England survive Italy scare after Manenti’s blitz threatens T20 World Cup shock

2026-02-16 - 13:25

Group C: England, 202-7, bt Italy, 178 all out, by 24 runs Minnows denied by Curran and Overton in final overs England did enough to beat Italy and secure a spot in the Super Eights, if not – again – to establish themselves among the form teams of this tournament. Harry Brook had previously declared of this tournament that he would “rather not start amazing and finish amazing than start amazing and finish bad”, and in that sense alone it is proceeding entirely according to plan. The next stage is unlikely to be so forgiving. They got the result they desperately needed, but if yet again the full member nation beat the associate there were plenty of awkward moments along the way. Set a target of 203 after England scored the second highest total of their T20 World Cup history, and reduced to one for two at the end of their first over, Italy simply refused to accept they were beaten. Continue reading...