Chennai, Feb 2: Italy defeatec Canada by 10 runs in the first warm up match ahead of the World T20 championship beginning on February six at the MA Chidambaram here tonight. . Batting first, Italy scored 156 or four, with middle order batter Smuts top scoring with 49 runs of 37 balls with five fours and a six.
Thanks to short contributions from the top and middle order, Italy managed to cross the 150-mark.
In reply, Canada fell apart at the late stages after a good start adding 55 in 6.4 overs and fell short by ten runs.
Brief scores : Italy 156 for four (Justin Mosca 22, Anthony Mosca 22, JJ Smuts 49, Harry Manenti
33 not out) bt Canada 146 for six (Yuvraj Samra 33, Dipreeet Biswa 37, Nicholas Kirton 33).
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