Windies blank Italy, make it four wins in four

West Indies made light work of Italy to win by 42 runs in their final preliminary round match in The ICC T20 World Cup on Thursday morning. It gave them a perfect record in Group C heading into the Super 8s – following their previous comfortable victories over Scotland, England and Nepal.

Skipper Shai Hope recorded his 11th T20I half century to earn the Man of the match ward. He scored 75 off 46 balls to set up a target of 166 on a slow surface in front a crowd of 40,000 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.