England vs Italy Highlights, T20 World Cup: England survive another scare to qualify for Super 8s as Jacks, Curran star in tight win

The difference in the end was the last overs with the ball and the first couple of overs with the bat for Italy. Finishing well and starting well... those are the fine margins at this level, but otherwise Italy gave this a proper go. England were seriously worried there for a while.

ENGLAND WIN BY 24 RUNS AND PROGRESS TO SUPER 8s.

Super Sam Curran does his job for England (and he won't bowl out his four overs, strangely enough). 3/22 from his 3 overs and he has sealed the deal here with an over to go.

WOW, WOW, WOW! That's one WOW each for the three sixes in Adil Rashid's final over of the night. First, Jaspreet goes along with the spin after smashing a googly over midwicket. And then Stewart smashes two sixes off the last two balls, over midwicket and then over long off.

21 runs from that over!

TWO IN TWO FOR CURRAN: And this might end in a hurry now. Italy do have to keep going for the win, and in doing so, they are losing wickets. Curran has two wickets in two balls. First Campopiano hits one to long on. And next ball, keeper-bat Meade edges one to Buttler off a length delivery.

Marcus Campopiano c Tom Banton b Sam Curran 2 (6 balls)

Gian-Piero Meade c Jos Buttler b Sam Curran 0 (1 ball)

After a few breathtaking fours off Archer in the powerplay, Justin Mosca never quite got going. A decent hand, but he too falls, trying to up the ante. Delightful guile as ever from Rashid, flights one up and the batter hits it to long on.

Justin Mosca c Tom Banton b Adil Rashid 43 (34 balls)

Grant Stewart is the new batter in, but the onus now is on Justin Mosca to up the ante as the new batter settles in. Stewart does manage to put a short ball away from Dawson for a four in that over.

BEN MANENTI! A 22-ball HALF CENTURY FOR THE BIG MAN! A streaky one off the underedge for a four to start Jacks over, then he follows that with a slog over long on for a six. Brings up the half century.

Mosca has gone quiet over the last few overs even as Ben Manenti has gone bang-bang. Rashid goes through a tidy over in quick time, just 5 off it.

But, whisper it, Italy are staying in this fight.

Well, Ben Manenti can strike them alright! Liam Dawson also begins his spell with a short ball and it is a repeat of the previous over, into the stands. They rotate the strike rest of the over. This is some smart batting at the moment.

Over the last 10-15 minutes or so, the boundaries have been flying for Italy! Three more in this over as Will Jacks comes into the attack. Ben Manenti throws his hands at a couple of slow, loopy ones off the first two balls. And then Mosca crisply cuts one through point for another four.

Jacks did get some serious turn in that over too, so that should be interesting after the fields spread. Adil Rashid might be England's key man once more.

The over starts with a four for Harry Manenti but the captain is walking back at the end of it. A bouncer was pulled instinctively and it nearly carried all the way to six. But Overton follows that up with four dot balls... Manenti then tries to be cheeky and scoop one behind the wicket, but Buttler flies to his left with his right arm up, goalkeeper style, and takes a screamer.

Harry Manenti c Jos Buttler b Jamie Overton 12 (11 balls)

Another over of high pace troubling the Italians, but no wicket in that over for Overton. A good length ball at pace sees Harry Manenti play an instinctive short-arm jab that flies past long leg, despite Phil Salt's acrobatic attempt to flick the ball back in. Then Harry gets hit on the helmet from a short one too.

And Jof strikes in the first over! Anthony Mosca, the star of Italy's run-chase last time around, bowls a 140kph+ hard length delivery and Anthony throws his hands at it. The pull shot is miscued and Brook takes a really, really good catch running back from mid on. England strike early.

WILL JACKS GOES BIG! Two sixes in the final over by Grant Stewart and the allrounder's late heroics have once again rescued England from a precarious situation. A stunning 22-ball 53* for Jacks even though the last ball is a dot ball.

202 appears more than comfortable for England at this stage.

OOFFF! A 90-m monster six from the big man, Jamie Overton. Hasan drops one short and Overton gets it right on the meat of the bat and it flies deep into the stands. Hasan is rattled by this and he tries to bowl the wide yorker and misses it three times for three wides. No more boundaries in the over though, so that's something.

England need 13+ in the final over to cross 200.

EXPENSIVE OVER. But Kalugamage does have a breakthrough. Sam Curran smashes two massive sixes in the over, first ball over midwicket and the fourth ball over long on (even though that looked like a mishit). The spinner then fires in a quicker one that Curran slashes hard but finds the fielder at cover with precision.

Sam Curran c JJ Smuts b Crishan Kalugamage 25 (19 balls)

A decent enough over for England heading into the business end of this innings. A somewhat fortunate boundary for Jacks in that over, as he throws his bat at a length ball outside off, it takes the outside / bottom edge to go past the short third fielder for four.

Monster six from Banton but he falls later in the over! Banton smashes Kalugamage down the ground to signal his intent to keep going but later in the over, he pulls a short ball flat and not long, caught at deep midwicket. The wickets keep tumbling and Italy have officially dismissed the top half of Englland.

Tom Banton c Ben Manenti b Crishan Kalugamage 30 (21 balls)

FOUR... SIX... WICKET! Harry Brook is gone now! Oh England are in trouble now alright. Brook, looking to play that fearless cricket he keeps talking about, starts the over with a four down the ground and then a superb pull shot for six. But Smuts throws one wide and slow, the turn draws the error from Brook who edges to the keeper.

Harry Brook c Gian Meade b JJ Smuts 14 (9 balls)

The in-form Banton and the main-man Brook have a rebuilding job to do here. Smuts comes back in for the second over and it goes for just four runs.

Brook spoke earlier in the tournament about being too careful at some points, so how does he approach this?

56/2 is a decent enough powerplay for England but that late wicket will be frustrating for them.

Crishan Kalugamage, the hero in Italy's win, comes in to bowl the 7th and is unclucky to see a tidy over go for 10 runs. An under-edge from Banton sneaked through the legs of the keeper.