• Group C: England, 202-7, bt Italy, 178 all out, by 24 runs

• Minnows denied by Curran and Overton in final overs

If England keep up the winning habit, perhaps in time they will get good at it. Under the lights here in Kolkata they did enough to beat Italy and secure a spot in this T20 World Cup’s Super 8s, though again without establishing themselves among the form teams of the tournament.

Harry Brook had declared he would “rather not start amazing and finish amazing than start amazing and finish bad”, and in that sense alone it is proceeding entirely according to plan. The next stage is unlikely to be so forgiving.

T20 World Cup Group C updates, play from 9.30am GMT
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If there are any early birds up and about, UAE are giving Afghanistan a proper game.

Looks like the Afghans should get over the line in a nervy chase, but they still need 28 from the final 18 balls. In the balance.