Scotland vs Italy Highlights, T20 World Cup: SCO brush past captain-less ITA, cruise to emphatic 73-run victory

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Wow, what an over, and a real signal of intent from Italy! JJ Smuts goes 6, 4, 6 against Wheal to bring the team right back into this – his pull shots have connected with such a great sound, and fly into the stands. Anthony Mosca also joins in with a big six, Italy are in this.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: We are back for the action with the Mosca brothers opening and Leask taking the first over – and the off-spinner gets a wicket off the very first ball!

Justin Mosca, the lefty, tries to cut off the backfoot, but extra bounce sees it fly uppishly to a fielder at aa fly gully kind of position. Munsey reacts very quickly to spring across and hold on! Not going to plan at all.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Michael Leask has come in, faced 5 balls, and whacked it as hard as he can to score 22 runs! What a cameo to wrap things up, and they will be very happy with defending 208. Excellent showing.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Italy stymying the momentum here! New man Tom Bruce comes in, Thomas Draca with the last over of the innings, and produces a wicket by getting the batter to slice it off the toe of his bat, high into the air for a simple catch.

185/4 with 5 balls to play and McMullen off strike.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Great bowling from Ali! Using his left arm angle and off-cutters to slant it across Berrington who can't work it into the legside as he would like to. Ultimately, tickles it behind for the wicket. 184/3.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: 200+ very much on here with how well McMullen is batting. 39* off 16 already – he is living up to expectations at the minute.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: McMullen hitting them very well in this tournament. A slog sweep, a straight drive, then a lofted cover drive – all fly for six with great power. He has plenty of pop and plenty of class – will try to move Scotland towards the 190 range.

153/2 after 16.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: An excellent piece of fielding sees the end of Jones and Italy are battling back! Tossed up by Smuts, Jones tries to drive hard, and it's flying low – but Manenti and short cover can get his hands underneath it and pluck it out to grab another wicket for Italy!

Now 136/2 in 15 overs.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Italu have their first tournament wicket via Grant Stewart, and it's relief for them! Munsey rather cloughs one trying to swing away, and long on can settle underneath it to take the catch. Brings an end to a good innings from the Scottish opener, has given his team an excellent platform with 6 overs to play.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Stronger period of play for Italy, keeping it just a little quieter. Trying to keep Munsey off-strike and away from causing too much damage – but Scotland looking for a big total with 9 overs and 10 wickets in hand.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Ian Bishop with the report from the sidelines for the broadcasters, and having spoken to coaches in the Italy dugout, he confirms that it's a dislocated shoulder – one which will prevent him from participating in this match going forward. Make note that the Italian skipper is 42 years old – injuries not the easiest.

Smuts with an excellent and quiet over for just two runs. 76/0 after 9.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The first six of his innings and that's fifty for Munsey. He has been aggressive and dominated the scoring, and beginning to hit them very cleanly now.

74/0 after 8.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Not been Italy's powerplay early on, Munsey onto 41* with a couple of fours in this over too, but then he presents an opportunity by popping one into the air – the fielder can never quite get around or get settled underneath it.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Munsey with a hat-trick of fours as he begins to attack. 4, 4, 4 across the pitch. He is up and away.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Not great scenes at the Gardens. Madsen tries to spring across and put in a dive to stop the ball, but he looks to have twisted something, and is in extreme pain. Written all over his face as the physio puts his arm in a sling and immediately takes him off the field.

4 overs into Italy's debut and it's disaster. Can Madsen make it back?

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Yes, much better there. Dropping the length and hitting top of off to keep Munsey tied up. Letting the pressure build.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Little bit on offer in this pitch. Stewart extracts swing but serves up a half-volley to Monsey to swing it over the top of mid-off for four more.

Can Italy lay a trap here to extract a wicket?

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Generates two thick edges, but both fly over the short third fielder! 10 from the over, but very sketchy runs from Munsey.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Good start from the left-arm seamer Ali Hasan, on the money and not allowing Munsey to get him away easily. Three dots in a row before he chips one over the keeper for a double to get off the mark.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The Italian team huddles after the anthems and get a big pep talk from Madseen. Can they start off with some oomph and write some history? George Munsey and Michael Jones to the crease.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Here is how the debutants line up.

Italy XI: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Wayne Madsen (c), Harry Manenti, Ben Manenti, Gian Meade (wk), Grant Stewart, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan, Thomas Draca

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Here's Scotland's playing XI. Brad Wheal comes in.

Scotland XI: George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Tom Bruce, Matthew Cross (wk), Mark Watt, Michael Leask, Oliver Davidson, Brad Wheal, Brad Currie

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: On tournament debut, Wayne Madsen wins the toss, and opts to bowl. “We want to leave our mark on this World Cup,” he says.

Richie Berrington says he's quite happy with batting first.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The last big meeting these teams had was in the European Qualifying round for this World Cup, where they were amongst the five teams duking it out for two spots. Netherlands clsoed out on top, but the second spot was hard-fought – a key match being the head-to-head encounter at the back end of the tournament. Italy held off the Scots for what was an upset, beating them by 12 runs at the Hague – a crucial result as they narrowly qualified on net run-rate.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: There is plenty to like about Scotland from a modern T20 team makeup perspective – power in the top order, variety with the ball. The Scots will have powerful hitters to try and set the tone, certainly – but for them, it is about being able to find cohesion and consistency to make that work across a campaign. They are capable of it as they showed in 2024 – but they want to go a step further.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Italy's team is certainly an eclectic mix of talent. 42 year old Wayne Madsen captains the team, has support from JJ Smuts who has had international experience with South Africa in the past, and then has the Manenti brothers Harry and Ben, both of whom came through the Australian system. Their opening combination is also likely to be a pair of brothers – Justin and Anthony Mosca. These names are likely to be the batting core too.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Teams will be getting their final preparations wrapped up and be close to reaching Eden Gardens by now, ready to get their warmups underway. The toss will be an interesting one in just about an hour's time – but let's take a closer look at the teams as we wait for it to come around.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: In Group C, England and WI are the early frontrunners, with wins over Nepal and Scotland respectively. Those two teams therefore have some catching up to do, while Italy have a game in hand not having started off yet. England and the Windies are naturally favourites for the group, so all teams below them will want to start applying some pressure and try to force some sort of mistake

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: The match will take us to Kolkata, which already hosted Scotland's tournament opener against the West Indies. It didn't prove to be a batter's paradise by any means, with plenty on offer for the bowlers – only some spectacular power-hitting by Shimron Hetmyer proved to be the difference. Should be a tight and evenly fought contest with the kind of 160-180 pitch many have been arguing for.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Their opponents on the day have already gotten their campaign started, and face a quick turnaround with a second game in three days. After a last-minute call to replace Bangladesh, Scotland gamely arrived into a tricky group. Not the best start as they were outplayed by the Windies, but a long way to go in the campaign.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: Tournament debutants Italy will have plenty of energy surrounding them heading into their first ICC World Cup, having made the gruelling road through the qualifiers and now prepared to try and leave their impact. Plenty of veteran presence and exciting talent in this team, not least the likes of JJ Smuts and Wayne Madsen, who have seen it all throughout their career – can they pull this Italian team up by the straps and get their campaign rolling.

SCO vs ITA T20 World Cup LIVE Score: It's a big day for Italian cricket – maybe the biggest day. They welcome themselves to the ICC World Cup with plenty of interest surrounding the team – but things get real from here. Competitive action begins, and a chance for all fans to see what the Italians are all about. They are up against Scotland, who continue their campaign, as we head over to Kolkata.