इंग्लैंड vs इटली, मैच 29, ईडन गार्डन्स, कोलकाता, 16 February 2026 - हाइलाइट्स

SIX! Superb start after the break! Tossed up, full and around off. Grant Stewart extends his arms to reach out for it and launches it high and handsomely over the long on fence for half a dozen more.

Floated, short and outside off, Grant Stewart punches it to sweeper cover for a single.

OUT! TAKEN! Italy are just losing their way now. Adil Rashid bravely flights this up, full and on middle. Justin Mosca goes down on one knee to slog it down the ground but fails to get fully underneath it. He does not get the elevation and the ball flies straight down the throat of Tom Banton at long on, who makes no mistake. Both the set batters are gone now. 68 needed in 33 balls.

Slows it up, full and on middle and off, Marcus Campopiano goes down for the sweep but misses and gets hit on the pads. A slight appeal for LBW, but turned down.

Slightly shorter and on off, Marcus Campopiano stabs it out to short cover.

Looped up, shortish and outside off, Marcus Campopiano has to wait for it and slaps it to sweeper cover for one more.

Curran returns to the attack. Shorter in length, angled down leg from around the stumps. Campopiano pulls it off the hips and down to fine leg for a single.

Very full and wide outside off, Stewart stays put and just reaches out, toe-ending it past the left side of the bowler and picks up a single.

That's near perfect from Curran. Full and wide outside off, lands it just inside the tramline outside off. Campopiano is early to back away a bit and fails to reach it.

OUT! CAUGHT! Sam Curran switches to over the wicket and serves a high full toss over middle and leg. Marcus Campopiano hangs back and looks to belt it but gets it high on the bat. The ball sails down to the left of long on, where Tom Banton slides across and takes a fine catch. The batter is hanging around in hope of getting a No Ball call. It is actually confirmed quite quickly by the umpires and the delivery is deemed as a fair one.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! Not much of an appeal from Sam Curran but it doesn't matter as he is now on a hat-trick. Back to around the wicket, bowled on a good length and outside off, slower too. Gian-Piero Meade backs away to go over the off side but gets a faint edge through to the keeper. Jos Buttler pouches it and knows it straightaway and the umpire's finger also goes up.

No hat-trick! Sam Curran had a hat-trick recently against Sri Lanka in the lead-up to this World Cup but he won't get one here. Back of a length and outside off, cut away uppishly but well past backward point for a single.

Just back of a length, darts back into the batter. Jaspreet Singh is cut in half as he looks to play at it and the ball goes past the inside edge.

No run out as confirmed by the smart replay. Full and straight, jammed out to mid on for a quick single. The fielder fires in a direct hit at the bowler's end but Jaspreet Singh dives in to make his ground.

SIX! Up and over, Stewart gets enough power on it. Very full, tailing back into middle and leg, Grant Stewart manages to stay back and lift it over wide long off for a six.

Ouch, that must have hurt! Full and angled into the batter. Grant Stewart looks to back away but gets cramped for room and gets an inside edge onto the left leg. A stinging blow but Stewart seems fine.

Dug in short over middle, Stewart backs away to play the upper cut but is beaten for pace and bounce.

SIX! No matter how they come and Grant Stewart is keeping Italy in with an outside chance. Another bumper, directed at the batter. Stewart swings and gets a top edge that flies over fine leg for a six. 51 needed now off 18 balls.

Dragged length, angled into the batter. Singh advances and forces it down to long on for a single.

At the stumps, hit down the ground and Stewart takes the single.

SIX! Oh, Jaspreet Singh gets one out of screws as well. Flighted ball on the stumps, a bit too full. Singh sits down and swings across the line, heaving it over cow corner for a six.

Floated up, wide outside off, Jaspreet Singh fetches the ball and slogs it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

SIX! That's whacked away for another maximum. Rashid drags the length too short and darts it into the batter. Grant Stewart goes very deep in the crease and moves past the leg stump before clobbering it over long on for a biggie.

SIX! Wow, what hitting from Grant Stewart, 21 runs off the over and Italy are back in business. Tossed up, full and outside off, Grant Stewart manages to reach the ball and lifts it over long off for a biggie. 30 needed off 12 balls.

WIDE! Pressure on the fielding side. Full and wide outside off, slower too but this one angles beyond the tramline.

A low full toss, angling across off, Jaspreet Singh slices it away to sweeper cover for a single.

Excellent review! Sam Curran comes around the wicket and angles in a slower ball, bowling it on a good length. Grant Stewart walks across to slog it away but gets beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the pads. There is an appeal for LBW and up goes the finger. Stewart, who is running to the bowler's end for the single, reviews it right away. UltraEdge shows a big spike when the ball is next to the inside edge. NOT OUT! However, it will be a dot ball as well.

A slower bumper, banged in well short and wide outside off, Grant Stewart reaches for it and uppercuts it on the bounce to Jofra Archer at deep backward point. Archer doesn't even make an attempt at the catch and is happy to concede the single.

WIDE! Pace-on delivery, it is the attempted wide yorker but Curran pushes it beyond the tramline. The nerves are settling in for both sides now.

Curran is sticking to his plans and is doing a fine job, 25 needed now off 8 balls. Curran goes for the wide yorker again and nails it as well. Jaspreet Singh reaches out and jams it on the bouce to Adil Rashid at short third for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Sam Curran is taking England to the Super 8, it seems and what a big wicket this is in the context of the game. Curran stays around the wicket and goes full and wide yet again, with pace-on. Grant Stewart hangs back and throws the hands at it but ends up slicing it off the outside edge. The ball goes quickly to the left of short third, where Liam Dawson moves across and takes a smart catch. Stewart's fighting knock of 45 off just 23 balls comes to an end.

A dot to end a brilliant over from Sam Curran and Italy need 25 off the final over. Another yorker-length delivery, angling in from outside off. Crishan Kalugamage jams it out to extra cover and the batters don't go for the run.

Banged in well short and outside off, moves away from the right-hander as well. Jaspreet Singh reaches out but is beaten by the extra bounce.

OUT! CAUGHT! England are now just one wicket away from the win. Jamie Overton serves it back of a length and over the stumps. Jaspreet Singh backs away to take it on but is undone by the extra bounce. Jaspreet ends up slashing it high up in the air towards the short cover region. Will Jacks comes in from the edge of the circle and goes down on one knee to take the catch.

Very full, angled into middle and leg, Ali Hasan backs away and digs it out into the off side. Another dot ball.

Short of a length and around off, Hasan backs away again and looks to go over point but is well beaten.

Another play and a miss. Back of a length, angled into the batter, Ali Hasan makes a lot of room leg side but fails to lay a bat on it yet again.

OUT! TIMBER! Jamie Overton finishes proceedings in style with the ball and England qualify for the Super 8 stage. Overton knows what's coming from Ali Hasan and goes full and straight. Hasan backs away, trying to drive but is beaten for a third ball in a row and this time, he hears the death rattle behind him as well. Overton ends with a double-wicket maiden and ENGLAND WIN BY 24 RUNS!