Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    5.4 scooped up brilliantly in the deep! Anthony Mosca channels Italy's World Cup mojo once again! Salt pulls firmly but in the air all the way out towards deep backward square leg. It looked like it might die in front of the fielder, but Mosca puts in the dive and gets his hands safely under it. Both England openers snuffed out in the powerplay 54/2
    2.1 gets Buttler with his first ball! Another failure to launch for England's T20 big dog. Full and swinging just a fraction as Buttler looked to hoist him straight back down the ground. Skews off the blade and ends up being a straightforward take for Manenti backpedalling from mid-off 21/1
    7.3 hoicked to the man in the deep! Bethell looking to up the tempo, falls to one knee as he whips it over his shoulder but doesn't get anywhere near enough power... Comfortably taken by Jaspreet at deep backward square leg, and Italy have a third 67/3
    12.4 dragged down, smashed to deep midwicket! England, oh England... what is going on out there! Banton's eyes lit up at the drag-down, but the ball skidded on, his pull skewed off a top-edge and that's a wonderfully judged low catch in the deep from BAD Manenti, who is anything but! 105/5
    10.3 wider line, toe-ends his drive to the keeper! Oh my, it's happening again! Smuts goes slower, he goes wider, he teases the skipper to throw the kitchen sink, and it's a smart take high to his right from the keeper! 92/4
    16.5 short, wide, leathered to cover! What a stunning take from Smuts! Another display of sharp hands, staying low, sliding to his left as Curran cliimbed into his cut. It was in the air, but not by much. A foot either side and that was four. Instead, it's yet another innings that hasn't emerged from the 20s! 159/6
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    240.9
    19.3 wide line, full length, toe-ends his launch to deep cover! That's the line that Hasan was working on in the previous over, and Stewart reels in his fish! Overton has to put bat through ball, but he can't get more than a toe-end through it. HIgh but safe to Kalugamage ... Italy's catching has been excellent today 194/7
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    Extras
    10 (b 1, lb 1, w 8)
    TOTAL
    202/7 (20 Overs, RR: 10.1)
    Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Jos Buttler, 2.1 ov), 2-54 (Phil Salt, 5.4 ov), 3-67 (Jacob Bethell, 7.3 ov), 4-92 (Harry Brook, 10.3 ov), 5-105 (Tom Banton, 12.4 ov), 6-159 (Sam Curran, 16.5 ov), 7-194 (Jamie Overton, 19.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JT Smuts30241852100
    Ali Hasan403719.2582230
    G Stewart4051212.7573430
    CJPF Kalugamage4041210.2572310
    BAD Manenti403719.2562200
    Jaspreet Singh101001001000
  • BATSMEN
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    14.3 heaved down the ground to long-on! Mosca's magnificent hand is done. Rashid slowed it up once more, outside off, tempting the big heave... can't connect cleanly, and England are closing in now 135/5
    0.2 goes straight up, taken! AJ Mosca tries to put the hurt on Archer but falls first ball! Slammed into the deck at 91mph/146kph and Mosca's burly-armed pull doesn't get anywhere near the connection he was after. He boshed several of those into the stand against Nepal... but this one is safely pouched by Brook jogging back from mid-on 1/1
    0.6 nicked to slip, Archer goes bang-bang! Fast and furious, 90mph/145kph in the channel, kicks up to grab the shoulder of the bat and fly to slip. As Brook put it the other day, Jofra is "slamming length" again. The Azzurri feeling the heat early doors in this chase 1/2
    3.6 brilliant from Buttler, grabbed one-handed! Manenti went for the scoop but couldn't get it quite high enough. Buttler was flying to his left, stuck up the glove and clung on with the webbing. Overton strikes to keep Italy on the ropes in the powerplay 22/3
    11.6 the fun is over! Another mighty wind-up through the wide line... Manenti just had to reach a fraction further than he planned, a bit of pace off the ball... it came off the toe, looped up to mid-on, where Banton gathered a well-judged catch. What a thrilling knock! 114/4
    18.5 Curran aims straighter from round the wicket, Stewart skews to short third! Curran's tightened line prises the wicket, straight into Dawson's hands. He was aggressively placed, inside the ring, England prepared to gamble with the boundary in return for the wicket 178/8
    15.4 fires in the full toss, clothed to long-on! This is very close to being a no-ball on height... but a behind-the-scenes check confirms it was dipping below the waist. The surprise factor was everything, even if the delivery wasn't Curran's best. After the wide yorkers, Campopiano wasn't remotely set for a pull and spooned a looping chance to Banton 138/6
    15.5 round the wicket, feathers the nick! A lowkey appeal from Curran, that was back of a length, angling into the new batter, who pushed flat-footedly, and snicked off to leave the bowler on a hat-trick! 138/7
    19.2 hoisted high into the night sky, and Jacks clings on! Overton pummelled his length, with extra pace, Jaspreet had no option but to fling everything he had at it. It plopped to earth five metres from where it started. What a mighty fight they've put up! 178/9
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    19.6 splat! Yorker from Overton, and that is the end of that! 178/10
    Extras
    4 (lb 1, w 3)
    TOTAL
    178 all out (20 Overs, RR: 8.9)
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Anthony Mosca, 0.2 ov), 2-1 (JJ Smuts, 0.6 ov), 3-22 (Harry Manenti, 3.6 ov), 4-114 (Ben Manenti, 11.6 ov), 5-135 (Justin Mosca, 14.3 ov), 6-138 (Marcus Campopiano, 15.4 ov), 7-138 (Gian-Piero Meade, 15.5 ov), 8-178 (Grant Stewart, 18.5 ov), 9-178 (Jaspreet Singh, 19.2 ov), 10-178 (Ali Hasan, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    JC Archer403528.75145200
    J Overton411834.5182110
    WG Jacks203411735200
    AU Rashid4043110.7570500
    LA Dawson302508.3352100
    SM Curran302237.3380220

Match Notes

Italy 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1J MoscaAJ Mosca
2nd0JT SmutsJ Mosca
3rd21J MoscaHJ Manenti
4th92BAD ManentiJ Mosca
5th21G StewartJ Mosca
6th3G StewartM Campopiano
7th0GP MeadeG Stewart
8th40G StewartJaspreet Singh
9th0CJPF KalugamageJaspreet Singh
10th0CJPF KalugamageAli Hasan

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Super Eights, Group 1
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA33062.259
IND32140.106
WI31220.993
ZIM3030-3.415
Super Eights, Group 2
TeamMWLPTNRR
ENG33061.096
NZ31131.39
PAK3113-0.123
SL3030-1.95
Group A
TeamMWLPTNRR
IND44082.5
PAK43160.976
USA42240.788
NED4132-1.217
NAM4040-3.108
Group B
TeamMWLPTNRR
ZIM43071.506
SL43161.741
AUS42241.523
IRE41230.15
OMA4040-4.845
Group C
TeamMWLPTNRR
WI44081.874
ENG43160.201
SCOT41320.184
ITA4132-1.02
NEP4132-1.349
Group D
TeamMWLPTNRR
SA44081.943
NZ43161.227
AFG42240.889
UAE4132-1.364
CAN4040-2.426