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00:11The horror bridge there next to Hooghly River, over the Hooghly River, we are in the city
00:18of joy and in Kolkata for today's matchup.
00:24England with its famous buildings in the city of London, 58 million population against
00:30Italy, they are derived from the same European neighbourhood, 60 million population and they
00:38go head to head where cricketing history is stronger in one than the other, a little while
00:45ago the coin fell in favour of Harry Brook and he chose to bat first.
00:52It is Group C action here at Eden Gardens, a special ground, Italy taking on England.
01:00England unchanged, they'll be looking for greater batting form from Phil Salt and Joss Butler,
01:07Banton was good in that last game and the bowling group with Archer, Adil Rashid, Overton,
01:15Dawson.
01:16Italy also unchanged, led by Harry Menenti.
01:21The Musca brothers were brilliant opening the batting against Nepal but they looked at Jaspreet,
01:28Hassan Ali, Kalugamagi, the wrist spinner, the quick wrist spinner for Phil Salt but he's the
01:34type of player that when he fires he can go big and go big quickly.
01:41And of course one of England's best and one of the best wide ball players in the game,
01:46Joss Butler.
01:48Left arm spin.
01:56And punch away for four first ball is that, is that a sign of things to come?
02:03Yeah it is the way he plays, Butler tries to get in, Salt doesn't.
02:07From ball one he tries to put the bowler and the bowling attack under pressure.
02:13Irrespective if he's having a quiet series or tournament, sticks to his method.
02:23Disappeared, Hassan Ali's down, the ball is gone.
02:28On this pitch in Kolkata you get good bounce and if you are back of a length it will bounce
02:35up waist height and asked to be belted.
02:38He slipped over and he dragged it down.
02:42There is that in swing but played with the swing.
02:47Before.
02:49Yeah the outfield's very quick.
02:51Scotland actually against England, their new ball ball and it's just got it shaped beautifully
02:55but from a good line, this started two straight.
03:00It was clipped nicely, not off the middle of the bat but you just have to beat the inner
03:05field here and you'll get value for your shot.
03:11Up in the air, up in the air, chance, first ball strike.
03:17Captain Manenti takes the catch and Butler is gone.
03:23Let's have a look at it down the line, did it just grip?
03:27Yeah there was a little bit of movement from leg to off that got the leading edge and the
03:33skipper made no mistake.
03:37Butler goes for three, England 21 for one.
03:42Talented Jacob Bethel.
03:48Nice, that's how you stamp your authority on the game, Jacob Bethel.
03:57Nice, footwork has surprised the bowler, don't know if the keeper will come up to the stumps
04:02after that but lovely again from Bethel.
04:08Cleared the ropes easily.
04:12Now then, now then, what a catch, what a moment.
04:19They've been inspired again, trying to get a wicket right at the end of the power play,
04:23it looks like they're going to check in.
04:27He's been given out, so we can check.
04:32Quite do either, roll his wrist and get it down or go up and over, and that is a fair
04:38catch
04:39and a very good catch as well.
04:42Phil Sullivan goes for 28 from 15, 54 for two.
04:49Bantam then, fresh from a half century, I feel good about his game.
04:56Not walloping under edge, he's going to go for a boundary, not the control that he'd like
05:01but the boundary that he would so want.
05:06No, hasn't got it, should be taken, yes, simple catch.
05:10England in a spot of bother again, they've lost a few quick wickets here.
05:15Another start for Bethel and another dismissal.
05:19Once again, trying to get it behind square, trying to get it over 45 almost.
05:26Bethel gone, 23, 67 for three England.
05:32A little bit of pressure building now on the skipper, it's been short of runs, more
05:36than half century in the first game.
05:42That's not what they needed, pressure's building nicely.
05:46Good feeling about Italy and their bowling and their fielding, that's not what they needed.
05:54And wants to play with a straight back, that's a fantastic shot.
06:02Beautiful shot, Harry Brook, there's a very green strike on the ball in evidence there.
06:12Pulled away, has he got enough of it, yes he has, 4-6 for England's captain.
06:20It's wide and an edge, big drive gone.
06:24Brook, but Lawnley does not review, he will just wander off.
06:314-6, width on offer, edge gone, huge.
06:36I don't know where he was going to go to, being put under pressure, slow and wide.
06:40Very experienced, right on the wide line.
06:42Kitchen sink, Harry Brook throws at him.
06:46Big, thick edge through.
06:49A very good catch from Meade.
06:53Smuts gets his first.
06:55England at 92 for four.
07:00Sam Curran comes in.
07:03Oh, a middle order. England do bat deep, that is an advantage.
07:08Leg spin-up, down the ground, this is what Banton did the other evening against the Scots.
07:13That's an enormous hit.
07:15This is huge on Tom Banton.
07:18The England batters, you would say, he is the most confident right here and now.
07:24This is innings against Scotland at this very ground, just a couple of days ago.
07:29I saw a lot of this, after bowling.
07:36It's a catch it, another good catch.
07:38They haven't missed a beat in the field so far, Italy, in this game.
07:42Banton now goes, the form player, certainly from the last game and what we've seen so far in this.
07:48It's in-form batter.
07:51Again, to go toppy, Google.
07:55Tried down slightly, there to be hit, but it's not got the elevation.
08:00Catch is the call.
08:03Brilliant work, coming forward, low catch, looks good to me.
08:09Tom Banton goes for 30 England, 105 for five.
08:15In at seven is Will Jacks.
08:23Fortuita's boundary, I think that came somewhere off the toe of Will Jacks' back,
08:28but it has gone for four, England need to keep hitting the boundaries.
08:35In the gap.
08:38And all the way for six.
08:42Oh no, that's gone for six as well.
08:45What about height?
08:46They're happy with height.
08:49Oh, that wide one is squirted over deep third.
08:55Ouch.
08:58That is superb, that's gone a long way back.
09:02That is not the ideal spot.
09:12Good hit, good strike, one innings this is proving to be.
09:15Again from Will Jacks, it was there really just to help on its way.
09:22High in the air, but you see that's wide.
09:24That should be out, it is gone.
09:28They've gone for a few at the end, but they have continued to pick out wickets.
09:33And he's just not quite sure in the end because of that,
09:36he has to reach for it, Overton.
09:37If he knew it was that line, he would have set himself early.
09:41It's excellent bowling.
09:42Again, it's a decent catch.
09:45Overton is dismissed.
09:47Just 15 from nine, 194 for seven, three to go.
09:50Joffre Archer with three legal deliveries left in the innings.
09:59Big side, big side, just enough.
10:02Over the ropes and a maiden T20 international 50 for Will Jacks to close out the innings.
10:11Unaccustomed role, they're going to give him this chance to get better and better in this role.
10:15Always just had enough legs.
10:18Mighty fine ball striker.
10:21And that is a mighty fine innings.
10:27The communication didn't quite get through.
10:30It didn't quite get through.
10:32Good wide Yorker.
10:34It has some merit in it, Joffre didn't follow the plan.
10:38But they get to 202 for seven.
10:40203 runs to win.
10:44Stutton has stumbled, that's the truth there.
10:46Lots of starts.
10:4728, 23, 30, 14, 25.
10:50That innings of note there.
10:51The headline act from Will Jacks.
10:54Number seven, 53 from 22.
10:56Some good support along the way.
10:58That is a decent score on a very good pitch, you have to say.
11:11Welcome back to Colt Qatar for this group C clash between England and Italy.
11:17Last game in the group for England.
11:19Italy have one more game after this against the West Indies.
11:23England got past 200, having won the toss.
11:27Had a bat first.
11:30Long batting line up for England and it was needed because they lost wickets at regular intervals.
11:36Everyone got a start by Butler who made three.
11:40And Jacks as he did against Nepal in England's first game.
11:45He is right at the end of the last three, four, five overs.
11:4953 from 22 for Will Jacks.
11:52Well, the key to this run chase is going to be how the Italian top order play against Joffre Archer.
11:59Two brothers, brothers in arms, out in the middle against Archer and Coe.
12:13He's pitched up.
12:18All of this top five have been brought up playing in Australia in Australian conditions.
12:26There is that heavy length, has he got it over Harry Brook at mid-on?
12:30I don't think he has.
12:31Brilliant grab from the England captain.
12:36146k Thunderbolt, first ball.
12:40From Joffre Archer to Mosca, Brook peddling back.
12:47And making what could have been a tricky assignment rather easy.
12:53The beauty of the game of cricket, Anthony Mosca, hero the other day, first baller today.
12:58One for one, Italy.
13:01AJ Smuts, the new batter, in at three.
13:05Edge, slip, gone, two in the over.
13:08Joffre Archer, back in form, back in the wickets.
13:14Bit of a scramble scene, beaten for Pace again.
13:17And that slip, on location, Jamie Overton, big man, big hands, big wicket.
13:25Italy one for two.
13:31Heroics from a couple of days ago against Nepal, reality of England and Archer.
13:36The skipper's in.
13:41Just paddled on the way to deep square leg.
13:45And that is a great effort out there.
13:49And he couldn't stop it going over the line.
13:54Yeah, he kept his eyes on it all the way full shot.
13:57A bit of awareness of where the rope was, just before.
14:02That's the trick of the skill, you have to catch it first and throw it back in.
14:06It was here and around.
14:13Nicely played, the outfield will do the rest.
14:21Clip, and that should be four more.
14:27Short pulled nicely, pulled well, three boundaries on the bounce for Italy.
14:35Now, has Butler got a hand on that?
14:37He has.
14:38What a grab from Butler.
14:40Brilliant anticipation.
14:44Look at Joss Gould, look at it fly.
14:47It's high, it's in the corner.
14:53Claps it out of gear.
14:56As nonchalant as the cup.
14:58Another wicket falls, Harry Manetti going for 12, for the two, for three.
15:06Benjamin Manetti comes in at number five.
15:13Slapped, slapped at the boundaries.
15:15Last three deliveries from Joffre Archer, gone for four.
15:22Pulled really nicely.
15:26Another boundary for Justin Mosca.
15:33And that is a little short and a little too straight.
15:36So boundary's beginning to flow now for Italy.
15:39All wickets, but turn for Jacks.
15:45Has proved costly.
15:47And it's proved a little costly here as well.
15:51Dragged down and will be belted.
15:54Ariel Rashid, just a little gift to get them going.
16:00With being under pressure, and that's pretty much what he's going to be under now,
16:05because he too, like Rashid, has dragged down his first ball.
16:11And if you've got anything about you as a batter, which he has,
16:15you just pump it back over his head, what a shot.
16:20And enough elevation, what an innings, England under the pump here.
16:25Manetti wasn't happy when he was in the field.
16:30Sounded sweet.
16:32Salt, over his head.
16:34Doesn't go for six though, skips to the fence, four.
16:37Powerful shot.
16:40Smashed.
16:42Absolutely muscled for six.
16:45Brings up a sensational 50.
16:49And Italy are not done yet.
16:52Second 50 for Ben Manetti.
16:55I was mentioning that half century against Scotland.
17:00A monsters that are the quickest in the tournament.
17:04So he's shown good form and the capability here against a full member nation,
17:10a test-playing nation to back up what he did against Scotland.
17:14He's a player and his brother's watching on in awe.
17:19Down the left side, flipped.
17:22Flipped all the way for six.
17:24This is sensational stuff.
17:2893 needed.
17:29Jack's under pressure.
17:31And that is going to take some stepping from Jacob Beckett.
17:37Get out without going for a boundary.
17:39I'm not sure it's going to go all the way for six.
17:42It's a solid catch from Tom Banton, because that partnership has been broken.
17:48Menenti has been sensational, but he couldn't get hold of this one.
17:53It's wide again and maybe a little bit slower.
17:56The previous one was wide and he punched it square for four.
18:00It's a well-played 60.
18:021-14 for four.
18:04It's a well-played 60.
18:05It's a well-played 60.
18:08Grant Stewart.
18:12Whipped again from Dawson.
18:14Punished again, this time from Stewart.
18:16His first boundary.
18:17Top shot.
18:19Edge thought nothing Butler could do about that.
18:22Definitely Overton saw.
18:26Slow from Rashid, belted down the ground.
18:29That's an enormous hit.
18:35Down the ground.
18:37Fielder settles himself.
18:39Banton makes no mistake.
18:41Well, he's played a lovely hand as Justin Mosca,
18:44but he's picked out Banton long on.
18:46Rashid has another wicket.
18:48International T20's 135 for five.
18:51Glidwell, Mosca.
18:53Justin, that is.
18:5443 dinning, 135 for five.
18:58First innings in this tournament for Marcus.
19:01What a time to come in with.
19:04Full toss.
19:05The umpire might look at that as far as height.
19:09Remember, it's got to be under waist height.
19:12There's a background check going on.
19:15Once again, Paul Ophelia.
19:19Sam Curran again.
19:20Not the best delivery.
19:22Would be one of Banton's best catchers.
19:25A nice running catch.
19:26And Paul Piano.
19:28Going for two.
19:29Stuttering.
19:30138 for six.
19:32And Piero Nied, the wicket-keeper batter,
19:35comes in at number eight.
19:40Now there's an appeal from Curran,
19:42and it's been given.
19:43Sam Curran on a hat-trick.
19:48Sam Curran.
19:48He can't keep Sam Curran out of the game.
19:52Seizes moment.
19:53Senses them and seizes them.
19:57First ball.
19:59Angle in.
20:00And a hat-trick.
20:02Sam Curran.
20:03John Piero Mead gone for a first ball.
20:05A 130th for seven.
20:08Spreech Singh comes in at number nine.
20:12Wilker again.
20:13That's been nailed.
20:14That will go all the way.
20:15Overlong off the six.
20:19Top edge.
20:20And with the pace of Archer, that will go all the way.
20:23So two sixes in the over.
20:26Italy and Stewart still fighting hard.
20:29152 for seven.
20:35Oh, he's had a big murder.
20:37Has he got enough of it?
20:38He has.
20:41Gives himself room.
20:42Follows him.
20:43I reckon that's going to be six more.
20:45It is.
20:49This time, Overlong off.
20:52That is six more.
20:53What an over for Italy.
20:55These last two from Curran.
20:58Edged and straight to short third.
21:02Dawson takes the catch.
21:04England needed that.
21:06Stewart's valiant effort comes to an end.
21:10Harrebrook, an absolute champion.
21:13Stewart goes from 45.
21:14Played really well.
21:15178 for eight, Italy.
21:21Glamage comes in.
21:23Number ten.
21:26Straight up in the air.
21:27England's catching has been good.
21:30Will it continue?
21:31Yes, is the answer just.
21:34It burst one hand and went into the other hand of Will Jacks.
21:38The end of a good fight.
21:41Deep in his crease.
21:44Just the extra pace, maybe the extra bump.
21:48A little bit of extra luck for Jacks.
21:51Burst through the right hand.
21:53It's been a valiant effort.
21:55Jaspreet Singh, 12.
21:57A massive six in somewhere there off Adi Rashid.
22:01178 for nine, Italy.
22:07Straight through.
22:09Brings the Stamps into play.
22:11England win.
22:14They progress through to the Super 8 stage
22:17of this men's T20 World Cup.
22:21The fourth team to do that.
22:23And with West Indies in Group C,
22:27they qualify to the next stage.
22:31Now the top game at a top venue on a top pitch.
22:35England this time winning the toss and batting first.
22:38Got up to 202 for seven,
22:40thanks to some runs down the order from Will Jacks.
22:43It's 53.
22:44In reply, 178 all out, Italy.
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