West Indies vs Italy, 37th Match, Group C, ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 - Player Highlights

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, out Caught by Shamar Joseph!! Italy keep losing wickets and the well-set JJ Smuts falls - tossed up and drifting onto the right-hander, Smuts gets down low on the sweep, but he's hitting it to the longer boundary, doesn't get the elevation on the sweep and he can't keep it down as well - straight down deep backward square leg's throat where Shamar takes the catch. JJ Smuts c Shamar Joseph b Gudakesh Motie 24(27) [4s-3]

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, 1 run, Smuts comes down the pitch, doesn't get to the pitch of the ball and then swings an inside edge to long-on

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, 1 run, fraction short and at the stumps, punched down to long-on for a single

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, 1 run, short of a good length and around off, Smuts hangs back on the dab, comes high off the bat and the ball rolls to the off-side

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries for Smuts - back of a length and just outside off, Smuts makes room and then cuts it over backward point for a boundary

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, FOUR, lovely shot, low full-toss on the pads, Smuts clears his front-leg and then whips it into the gap wide of mid-wicket for a boundary

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, no run, banged in short and holding its line outside off - Smuts arches back on the cut and misses

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, no run, tad shorter and just outside off - Smuts backs away and can't beat backward point with the cut

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, leg byes, 1 run, slower and drifting down leg - past Smuts's sweep and the ball rolls to the off-side

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, no run, tossed up slower and around off, defended back at the bowler

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, 2 runs, fraction short and just outside off - Smuts backs away and chops it to the right of long-off - Powell uses his feet to prevent the boundary and saves a couple of runs

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, 1 run, Joseph shortens the length on off, punched in front of mid-off for a single

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, no run, back of a length and just outside off - Smuts swings across the line and misses

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, no run, beaten, short of a good length and holding its line outside off, skids off the pitch and beats Smuts on the outside edge

Shamar Joseph to JJ Smuts, 2 runs, a mistimed swipe and Smuts has enough to clear cover - on a good length and just outside off, Smuts swings hard and the slices off the outer half

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, 1 run, flatter and at the pads, clipped past square leg for a single

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, 1 run, tossed up just outside off - cut square on the off-side for a single

Gudakesh Motie to JJ Smuts, 1 run, tossed up on the leg-stump line, nudged past square leg for a single

Jason Holder to JJ Smuts, 1 run, full and at the stumps, punched down to long-on for a single

Jason Holder to JJ Smuts, no run, on a good length and angling into the right-hander, past Smuts's swing and the ball drops down onto the on-side

Jason Holder to JJ Smuts, no run, fuller length delivery and holding its line outside off - Smuts swings through the line and misses

Jason Holder to JJ Smuts, no run, short of a good length and at the stumps, defended back at the bowler

Matthew Forde to JJ Smuts, no run, appeal for LBW, but the angle was taking the ball down leg - the nip-backer and Smuts was beaten on the tuck

Matthew Forde to JJ Smuts, no run, Forde shortens the length and gets it to nip back into the right-hander, beats Smuts on the flick and strikes him high on the pad

Matthew Forde to JJ Smuts, no run, on a good length and shaping back into the right-hander, catches Smuts's thigh-pad as he looked to defend

Matthew Forde to JJ Smuts, FOUR, crunched, back of a length and at the stumps - Smuts picks the length early, swivels across and the hammers the pull wide of mid-wicket

Matthew Forde to JJ Smuts, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - Smuts goes hard on the drive and mistimes it to the off-side