Bermuda began their ICC World Cup Twenty20 Qualifiers with the tightest match of the opening warm up matches against Italy coming up 2 runs short.
Batting first, Italy had a late-order charge from Carl Sandri who scored 42 off 27 balls enabling them to reach 128 for six after Peter Petricola had made 25 and Damien Crowley 20. Jacobi Robinson was the pick of the Bermuda bowlers with figures of 4-0-18-2.
Bermuda started well enough in reply with Dion Stovell making 33 off 17 balls but Vincenzo Pennazza and Sandri grabbed two wickets apiece to bowl Italy back into the game. Pennazza dismissed Stovell before returning to remove Kamau Leverock at the start of the final over, and needing eight to win from the final five balls, Bermuda fell short, despite the best efforts of Malachi Jones, who was not out on 14.
Italy Inning
..08 (15) Andrew Northcote st Kwame Tucker b Dion Stovell ..13 (19) Michael Raso b Jacobi Robinson ..25 (22) Peter Petricola b Jacobi Robinson ..20 (27) Damain Crowley b Janeiro Tucker ..42 (27) Carl Sandri st c Kwame Tucker b Kamal Bashir ..10 (09) Joy Perera b Malachi Jones ..01 (01) Gayashan Munasinghe Not Out ..09 Extras (1b-3lb-5w) 128 Total for 6 Wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-27 (Northcote), 2-49 (Raso), 3-66 (Petricola), 4-78 (Crowley), 5-120 (Perera), 6-128 (Sandri) Bermuda Bowlers
2.0-0-26-1 Malachi Jones 3.0-0-20-0 Derek Brangman 4.0-0-21-1 Dion Stovell 3.0-0-17-1 Kamal Bashir 4.0-0-18-2 Jacobi Robinson 4.0-0-22-1 Janeiro Tucker
Bermuda’s Inning
..33 (17) Dion Stovell c Carl Sandri b Vincenzo Pennazza ..18 (17) Tre Manders c Gayashan Munasinghe b Carl Sandri ..21 (27) David Hemp Run Out ..08 (16) Janeiro Tucker c Andrew Northcote b Gayashan Munasinghe ..05 (13) Lionel Cann c Carl Sandri b Damian Crowley ..16 (11) Allan Douglas Jr. c Damian Fernando b Carl Sandri ..14 (10) Malachi Jones Not Out ..04 (07) Kamal Leverock b Vincenzo Pennazza ..01 (02) Jacobi Robinson Not Out ..06 Extras (5lb-1w) 126 Total for 7 wickets after 20 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-45 (Manders), 2-51 (Stovell), 3-77 (Tucker), 4-84 (Hemp), 5-91 (Cann), 6-107 (AC Douglas), 7-119 (Leverock)
Italy Bowlers
4.0-0-30-1 Gayashan Munasinghe 4.0-0-18-1 Damian Crowley 1.0-0-09-0 Nimantha Fernando 4.0-0-22-2 Vincenzo Pennazza 4.0-0-29-2 Carl Sandri 3.0-0-13-0 Damian Fernando
