Italy won against Scotland (photo- x)
There have been many upset in cricket and now something similar was seen in the ICC T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2025 tournament. In this tournament, Italy won by 12 runs against Scotland and made a big upset. With this victory, Italy’s team has reached closer to qualifying in ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Let us tell you who was the hero of Italy’s victory and how did this team create history?
Italy won a exciting match
In this match, Italy, batting first, scored 167 runs losing 6 wickets in 20 overs. Opener Justin Maca could score 11 runs for the team. Not only this, the captain who also returned to the pavilion after scoring 8 runs. For Italy, opener Emilio Gay scored 50 runs off 21 balls while batting aggressively. He hit 6 fours and two sixes during his innings. Harry Mannty contributed 38 runs. Grant Stewart played an unbeaten innings of 44 runs from the team. He hit two fours and three sixes during his innings. For Scotland, Michael Lyk took three wickets for 18 runs in three overs.
In response, the Scotland team could score 155 runs after losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. For the team, opener George Munse scored 72 runs off 61 balls with the help of four fours and two sixes, but he failed to win his team. Not only this, captain Richie Barrington played an unbeaten innings of 46 runs. Richie hit a four and three sixes during his innings. Both these players shared a valuable 105 runs for the third wicket. However, he did not get support from the rest of the players. Harry Mannty took all five wickets from Italy. He conceded 31 runs in four overs in this match and took five wickets hall. This is Harry’s first five wicket hall.
Italy tops the points table
Italy’s performance has been very good this season. He had won by 7 wickets against Ganji in his first match. The match against Jersey remained inconclusive due to rain. Now he has also won against Scotland. The team has to play their last league match against the Netherlands on 11 July. If the team also wins this match, then it will be qualified for the World Cup for the first time.
