T20 World Cup 2026: Ben Mainanti scored a half-century in just 22 balls against England

Updated: 16-02-2026, 02.41 PM

What is the news?

In the 29th match of T-20 World Cup 2026, Ben Manenti of Italy cricket team played an inning of 60 runs against England cricket team. This proved to be the second half-century of his T20 international career. Despite his innings, Italy had to face defeat by 24 runs in the match against England. Mainanti had earlier played an inning of 52 runs against Scotland. Let’s take a look at his innings and statistics.

Mainanti’s innings was excellent

Chasing the target, when Italy lost its third wicket at the score of 22 runs, Ben Manenti came to the crease. He took on the English bowlers fiercely and completed his half-century in just 22 balls. This right-handed batsman played a quick inning of 60 runs in 25 balls with a strike rate of 240.00. He hit 4 fours and 6 sixes in his half-century innings.

Mainanti included in this list

cricbuzz According to , Mainanti has now become the second fastest half-century (jointly) as a batsman from an associate country in the history of T20 World Cup. He equaled the record of USA’s Aaron Jones (22 balls vs Canada, 2024). Let us tell you that Stephen Myburgh of Netherlands had scored a half-century in 17 balls against Ireland in 2014. This is the fastest half-century scored by a batsman from an ally country.

Mainanti’s performance in T-20 World Cup 2026

Mainanti scored 112 runs in 2 innings of 3 matches in the T20 World Cup 2026 at an average of 56.00 and a strike rate of 200.00. He is the highest run scorer from his team in the current tournament.