England have survived a scare to qualify for the Super Eights at the T20 World Cup, with Italy’s swashbuckling chase of 203 falling agonisingly short in a pulsating match in Kolkata.
Will Jacks scored the fastest T20 World Cup fifty for England as they made 202-7, their highest total of the tournament so far, and eventually won by 24 runs.
Italy, the lowest-ranked team in the tournament, were on track to pull off a sensational upset when Grant Stewart and Jaspreet Singh blasted 21 off Adil Rashid’s final over, the 17th of the chase, including three sixes.
That left 30 needed off 21 balls, but it proved too much and Italy were all out off the last ball of the match for 178.
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