Scotland vs Italy, 7th Match, Group C, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

JJ Smuts to Richie Berrington, FOUR, darting in towards middle-leg, Berrington gets down on one leg to sweep it through backward square leg. Used the bowler's pace and angle to his advantage did the Scotland captain. 13 runs off the over

JJ Smuts to Richie Berrington, 2 runs, good stop in the deep! Berrington leans across to flay this full delivery outside off over extra cover. Long-off sprints to his left to make a tumbling stop

JJ Smuts to Richie Berrington, FOUR, streaky boundary! 90.9kph, Berrington makes room and gets down low to go over extra cover. Gets a fat outside edge that goes fine of the short third man fielder

JJ Smuts to Brandon McMullen, 1 run, quicker and flatter, McMullen turns it to midwicket

JJ Smuts to Richie Berrington, 1 run, slower, fuller and wider, chopped to backward point for a quick single

JJ Smuts to Brandon McMullen, 1 run, short of length on off-middle, turned through midwicket

JJ Smuts to Richie Berrington, no run, 86.4kph, chance? Smuts' reaction suggests so. Flat ball marginally outside off, Berrington looks to punch and may have got an outside edge and the keeper (Gian Meade) failed to hold onto it

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, out Caught by Harry Manenti!! Sharp catch! Michael Jones bends his back leg to slap-drive this full ball through the covers. Harry Manenti gets low to his left and snaffles it with both hands at short extra cover. Two wickets in two overs for Italy as Scotland lose both their openers. Michael Jones c Harry Manenti b JJ Smuts 37(30) [4s-1 6s-2]

JJ Smuts to Brandon McMullen, 1 run, full outside off, driven along the ground to long-off

JJ Smuts to Brandon McMullen, SIX, shot! Sounds good as well. Flighted ball, full and outside off, McMullen leans across as he gets down on one leg and nails the slogsweep to dispatch it over deep midwicket for an 80m six

JJ Smuts to Brandon McMullen, 2 runs, full and just outside off, McMullen works it into the midwicket pocket

JJ Smuts to Brandon McMullen, no run, fullish outside off, McMullen push-drives to cover

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, no run, turn for Smuts - drifts in and then spins away, Jones is half-forward in defence and gets beaten on the outside edge

JJ Smuts to George Munsey, 1 run, flighted delivery outside off, Munsey backs away and drags it down to long-on for a single

JJ Smuts to George Munsey, no run, Smuts tosses one slower and just outside off - Munsey bri9ngs out the reverse sweep and misses, lobs off the pad and onto his fore-arm

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, 1 run, flighted delivery outside off - driven down to long-off for a single

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, no run, pushed through flatter and quicker - Jones was looking to tuck it onto the on-side and gets a soft edge

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, no run, flighted delivery outside off - pushed back at the bowler

JJ Smuts to George Munsey, 1 run, flighted delivery outside off, nudged into the gap wide of mid-wicket for a single, 14 off the over

JJ Smuts to George Munsey, FOUR, top-edge and four, more luck for Munsey - tossed up just outside off and he was shaping for the reverse sweep, doesn't have any control over the shot as it pops up over short third's head

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, 3 runs, nicely played, tossed up just outside off and Jones plays with the angle and then lifts it inside out over extra-cover - long-off sprints across and makes the sliding save, keeps them down to three

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, wide, Smuts tosses one well down leg, called as a wide

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, no run, flighted delivery on off, punched off the back-foot to the bowler

JJ Smuts to Michael Jones, FOUR, edged, but there's no slip in place, drifted in and then straightened onto the right-hander - finds the genuine outside edge and runs away through the vacant slip region

JJ Smuts to George Munsey, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - turned onto the on-side and the single brings up Scotland's 50