ENG Vs ITA Live Score, T20 World Cup 2026: Phil Salt Departs As England Lose 2nd Wicket

Phil Salt, who was looking dangerous on the crease, fell off a beautiful catch by Anthony Mosca at the deep square boundary. Ali Hasan is the bowler, who got the priced wicket as ENG lost their 2nd batter. Tom Banter joins Jacob Bethell (22*) at the crease.

ENG 56/2 (6)

England lost the wicket of their premier batter Jos Buttler, who fell on the bowl of Harry Manenti while playing a false shot only to sky it to fall into for Grant Stewart's safe hands. Jacob Bethell has come at No.3 and is going strong against a spiritied Italian bowling attack.

ENG 33/1 (3)

Salt and Buttler open the innings for England, with Smuts having the new ball for Italy. It's a good start for England too, with Salt dispatching the very first ball for a boundary.

England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid.

Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti (c), Ben Manenti, Marcus Campopiano, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade (wk), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan.

Harry Brook (ENG): "We are gonna have a bat first today. There's not much in it stats wise. Going out there with the bat, being fearless and putting pressure on the opposition, not thinking about the result. Same team. Everybody knows we haven't."

Harry Manenti (ITA): "We were going to bowl anyway, so it works nicely. We were tossing and turning what to do, nice I didn't have to make the decision. Coming of the win gives us the confidence. We came into the tournament confident. We are unchanged. Wayno is tracking well, he is not going to be ready today, will try in a few days time."

England captain Harry Brook won the toss and opted to bat first today.

England: Philip Salt, Jos Buttler (wk), Jacob Bethell, Tom Banton, Harry Brook (c), Sam Curran, Will Jacks, Liam Dawson, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Ben Duckett, Luke Wood, Josh Tongue, Rehan Ahmed.

Italy: Justin Mosca, Anthony Mosca, JJ Smuts, Harry Manenti (c), Ben Manenti, Marcus Campopiano, Grant Stewart, Gian Meade (wk), Jaspreet Singh, Crishan Kalugamage, Ali Hasan, Wayne Madsen, Syed Naqvi, Zain Ali, Thomas Draca.

• Fixture: England vs Italy, Group C Match 29

• Series: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026

• Venue: Eden Gardens, Kolkata

• Date: Monday, February 16, 2026

• Time: 3:00 PM IST

Good afternoon, cricket fans! This is the start of our live blog covering England’s T20 World Cup match against Italy at Eden Gardens. Stay tuned for pre-match and toss updates as they take place.