110 with Watson) and Michael Clarke, who made a boundary-free 36 in another big stand worth 107, could afford to take a back seat as Watson coped with tiredness and cramp to smash 12 fours and four sixes under the floodlights.
Given that, SNP ministers say, rUK ministers and the financial system would rationally prefer a stable sterling zone rather than Scotland deploying sterling free from constraint on their northern boundary.