Summary

  • 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

  • Italy captain Madsen dislocates shoulder while fielding

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by Timothy Abraham

  1. wicket

    WICKET

    Jones c H Manenti b Smuts 37 (Sco 136-2)

    Michael Jones departs. A solid but not exactly fluent knock.

    Jones thwacks JJ Smuts into the hands of Harry Manenti at extra cover.

    Italy fighting back here.

  2. 6 runs

    Sco 136-1

    Brandon McMullen hammers JJ Smuts over the mid-wicket boundary for six. Nice start.

  3. George O'Neill
    BBC Sport Scotland

    George Munsey's magnificent knock sets the stage for his Royal High Corstorphine teammate Brandon McMullen.

    The stylish South African-born right hander moved to Stirling for university and qualified for his adopted nation on residency grounds.

    He blasted a magnificent 39-ball 95 in the Scots' warm-up defeat by Namibia and something similar here would be more than handy.

  4. Peter Della Penna
    Test Match Special commentator on BBC Sounds

    Italy have finally got their lengths right! They'd been bowling too full at George Munsey.

  5. Dean Wilson
    TMS commentator

    There's the answer to the quiz question: Grant Stewart has taken Italy's first wicket at a World Cup.

  6. wicket

    WICKET

    Munsey c H Manenti b Stewart 84 (Sco 126-1)

    Italy have their first wicket at a World Cup!

    Another biff from George Munsey down to long-on but this time it falls within the boundary and Harry Manenti is able to hold the catch.

    Grant Stewart looks relieved more than overjoyed.

  7. 6 runs

    Sco 121-0

    Harry Manenti fails to take a catch on the boundaryGetty Images

    Grant Stewart back into the attack.

    Lancashire's Michael Jones biffs the Kent all-rounder over long-on for six - Harry Manenti sees it sail over his head and is unable to take a catch on the fence.

  8. Sco 115-0

    George Munsey has been playing in the ILT20 over the winter so it's no surprise to see him in such good touch.

    He's up to 80 off 50 balls now after whipping pizza maker Crishan Kalugamage fine for four.

    Munsey will be eyeing a century here. But it will not be near his fastest. He got a 41-ball ton against the Netherlands in 2019 so he won't break any records today

  9. 6 runs

    Sco 107-0

    A half-tracker from Ben Manenti, who has a little cappuccino-froth tash above his top lip, but George Munsey is unable to punish it.

    However, later in the over Munsey pummels the spinner over the leg-side for six.

    The family and friends which make up the Italian supporters at Eden Gardens not quite so energetic with their support as at the start of the game.

  10. Sco 98-0

    Crishan Kalugamage, of Sri Lankan descent who balances cricket with his job as a pizza maker, is tossed the ball.

    A solid start from the 34-year-old leggie as George Munsey and Michael Jones knock him into the gaps and farm the strike cleverly.

  11. Kirstie Gordon
    Scotland bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    George Munsey reverse sweeps for Scotland in their World Cup match against ItalyGetty Images

    There's no reason why Scotland can't kick on and get a big score, maybe 200, now.

  12. Sco 91-0

    George Munsey, who has been in good touch, biffs Harry Manenti back over his head for four.

    Michael Jones joins the party now after a slightly more subdued start and heaves Manenti over the boundary at square leg for six.

    Scotland are motoring here. Expect that WinViz to go up and up if they continue in this vein.

  13. Scotland are inching clear on the win predictor with a quarter of the game almost gone.

    WinvizCricviz

  14. Kirstie Gordon
    Scotland bowler on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    That's a good over by Smuts - he held his length well and he's got some grip off the pitch.

  15. Sco 76-0

    There have been fleeting appearances of Italian cricket on TV. But these games are being show by Sky Italia.

    JJ Smuts with a much tighter over. Two singles off it.

  16. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    I believe this is the first time Italy's cricket team can be watched in Italy on television.

  17. Sco 74-0

    Ben Manenti is flayed away by George Munsey for another four before the Italian spinner tightens it up in the remainder of the over.

    Wayne Madsen has dislocated his shoulder and is ruled out for the rest of the over.

  18. 50 runs

    Fifty for Munsey

    Munsey & JonesGetty Images

    More spin for the Italians in the form Ben Manenti, and George Munsey heaves his first ball over the boundary for six.

    That brings the Scotland left-hander fifty off 30 balls

  19. Kevin Howells
    BBC Test Match Special commentator

    I've got an uncomfortable feeling for the game here, this is such an expensive over.

  20. Sco 63-0

    JJ Smuts - who brazenly admitted the other day he has never even been to Italy - is brought into the attack. He qualifies for the Azzurri through marriage.

    Smuts played six ODIs and 16 T20 internationals for South Africa earlier in his career.

    Michael Jones and George Munsey pick up a boundary apiece - albeit rather fortuitously off the edges of their bats.