Cusiter feeds his backline during their Six Nations defeat to Italy in Rome © Getty Images

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Tournaments/Tours Six Nations

Teams England | Scotland

Scotland captain Chris Cusiter believes his side will need to produce their best performance of the Six Nations if they are to end their losing run against England at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Scrum-half Cusiter has presided over a hat-trick of championship defeats since being handed the armband by new head coach Andy Robinson. As a result the 27-year-old is refusing to dwell on the prospect of lifting the Calcutta Cup and is instead fully focused on a return to winning ways.

"We haven't won yet in this championship and for us to take that next step and win is the biggest thing," he told PA Sport. "It needs to be our best performance of the championship and that's what we aim to produce on Saturday."

Cusiter feels exactly the same about leading Scotland out against England for the first time "I'll be a lot prouder if we were to get the win," he added. "We're under pressure, we've lost three games - two of which we feel we could've won. We know where we are in the championship, we know how much work we have to do and playing against England at home is as big as it gets.

"I don't think anything I can say will get someone up for a game if they're not up for it," said the Glasgow star, who will earn his 51st cap this weekend and fifth against England. But I can guarantee that the boys are excited about this, we're desperate to go out there and make amends for losing the first three games."

Despite England faltering form in this year's Championship, Cusiter is refusing to take their old enemies lightly. "They've been world champions in the past and that's the scale of challenge that we face," he said. "But we've had some success in the past against them up at Murrayfield."

A failure to capitalise on possession cost the Scots dear in their three previous Championship losses and while acknowledging those shortcomings, Cusiter insisted there would be no change in the way they apply themselves.

"We're comfortable with the style of rugby that we're trying to play but ultimately we haven't been able to win the games," he said. "We've been creating a lot of things, we've put ourselves in the right positions, and we just haven't quite been clinical enough.

"We have to get ourselves in the position to win the game, first and foremost - as we have been in this championship - and then go on and do it. That takes an extra bit of concentration, just a bit more focus on finishing off our good work."