WI vs ITA Highlights, T20 World Cup: Joseph bags four-wicket haul as West Indies defeat Italy by 42 runs

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: An off break delivery by Manenti, around middle and leg. Hope taps it to midwicket, dot. Then he smacks Manenti for a six, over deep extra cover. 50-up!

WI - 54/2 (6.2)

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: A short delivery by Draca, outside off. Hope cuts it through backward point for a four! SHOT! Then he makes it back-to-back fours, smacked to deep midwicket ropes. Draca responds with a dot and then Hope takes three runs in the finall. The fielder prevents a four by putting in a dive.

WI - 43/2 (5)

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: OUT! CAUGHT! Hetmyer has to leave!

Draca pitches it up, outside off. Hetmyer tries to drive, but edges it to Smuts at short third man for a catch!

Hetmyer c Smuts b Draca 1 (4)

WI - 31/2 (4.1)

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: A full delivery by Draca, and outside off. Hope slams it through covers for a four! SHOT! Draca responds with back-to-back dots and then sends a length delivery, outside off. Hope hammers him over covers for a four! Then he takes a single. Final ball of the over and its a wide, and he has to bowl again. Responds with a dot.

WI - 17/1 (3)

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: CAUGHT OUT! Italy review it! There was bat involved! King has to leave! A good delivery and King edges it back to the wicketkeeper for a catch. UltraEdge confirms the inside edge!

King c Meade b Hasan 4 (6)

WI - 5/1 (1.1)

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Good opening over by Smuts, keeps it tight. Concedes only five runs. King (4*) and Hope (1*) take a cautious approach.

WI - 5/0 (1)

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: King and Hope open for West Indies. Smuts to bowl the first over for Italy.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Both teams are in the middle now for their respective national anthems!

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: West Indies - Brandon King, Shai Hope(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph

Italy - Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, Syed Naqvi, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti(c), Ben Manenti, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade(w), Crishan Kalugamage, Thomas Draca, Ali Hasan

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: After winning the toss, Italy captain Harry Manenti said, "Hope there's a bit in the wicket, hope to swing it and take some early wickets. We take some confidence from the England game, WI another powerful team. We look forward to stepping up to the challenge. Not losing wickets is a focus point. If we do it today, it's a good step towards winning. Great opportunity to get exposure."

Meanwhile, West Indies skipper Hope said, "Toss not in hand, don't mind losing the toss. Processes still apply. No changes."

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: It is toss time! Italy win toss and opt to bowl.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Toss is upcoming! It is scheduled for 10:30 PM. Stay tuned folks! We will soon see both skippers in the spotlight for the coin toss.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Forde, Chase and Shepherd have excellent economy rates, under seven, at the ongoing tournament. Forde has an economy rate of 4.16 and Chase's is 6.50. Meanwhile, Shepherd has an economy rate of 6.75.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Forde, Chase and Shepherd have excellent economy rates, under seven, at the ongoing tournament. Forde has an economy rate of 4.16 and Chase's is 6.50. Meanwhile, Shepherd has an economy rate of 6.75.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Ahead of the match, batting coach Reifer revealed that West Indies have all players available, despite one or two cricketers suffering niggles.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Hope, Rutherford and Hetmyer have registered half-centuries across three matches. Their seamers are also in good form, with Shepherd and Holder getting a five-wicket and four-wicket haul respectively.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Speaking ahead of the match, head coach John Davison spoke about Italy's campagn. “I think that's the beauty of coming to these events is that you don't practice to face guys at ball 150 kilometres an hour but when you come to an event like this you just have to cope with it and I think it shows people what they're capable of so yeah I think we're very proud of our performances so far, but we don't want to rest on our laurels and we're very determined to do well in our final game,” he said.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Italy are expected to be without regular captain Madsen, who missed the last two fixtures due to an injury. He is doubtful for the West Indies game too!

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Romario Shepherd was benched for West Indies' last game due to a niggle. He is expected to return to the playing XI, replacing Matthew Forde.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Italy's Manenti has batted only twice in this tournament, but has bagged fifties in both games. He has a strike rate of 200 and it is the fourth-highest across teams at the T20 World Cup.

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Brandon King, Shai Hope(w/c), Shimron Hetmyer, Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Matthew Forde, Akeal Hosein, Gudakesh Motie, Shamar Joseph, Romario Shepherd, Jayden Seales, Quentin Sampson, Johnson Charles

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti(c), Ben Manenti, Grant Stewart, Marcus Campopiano, Gian Meade(w), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan, Syed Naqvi, Zain Ali, Thomas Draca, Wayne Madsen

WI vs ITA LIVE Score, T20 World Cup: Good morning everyone! Welcome to our live coverage of today's T20 World Cup fixture as West Indies take on Italy in Kolkata on Thursday. West Indies have already qualified for the Super 8s and are table toppers. So this match will be a mere formality, but a huge defeat could see them fall to second spot.