Scotland register their first win of World Cup - report
Leask takes 4-17 as Italy slip from 113-3 to 134 all out
Ben Manenti's 29-ball 50 gives Italy hope
Scotland pile up 207-4 after Italy win toss
Munsey (84) and Jones (37) share 126-run stand for first wicket
Leask hits 22 off five at end of Scotland's innings
And another maximum! A high full toss from Thomas Draca and Michael Leask heaves it across the line over cow corner for six.
Brandon McMullen has a word in the umpire's ear to check whether this was a no-ball, but the decision is fair delivery.
Scotland post the highest score of the T20 World Cup so far.
Not not necessary to get Brandon McMullen on strike when Michael Leask is seeing it like a football.
Leask emphatically wallops Thomas Draca back over his head for six.
Kirstie Gordon
Scotland bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Given Brandon McMullen is batting so well, would it have been better for Scotland to hit singles to get McMullen on strike?
George O'Neill
BBC Sport Scotland
Michael Leask sent up the order by Scotland and wisely so.
His boundary-hitting capabilities are better than those of Matthew Cross and Mark Watt.
Michael Leask hammers his first ball from Thomas Draca for four through the covers.
Kirstie Gordon
Scotland bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
It's frustrating to see but credit to Italy, they have very clear plans and are executing them.
Kevin Howells
BBC Test Match Special commentator
This is a really good comeback by Italy towards the end of the innings.
Bruce c J Mosca b Draca 1 (Sco 185-4)
A big swing from Tom Bruce, who backs away to Italy seamer Thomas Draca.
The ball flies up high to backward point where Justin Mosca hangs on to the catch.
Tom Bruce gets off the mark with a single to keep the strike.
Well bowled Ali Hasan, who finishes with 1-21 from his four overs for Italy.
Berrington c Meade b Hasan 15 (Sco 184-3)
Image source, Getty ImagesLeft-arm seamer Ali Hasan back with the penultimate over for Italy.
He finds some good lengths and draws Richie Berrington into swiping at a wide one which takes the edge and is caught by Italy wicketkeeper Gian-Piero Meade.
Grant Stewart runs his hands through his jet-black hair as he walks back to his mark, attempting to figure out his plans to Brandon McMullen.
He offers up a couple of wides but manages to do a decent containing job in the remainder of the over.
The Kent man finishes with 1-44 off his four overs.
Kirstie Gordon
Scotland bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Brandon McMullen and Richie Berrington have a licence to see how many boundaries they can hit in these last three overs, knowing how much batting they have to come.
Dean Wilson
Test Match Special commentator
This is good stuff by Scotland. They're on for a giant total on a ground where you need a big total to defend.
More explosive hitting from Brandon McMullen.
Kevin Stewart is walloped over long-on towards the Scotland dugout.
Stewart purses his lips.
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TheStatmanCometh: Michael Jones and George Munsey finished six runs short of taking the record for the highest opening partnership for an Associate nation at a T20 World Cup. The record is 131* by Aqib Ilyas and Jatinder Singh (Oman v PNG at Al Amerat in 2021 (this was in the second inns).
Richie Berrington tucks a couple of fours in his back pocket of JJ Smuts - an outside edge followed by a shovel into the leg side.
Kirstie Gordon
Scotland bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Richie Berrington batted beautifully the other day against the West Indies when the game was on the line. At one stage, he had them in real trouble. He took the game to them.
Four overs to go and Scotland will still be eyeing 200 which would be a big ask for Italy.
Richie Berrington at the crease now.
George O'Neill
BBC Sport Scotland
That inside-out lofted drive is Brandon McMullen's signature shot.
Glorious.
Image source, Getty ImagesHuge hitting from Brandon McMullen!
He twice deposits pizza maker Crishan Kalugamage into the stands over his head for back-to-back sixes.
The first is dead straight while the second goes wide of long-off.
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Munsey,caught H Manenti, bowled Stewart Munsey, caught H Manenti, bowled Stewart | 84 | 54 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 60 | 155.56 |
Jones,caught H Manenti, bowled Smuts Jones, caught H Manenti, bowled Smuts | 37 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 66 | 123.33 |
McMullen,not out McMullen, not out | 41 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 227.78 |
Berrington,caught Meade, bowled Hasan Berrington, caught Meade, bowled Hasan | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 136.36 |
Bruce,caught J Mosca, bowled Draca Bruce, caught J Mosca, bowled Draca | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 50.00 |
Leask,not out Leask, not out | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 440.00 |
Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 7 Extras, no balls 0, wides 7, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 7 | |||||||
Total,207 for 4 20.0 overs Total,207 for 4 20.0 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hasan | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.25 |
Stewart | 4.0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11.00 |
Draca | 2.0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 18.50 |
Smuts | 4.0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9.50 |
B Manenti | 2.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10.00 |
H Manenti | 1.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15.00 |
Kalugamage | 3.0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10.66 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
126 for 1 (13.5 overs) | Munsey |
136 for 2 (14.5 overs) | Jones |
184 for 3 (18.5 overs) | Berrington |
185 for 4 (19.1 overs) | Bruce |
| Batter | Runs | Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s | Minutes | Strike Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J Mosca,caught Munsey, bowled Leask J Mosca, caught Munsey, bowled Leask | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
A Mosca,caught Munsey, bowled Watt A Mosca, caught Munsey, bowled Watt | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 108.33 |
Smuts,caught Berrington, bowled Currie Smuts, caught Berrington, bowled Currie | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 200.00 |
H Manenti,caught Munsey, bowled Leask H Manenti, caught Munsey, bowled Leask | 37 | 25 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 38 | 148.00 |
B Manenti,caught Jones, bowled Davidson B Manenti, caught Jones, bowled Davidson | 52 | 31 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 38 | 167.74 |
Stewart,caught Munsey, bowled Leask Stewart, caught Munsey, bowled Leask | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33.33 |
Meade,caught McMullen, bowled Leask Meade, caught McMullen, bowled Leask | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Kalugamage,not out Kalugamage, not out | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 50.00 |
Draca,caught McMullen, bowled Watt Draca, caught McMullen, bowled Watt | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 40.00 |
Hasan,caught Berrington, bowled Wheal Hasan, caught Berrington, bowled Wheal | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Extras, no balls 1, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 3 Extras, no balls 1, wides 2, byes 0, leg byes 0, total 3 | |||||||
Total,134 all out 16.4 overs Total,134 all out 16.4 overs |
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Dots | No balls | Wides | 4s | 6s | Economy rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leask | 4.0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.25 |
Currie | 2.0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 |
Wheal | 2.4 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10.87 |
Watt | 4.0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 |
Davidson | 3.0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13.00 |
McMullen | 1.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.00 |
| Fall of wicket | Batter |
|---|---|
0 for 1 (0.1 overs) | J Mosca |
32 for 2 (3.1 overs) | Smuts |
40 for 3 (4.4 overs) | A Mosca |
113 for 4 (12.1 overs) | H Manenti |
129 for 5 (13.6 overs) | B Manenti |
129 for 6 (14.1 overs) | Stewart |
130 for 7 (14.4 overs) | Meade |
133 for 8 (15.6 overs) | Draca |
134 for 9 (16.4 overs) | Hasan |