WI vs ITA Match 37 Highlights - Kolkata (19 February 2026)

Full and straight, Benjamin Manenti misses out, getting a thick inside edge onto his pads, looking to flick.

Slower ball, wide outside off, on a length, Manenti tries to slash but misses.

Outside off, eased through cover-point for a single.

Sweetly timed by Stewart. Fuller than a good length, sliding on, Grant Stewart presses halfway forward and punches it wide of deep point. The fielder runs around to his right and cuts it off, keeping it down to two runs.

SIX! NAILED IT! A short ball from Holder, dug in over middle stump. Grant Stewart is already half-expecting it and waits back before clobbering the pull over deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

That in-between length, straighter in line, pushed down to long on for a single. 78 needed now off 42 balls. Italy hanging in the game.

Short, around off, Grant Stewart goes back and cuts it through point for a single.

Could that have been taken? Will spark a debate. Short, outside off, Benjamin Manenti rocked back and hit it in the air. He mistimed it and the ball was travelling towards long off. Rovman Powell at long off had a split second to decide whether to charge in for the catch or stay back and stop the boundary. Chose the latter and took the ball on the bounce. A run taken. However, knowing about his exploits in the field, we reckon that had he charged for the catch, he might have got to the ball with a dive.

Short again, outside off, slapped wide of long off, to his left, for one.

Turns off a length, around middle, hit away with an open bat face through square covers for a single.

Flatter one, angled into the batter. Stewart backs away and jams it to the man at cover. The fielder is right on the edge of the circle and the batters get a single with ease.

A quiet over, just 6 singles of it. Floated on the pads, swept away along the turf and through backward square leg for a run.

Full and down the leg side, Benjamin Manenti looks to flick but misses. The ball goes of his pads to the bowler.

FOUR! That ball has just raced away! On a length, outside off, Manenti gives himself a tinge of room to the leg side and punches it behind point. There is a deep third and he races to his right but once the ball lands on the practice pitches, it just accelerates and beats the fielder to his right, who barely had around 10 metres to cover! 68 more needed from 34 balls.

FOUR MORE! Shamar goes full pace, on middle and leg, a touch short of full, Benjamin Manenti heaves hard and gets it off the inner half of the bat. This one too, races away, to the backward square leg fence this time! 100 UP FOR ITALY, 64 more needed from 33 balls.

Joseph tries the yorker but errs on the fuller side. A low full toss, slanted into middle and leg. Manenti backs away but only manages to jam it out to mid off for a single.

OUT! CAUGHT! Shamar Joseph strikes right after the break and Italy lose their 6th wicket. Shamar goes full and straight again, searching for the yorker but misses his length again. This is a bit in the slot but is quick at 144.8 kph. Grant Stewart looks to get under it and lift it over long off but can't get the timing right. The ball gets chipped down to long off, where Jason Holder uses those buckets for hands to pouch it safely. 63 needed now off 31 balls.

Length ball at the stumps, Gian-Piero Meade walks down the pitch and clips it away wide of square leg for a single.

DROPPED! A rare blemish in the field and it might be more than just a missed opportunity for the West Indies. Brandon King is down on the ground. Full, around off, Gian-Piero Meade looks to play the slog sweep but gets a massive top edge, which goes towards the leg side. Now, there are two fielders for that catch - Brandon King going back from short mid-wicket, while Rovman Powell coming in from deep mid-wicket. Ideally, it should always be the guy running forward but Powell stops after taking a couple of steps. Probably because King was going for the catch. As things would have it, the ball is beyond King's head and while backtracking, he misses the ball, as it goes through his fingers and then, he lands very badly, banging the turf with his head. Powell looks concerned and is asking King whether he is okay, as the batters take a couple of runs.

Around off, pushed to the off side.

Down the leg side, swept behind square leg for a run.

Oh, half a chance for caught and bowled but that's gone through. Floated up on middle and leg, Benjamin Manenti comes down the pitch and pushes it uppishly to the right of the bowler. Motie leaps up to his right and goes at it with both hands but the ball goes through. Matthew Forde at long on runs to his left and puts in a valiant slide to stop the boundary, parrying the ball to Rovman Powell, who mops up and keeps it down to two runs.

SIX! Oh, that's the Italian muscle from Benjamin Manenti. Short ball, angled into middle, Benjamin Manenti rocks back and swats it flat and wide of long on for a biggie. Italy need more of these from Ben now.

OUT! TIMBER! Gudakesh Motie answers right back and sends Benjamin Manenti packing. Slightly short again, this time around off but a bit slower from Motie. Benjamin Manenti backs away, looking to pull off the back foot but is early in the swipe. The ball takes a bottom edge and goes back onto the stumps. It seems like Italy's resistance is slowly but surely coming to an end. Motie ends with figures of 4-0-24-2.

Excellent yorker, wide outside off, Gian-Piero Meade gets across to drive but cannot lay bat on ball.

Another similar ball. Meade is standing outside his leg stump and hence, cannot reach the ball. It lands well inside the wide guideline.

Pace off, on a length, miles outside off. Would have been a wide, but Gian-Piero gets a long way across and looks to pull, failing to connect. He is targetting that shorter boundary on the leg side.

OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the fielder and Matthew Forde now has his third wicket. Forde sticks to his plans and serves a full ball, well wide of the off stump. Gian-Piero Meade reaches for it and looks to hit it over point but ends up slicing it. Shamar Joseph takes it around waist height and that is his fourth catch of the innings. West Indies are just two wickets away from sealing things now.

Forde looks to go full and wide again, but ends up bowling a full toss. Draca scythes it away through backward point and picks up a single.

Nice and full, outside off, jammed down to long off for a single. Matthew Forde's fine spell of bowling comes to an end. 4-0-19-3, for him in this game.

WIDE. Dug in short, down the leg side, Crishan Kalugamage looks to tuck but misses.

Wasn't there a noise? No one reacts. Might be the excess amount of wax in my ears. Short and wide outside off, Kalugamage slashes but misses. I certainly heard a noise, but does not matter...

Full and around off, Crishan leans and pushes it through mid on for a single.

FOUR! Nicely done. A short ball, at the body, but Thomas Draca backs away and ramps it over the keeper, to the deep third fence.

OUT! CAUGHT! Another one bites the dust. Hang on, there's a No Ball check for height. Thomas Draca is on his way back but is asked to stand his ground. Draca is a tall man but the ball seems to be just dipping a bit. Well, well, Draca is jogging back to the crease, or is he? A lot of confusion as Draca is asked to wait again. No one knows what's going on here. Even Langton Rusere, the on-field umpire, is having a chuckle. Finally, the technology confirms that it is a fair delivery and Draca will have to walk back. Coming to the delivery, this is a high full toss over middle, Thomas Draca makes room but ends up angling it straight to Roston Chase at backward point, who makes no mistake. Not the best of deliveries from Shamar Joseph but he won't mind getting a wicket here. 

Full and straight, right in the blockhole, Ali Hasan digs it out well.

OUT! EDGED AND GONE! WEST INDIES WIN BY 42 RUNS! That's it, it's all over for Italy. Shamar Joseph is absolutely pumped and why shouldn't he be? Four catches to go along with four wickets, a very rare feat, indeed. Joseph hammers the ball on a good length around off and extracts extra bounce thanks to his brisk pace. Ali Hasan backs away, trying to slash it away but gets a thin outside edge through to the keeper. Shai Hope takes a comfortable catch and Italy are bowled out for 123 runs in a chase of 166.