Italy 5 down; WI in control

Thu, 19 February 2026

13:53

Italy 78-5 (12 ovs) vs WI 165-6 | SCORECARD

Smuts hits Motie through the off-side as Powell at long-off stops the ball to concede two runs before he misses the sweep to collect a leg bye.

Manenti hits the fifth ball down to long-on for a single and cuts the last ball to the fielder to get four runs.

Italy struggling on 61/4 in 10 overs, needing another 105 for victory.

Shamar Joseph continues with the ball. Manenti gets a thick inside edge first ball for a single before Smuts flicks a low full toss through midwicket for a four.

Short and wide from Joseph as Smuts cuts it powerfully past point for another boundary followed by singles off the last two balls, to get 11 from the over.

Motie deals Italy another big blow with the wicket of the well-set Smuts, who sweeps it straight to Joseph in the deep to walk back after scoring 24.

Italy struggling on 78/5 in 12 overs. Motie has superb figures of 1/13 in three overs.

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