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England are by way of to the following stage of the T20 World Cup, however they got one other main scare in a 24-run victory over courageous Italy in Kolkata.
Needing solely a win to ensure a Tremendous 8s spot, England had been on 128-5 halfway by way of the sixteenth over, however Will Jacks’ T20 better of 53 not out off 22 balls from quantity seven powered them to 202-7.
The momentum was with England when Jofra Archer took two wickets in his first over, however Ben Manenti reignited a see-saw contest with a jaw-dropping 60 off 25 deliveries, together with six sixes and 4 fours.
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When Jacks burgled his wicket and Sam Curran took two in two, the jig seemed to be up for Italy, just for Grant Stewart to thrash two sixes apiece off Archer and Adil Rashid, who conceded 21 in his final over to depart the event’s lowest-ranked facet needing 30 from the final 12 balls.
Curran’s dying bowling as soon as once more got here to the fore as he conceded simply 5 and snared Stewart for 45, ending with 3-22, as Italy had been all out for 178, with Jamie Overton ending issues off.
Due to this fact, England completed second in Group C, behind the West Indies, however this was one other unconvincing outing, having additionally underwhelmed of their three earlier matches, and so they head to Sri Lanka for the following section with questions hanging over them.
Most worryingly, Jos Buttler is averaging a paltry 13.25 on the event following one other failure and whereas Phil Salt and Jacob Bethell flickered, they fell feebly to catches just a few metres in from the leg-side boundary after Harry Brook gained the toss for the eighth T20 in a row.
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When Brook was persuaded to succeed in out and toe-end a wider supply to the wicketkeeper and Tom Banton miscued a Crishan Kalugamage googly into the deep, England had been 105-5 with nobody progressing past 30.
However the momentum modified within the ultimate three balls of Manenti’s spell. Having subdued England along with his quick off-spinners, Manenti regarded on furiously when Kalugamage’s misfield led to a 4 for Jacks, who then thrashed back-to-back sixes – the second off a full toss – and Italy wilted thereafter.
Curran adopted up two sixes off Kalugamage by curiously spooning a faster, wider supply to JJ Smuts to finish a 54-run stand in 25 balls with Jacks, who obtained the scoreboard rocketing.
Two extra leg-side sixes adopted within the ultimate over as Jacks introduced up a 21-ball fifty, the quickest by an Englishman on this occasion, in addition to his facet’s 200, seemingly placing them out of attain.
Italy’s highest ever chase was 155 in opposition to Eire in a warm-up final month and so they had been two down inside the primary over, with Archer’s 90mph deliveries producing errors from Anthony Mosca and Smuts.
Buttler produced a leaping one-handed seize to see off Italy captain Harry Manenti, however Justin Mosca collected three fours in an over off Archer and Ben Manenti welcomed Rashid and Liam Dawson into the assault with sixes off each spinners earlier than clearing the rope twice off Curran.
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Jacks, having leaked 13 within the powerplay, was introduced again for a second over. The tactic backfired in opposition to the West Indies final week and regarded set to take action once more when Manenti thrashed 20 off 4 balls, which included a blow to succeed in a 22-ball half-century.
An try at a 3rd leg-side six within the over was scooped up by Banton within the deep and whereas Curran dismissed Marcus Campopiano and Gian-Piero Meade with successive balls, Stewart made positive England couldn’t slack off.
Solely when Curran tightened up Stewart, who skewed to brief third man for 45 off 23 balls, had been England in a position to breathe a sigh of aid and finish the problem of a motley crew workforce containing lecturers, manufacturing facility staff and a pizza chef of their ranks.
